Deals With The Transformation Of The Mediterranean Regions, Northern Europe And The Near East By The Military Autocrats Who Ruled Rome During This Period.the Book Traces The Impact Of Imperial Politics On Life In The City Of Rome Itself And In The Rest Of The Empire, Arguing That, Despite Long Periods Of Apparent Peace, This Was A Society Controlled As Much By Fear Of State Violence As By Consent. Introduction. Sources And Problems -- The Roman World In 50 Bc -- Élite Politics. The Political Language Of Rome -- Caesar To Augustus, 50 Bc-ad 14 -- Julio-claudians, Ad 14-68 -- Civil War And Falvians, Ad 68-96 -- Nerva To Marcus Aurelius, Ad 96-180 -- The State. Military Autocracy -- The Operation Of The State In Rome -- The Operation Of The State In The Provinces -- The Army In Society -- The Image Of The Emperor -- The Extent Of Political Unity -- The Extent Of Economic Unity -- The Extent Of Cultural Unity -- Society. Reactions To Imperial Rule -- The City Of Rome: Social Organization -- The City Of Rome: Culture And Life -- Italy And Sicily -- The Iberian Peninsula And The Islands Of The Western Mediterranean -- Gaul And Britain -- The Rhineland And The Balkans -- Greece And The Aegean Coast -- Central And Eastern Turkey -- The Northern Levant And Mesopotamia -- The Southern Levant -- Egypt -- North Africa -- Humans And Gods. Religion -- Judaism -- Christianity -- Epilogue. Severans To Constantine. Martin Goodman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.