Zur Geschichte des Cursus Publicus. By Erik J. Holmberg.

West, Allen B.; Holmberg, Erik J.

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Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World

Silverstein

2007

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Adam Silverstein's book offers a fascinating account of the official methods of communication employed in the Near East from pre-Islamic times through the Mamluk period. Postal systems were set up by rulers in order to maintain control over vast tracts of land. These systems, invented centuries before steam-engines or cars, enabled the swift circulation of different commodities - from letters, people and horses to exotic fruits and ice. As the correspondence transported often included confidential reports from a ruler's provinces, such postal systems doubled as espionage-networks through which news reached the central authorities quickly enough to allow a timely reaction to events. The book sheds light not only on the role of communications technology in Islamic history, but also on how nomadic culture contributed to empire-building in the Near East. This is a long-awaited contribution to the history of pre-modern communications systems in the Near Eastern world.

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Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World

Silverstein

2007

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Ograniczenia władzy prefektów praetorio w późnym Cesarstwie Rzymskim

Olszaniec

2019

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W późnym Cesarstwie Rzymskim prefekci praetorio należeli do najpotężniejszych i najbardziej wpływowych dygnitarzy. Jednak ich wysoka pozycja była ograniczona przez samego imperatora: cesarskie konstytucje (ustawy) i politykę personalną. Innym sposobem nadzoru nad prefektami była rywalizacja pomiędzy wysokimi rangą dygnitarzami. W przypadku prefektów praetorio ich najpoważniejszymi rywalami byli magistri officiorum. W niniejszym szkicu staram się pokazać jak prefekci praetorio i magistri officiorum rywalizowali o kontrolę nad pocztą publiczną (cursus publicus) i w jaki sposób magister officiorum kontrolował officium praefekta praetorio.

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Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World

Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World

Ograniczenia władzy prefektów praetorio w późnym Cesarstwie Rzymskim

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