The Romans : from village to empire
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The Romans : from village to empire
Oxford University Press, 2004
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 6 libraries
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"A history of ancient Rome from earliest times to Constantine"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780195118759
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.
Table of Contents
- 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
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780195118766
Description
From Village to Empire introduces ancient Rome to readers eager for a concise and engaging understanding of its political, social, and cultural history. It 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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