The Romans
From Village to Empire
Published on 26. February 2004
Book
Hardback
544 pages
978-0-19-511875-9 (ISBN)
Description
Introduces ancient Rome offering a concise understanding of its political, social, and cultural history. This book traces Rome's remarkable evolution from monarchy, to republic, to one-man rule by an emperor whose power stretched from Scotland to Iraq, and far up the Nile valley.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
10 Abbildungen, 83 Fotos bzw. Rasterbilder, 31 Karten
10 line illus, 83 halftones, & 31 maps
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 198 mm
Weight
1125 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-511875-9 (9780195118759)
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Book
01/2012
2nd Edition
Oxford University Press Inc
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Persons
(Associate Professor of History, University of Kentucky, USA);Talbert, Richard J.A.
Author
Professor of Ancient History in the Department of Classical StudiesProfessor of Ancient History in the Department of Classical Studies, Duke University
Associate Professor of HistoryAssociate Professor of History, University of Kentucky
Kenan Professor of History and ClassicsKenan Professor of History and Classics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Content
ITALY AND THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD; CHAPTER 2: ROME'S FIRST CENTURIES; CHAPTER 3: ROME AND ITALY IN THE FOURTH CENTURY; CHAPTER 4: THE BEGINNINGS OF A MEDITERRANEAN EMPIRE; CHAPTER 5: ITALY AND EMPIRE; CHAPTER 6: ITALY, THREATENED, ENFRANCHISED, DIVIDED; CHAPTER 7: THE DOMINATION OF SULLA AND ITS LEGACY; CHAPTER 8: END OF THE REPUBLIC; CAESAR'S DICTATORSHIP; CHAPTER 9; AUGUSTUS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ROMAN WORLD; CHAPTER 10: THE EARLY PRINCIPATE (AD 14-69); THE JULIO-CLAUDIANS, THE CIVIL WAR OF 68-69, AND LIFE IN THE EARLY EMPIRE; CHAPTER 11: INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE PRINCIPATE, MILITARY EXPANSION AND ITS LIMITS, THE EMPIRE AND THE PROVINCES (69-138); CHAPTER 12: ITALY AND PROVINCES: CIVIL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (138-235); CHAPTER 13: THE THIRD CENTURY, THE DOMINATE, AND CONSTANTINE