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Shows how the ancient Romans haunted the Spanish conquest of the New World. This book tells how while the conquistadors themselves challenged the reputations of the Romans for incomparable military genius and daring, Spanish critics of the conquest launched a concerted assault upon two other prominent uses of ancient Rome.

Offers an alternative description of Inca society in the centuries leading up to imperial expansion. This book's focus on long-term regional changes allows the historical and archaeological evidence to be placed on equal interpretive footing. It is for scholars of South American pre-history and archaeologists specializing in centralized states.

Tamar Herzog studies the judiciary in Quito, during 17th and 18th centuries, and shows that in this remote Spanish colony, order was a communal enterprise. The dominant rules were social and theological rather than legal. She reveals the intimacy of relations between the state and this early modern society.