The Roman predicament : how the rules of international order create the politics of empire /

Imperialism.

Power (Social sciences)

International economic relations.

International organization.

Social values.

Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Smith, Adam, > 1723-1790. > Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.

Gibbons, Edward, > 1737-1794. > History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.