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Roman Empire
About: Roman Empire is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6732 publications have been published within this topic receiving 117487 citations. The topic is also known as: Imperium Romanum & Romanum imperium.
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TL;DR: Professor McNeill, through an accumulation of evidence, demonstrates the central role of pestilence in human affairs and the extent to which it has changed the course of history.
Abstract: This book describes the dramatic impact of infectious diseases on the rise and fall of civilisations. Plague demoralized the Athenian army during the Peloponnesian war, and ravaged the Roman Empire. In the 16th century smallpox was the decisive agent that allowed Cortez with only 600 men to conquer the Aztec empire, whose subjects numbered millions. As recently as 1918-19 an epidemic of influenza claimed twenty-one million victims, and seemed to threaten civilization itself. Diseases such as syphilis, cholera, smallpox and malariahave been devastating to humanity for centuries. Now professor McNeill, through an accumulation of evidence, demonstrates the central role of pestilence in human affairs and the extent to which it has changed the course of history.
1,263 citations
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01 Jan 1950
TL;DR: In this article, the written tradition and the Roman Empire were studied in the context of the printing press and parchment and paper, and the history of paper and printing in the Middle East.
Abstract: Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1 Introduction Chapter 4 2 Egypt Chapter 5 3 Babylonia Chapter 6 4 The Oral Tradition and Greek Civilization Chapter 7 5 The Written Tradition and the Roman Empire Chapter 8 6 Parchment and Paper Chapter 9 7 Paper and the Printing Press
864 citations
TL;DR: The authors explored a broad territory of Roman economic history over a long period and explored several probabilities in the form of propositions, but the evidence is so sparse that it is difficult to prove that each proposition is right.
Abstract: This essay is speculative and tentative, a preliminary attempt at exploring a broad territory of Roman economic history over a long period. For the sake of clarity, I have canvassed several probabilities in the form of propositions, but the evidence is so sparse that it is difficult to prove that each proposition is right. It is disappointing to confess at the outset that one's case is unproven and that the generalizations advanced are disproportionately large in relation to the supporting evidence. Even so, the experiments made here with both evidence and methods may stimulate others into refuting or reshaping the propositions. And besides, some of the methods can be usefully applied to other problems in Roman history.
599 citations
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04 Feb 2010
TL;DR: The first volume, highly acclaimed on publication, was quickly reprinted in spite of an ambitious first print-run of 1000 copies as discussed by the authors, and the layout was improved and the footnotes appeared at the foot of each page and chapter numbers were placed in the margins.
Abstract: Few books of scholarship have held up so well to public attention over the last two hundred years. At a time when the materials for this history were scant, a mind as great as Gibbon's was able to absorb everything known on the subject and dominate it with his historical erudition and inimitable literary style. The first volume, highly acclaimed on publication, was quickly reprinted in spite of an ambitious first print-run of 1000 copies. Careless proofreading meant numerous errors had to be rectified in later editions. It was not until the third edition, reprinted here, that the layout was improved and the footnotes appeared at the foot of each page and chapter numbers were placed in the margins.
537 citations
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05 Dec 2007
TL;DR: The impact of Islam and Europe on African development, 1-2003 A D PART II ADVANCES in MACRO-MEASUREMENT SINCE 1665 5. Modern Macro-measurement: How Far Have We Come? PART III THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME 7.
Abstract: Introduction and Summary PART I CONTOURS OF WORLD DEVELOPMENT, 1-2003 AD 1. The Roman Empire and its Economy 2. The Resurrection of the West and the Transformation of the Americas 3. Interaction between Asia and the West, 1500-2030 4. The Impact of Islam and Europe on African Development, 1-2003 A D PART II ADVANCES IN MACRO-MEASUREMENT SINCE 1665 5. Political Arithmeticians and Historical Demographers: The Pioneers of Macro-measurement 6. Modern Macro-measurement: How Far Have We Come? PART III THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME 7. The World Economy in 2030 Statistical Appendix A Statistical Appendix B
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