%0 Journal Article
%T Johann P. Arnason & Kurt A. Raaflaub, The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives (Chichester: Wiley & Sons, 2011)
%A Michael Gibbons
%J Nordicum-Mediterraneum
%D 2012
%I 
%X Arnason and RaaflaubĄ¯s edited volume, The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, is the fifth volume in a series entitled The Ancient World: Comparative Histories. The overarching aim of the series is to bring a comparative perspective to studies of ancient histories, and earlier titles focus either on content or geography. This is the only volume to date that focuses on a specific civilization, and Rome is of course significant enough to merit its own volume.
%K Assyria
%K authority
%K China
%K communication
%K comparative history
%K crisis
%K decline
%K Iran
%K Islam
%K legitimacy
%K Mediterranean
%K Mughals
%K Ottoman Empire
%K Rome
%K Sassanids
%K comparative sociology
%K transformation
%U http://nome.unak.is/nm-marzo-2012/vol-7-n-1-2012/37-book-review/299-johann-p-arnason-a-kurt-a-raaflaub-the-roman-empire-in-context-historical-and-comparative-perspectives-chichester-wiley-a-sons-2011