Por Que o Império Romano Durou Tanto Tempo?

Excelente artigo de Adrian Goldsworthy resenhando o livro de Greg Woolf, Rome: An Empire’s Story (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), 384 pp. Comparisons with other ancient empires show that it is the Romans who were peculiar simply because their empire lasted so long and was not supplanted by another rival power. Throughout, Woolf emphasizes change in so many aspects of institutions and life. Little remained unchanged in fifteen hundred years and over such a wide area. The striking thing is that there were such recognizable links between the society and state at different stages in this great sweep of history.