Rome, Global Dreams, and the International Origins of an Empire

Sarah H. Davies, Ph.D. (2012), University of Texas at Austin, is an Associate Professor of History at Whitman College. Her research focuses on international relations, ancient historiography, and material culture in the Hellenistic period and in Republican and Augustan Rome.

• List of Figures and TablesList of AbbreviationsIntroductionThe Roman PredicamentAn International “Middle Ground”Global Dreams: An Overview1 Pan-Hellenism Goes GlobalMapping a “Mediterranean” WorldHellenicity and World CitizenshipKinship Diplomacy: Building BridgesRoman Identity and Global Hellenism2 The Problem of Rome’s PoliteiaPolis and KingshipRome and Romans Among Poleis and KingsOn a Roman One-Way Street: Third-Party Diplomacy3 The Majesty of RomeSacred WarsImperium Maiestatemque Populi RomaniDefining the Body-PoliticThe Goddess Roma4 A Cloud from the WestThe Changing Shape of World HistoryApocalyptic Traditions and Roman DespoteiaPolybius’ Universal HistoryFate (Tuchē) and the Cycles of History (Anacyclosis)5 A Liminal FinalePolybius on the “Roman Question”146 BCEConclusion: Roma AeternaGlobal Dreams: A SummaryBibliographyIndex