Friendship and Empire : Roman Diplomacy and Imperialism in the Middle Republic (353-146 BC).

By: Burton, Paul JMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (410 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781139185110Subject(s): Friendship -- Political aspects -- Rome -- History | Political culture -- Rome -- History | Rome -- Foreign relations -- 510-30 B.CGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Friendship and Empire : Roman Diplomacy and Imperialism in the Middle Republic (353–146 BC)DDC classification: 937.04 LOC classification: DG214.5 .B87 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- FRIENDSHIP AND EMPIRE -- Title -- Copyright -- Amicis Meis -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1 Discourse, International Relations, and International Relations theory -- THE NATURE OF ROMAN REPUBLICAN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -- FOREIGN CLIENTELA AND INTERNATIONAL AMICITIA -- CONTEXTUALIZING THE DEBATE: THE IMPACT OF REALISM AND THE REALM OF LANGUAGE -- SOME CRITIQUES OF IR REALISM -- CONSTRUCTIVISM -- CONSTRUCTIVISM, FRIENDSHIP, AND ROMAN INTERSTATE RELATIONS -- CHAPTER 2 Friendship practices and processes -- DEFINING FRIENDSHIP: THE PROCESSUAL APPROACH -- FRIENDSHIP AS A VOLUNTARY AND ACHIEVED RELATIONSHIP -- FRIENDSHIP AS AN INFORMAL AND TRUST-DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP -- SIMILARITY AND DIFFERENCE -- THE END OF FRIENDSHIP: BREAKDOWN AND DISSOLUTION -- CONCLUSION: FRIENDSHIP, THE GIFT, AND INEQUALITY -- CHAPTER 3 Amicitia incipit: beginning international friendship -- INTRODUCTION: INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP FORMATION AND ITS DISCOURSES -- SOCII AND AMICI -- FRIENDSHIP ESTABLISHED THROUGH WARTIME COOPERATION -- FRIENDSHIP ESTABLISHED THROUGH DIPLOMATIC EXCHANGES -- DIGRESSION: DEDITIO -- VOLUNTARY DEDITIO -- DEDITIO AFTER DEFEAT -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 4 The duties of international friendship -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PROCESSUAL APPROACH: THE CASE OF HIERO II -- BENEFICIA PERFORMED BY ROMAN AMICI -- Provision of troops -- The provision of military supplies, matériel, and money -- Facilitating Roman troop movements and intelligence-gathering -- Diplomatic services: providing advice and mediation -- THE FREEDOM OF ACTION OF ROME'S AMICI -- BENEFICIA POPULI ROMANI: ROME'S DUTIES -- ROME'S FREEDOM OF ACTION -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 5 The breakdown and dissolution of international friendship -- INTRODUCTION -- CAUSATION: VIOLATIONS OF FIDES BY ROME'S AMICI -- CAUSATION: VIOLATIONS OF FIDES BY ROME.
PROCESS: ABRUPT OR GRADUAL BREAKDOWN AND/OR DISSOLUTION? -- CONCLUSION -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Argues that language and ideals contributed just as much to Roman empire-building as military muscle.
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Cover -- FRIENDSHIP AND EMPIRE -- Title -- Copyright -- Amicis Meis -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1 Discourse, International Relations, and International Relations theory -- THE NATURE OF ROMAN REPUBLICAN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -- FOREIGN CLIENTELA AND INTERNATIONAL AMICITIA -- CONTEXTUALIZING THE DEBATE: THE IMPACT OF REALISM AND THE REALM OF LANGUAGE -- SOME CRITIQUES OF IR REALISM -- CONSTRUCTIVISM -- CONSTRUCTIVISM, FRIENDSHIP, AND ROMAN INTERSTATE RELATIONS -- CHAPTER 2 Friendship practices and processes -- DEFINING FRIENDSHIP: THE PROCESSUAL APPROACH -- FRIENDSHIP AS A VOLUNTARY AND ACHIEVED RELATIONSHIP -- FRIENDSHIP AS AN INFORMAL AND TRUST-DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP -- SIMILARITY AND DIFFERENCE -- THE END OF FRIENDSHIP: BREAKDOWN AND DISSOLUTION -- CONCLUSION: FRIENDSHIP, THE GIFT, AND INEQUALITY -- CHAPTER 3 Amicitia incipit: beginning international friendship -- INTRODUCTION: INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP FORMATION AND ITS DISCOURSES -- SOCII AND AMICI -- FRIENDSHIP ESTABLISHED THROUGH WARTIME COOPERATION -- FRIENDSHIP ESTABLISHED THROUGH DIPLOMATIC EXCHANGES -- DIGRESSION: DEDITIO -- VOLUNTARY DEDITIO -- DEDITIO AFTER DEFEAT -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 4 The duties of international friendship -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PROCESSUAL APPROACH: THE CASE OF HIERO II -- BENEFICIA PERFORMED BY ROMAN AMICI -- Provision of troops -- The provision of military supplies, matériel, and money -- Facilitating Roman troop movements and intelligence-gathering -- Diplomatic services: providing advice and mediation -- THE FREEDOM OF ACTION OF ROME'S AMICI -- BENEFICIA POPULI ROMANI: ROME'S DUTIES -- ROME'S FREEDOM OF ACTION -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 5 The breakdown and dissolution of international friendship -- INTRODUCTION -- CAUSATION: VIOLATIONS OF FIDES BY ROME'S AMICI -- CAUSATION: VIOLATIONS OF FIDES BY ROME.

PROCESS: ABRUPT OR GRADUAL BREAKDOWN AND/OR DISSOLUTION? -- CONCLUSION -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Argues that language and ideals contributed just as much to Roman empire-building as military muscle.

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