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Managing the Roman Empire for the Long Term

Risk Assessment and Management Policy in the Fifth to Seventh Centuries

Bibliographic Data

ID20038591
AuthorsJ Haldon (0000-0003-1210-0829, Princeton University, corresponding author), Hugh Elton (0000-0003-4933-3343, Trent University), Adam Izdebski (0000-0002-3456-5478, Jagiellonian University)
Year2022
Pages237-246
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenuePerspectives on Public Policy in Societal-Environmental Crises (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherSpringer International Publishing (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1007/978-3-030-94137-6_16
OpenAlexW4285506326
ISBN9783030941376
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited23

This chapter analyses the reasons for the survival of the eastern Roman state from three different but complementary angles: imperial administration, the environmental conditions impacting land-use for the period, and the ability of the state to leverage resources. We conclude that a major contributory factor in survival was the effective use of natural resources and a self-reinforcing social-ecological system through which the state and its elites and infrastructure facilitated the survival of landscapes, generating the resources necessary for the state’s continued existence. In areas where this broke down—as in the western part of the empire—the Roman state in the long term disappeared

Administration (probate law) · Ancient history · Empire · Environmental planning · Geography · Leverage (statistics) · Natural resource · Political science · State (computer science) · Term (time) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · Law

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year1,5
Citation span2024 - 2025 (2)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3
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