| Description |
xvi, 820 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of folded maps : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Part A. Pre-Roman Italy -- The geographical environment of Roman history -- The early inhabitants of Italy -- Greeks and Etruscans in early Italy -- Part B. The Roman conquest of Italy -- Latium and Rome -- The sources for early Roman history -- Rome in the period of the kings -- The early wars of the Republic -- The conflict of the orders. The first stage -- The Latin, Samnite and Pyrrhic Wars -- The conflict of the orders. The second stage -- The Roman state in the third century B.C. -- Part C. The conquest of the Mediterranean -- The First Punic War and the conquest of North Italy -- The Second Punic War -- The conquest of the western Mediterranean -- The Macedonian Wars -- The Roman Wars in Asia in the second century -- The government of the Roman provinces -- Domestic politics in the second century -- Roman society in the second century -- Part D. The fall of the Republic -- Tiberius and Caius Gracchus -- Marius and the new Roman army -- The Italian Wars, 91-83 B.C. -- The temporary monarchy of Cornelius Sulla -- The wars of Lucullus, Pompey and Crassus -- The fall of the restoration government -- Caesar's conquest of Gaul and the breakdown of the first triumvirate -- The rise of Caesar to supreme power -- The second triumvirate -- Roman society in the first century -- Part E. The consolidation of the Roman Empire -- The settlement of Augustus. Rome and Italy -- The Roman Empire under Augustus -- The Julio-Claudian emperors. Internal affairs -- The Roman Empire under the Julio-Claudian dynasty -- Roman society under the early Roman emperors -- The "year of the four emperors" -- The Flavian emperors -- The "give good emperors". General administration -- The "five good emperors". External affairs -- Roman society from A.D. 70 to 180 -- Commodus and the Severi -- Part F. The decline of the Roman Empire -- The crisis of the Empire in the third century -- The Roman world c. A.D. 330. Political conditions -- The Roman world c. A.D. 330. Life and thought -- The Roman Empire. Retrospect and prospect -- The Roman emperors from Augustus to Constantine -- Genealogy of the Julio-Claudian dynasty |
| Summary |
Classical work on the history of the Roman Empire - For senior history students - Many illustrations of Roman antiquities - Map of ancient Rome - Map of the Roman Empire under Augustus, Trajan and Hadrian - Lazio (Latium) - Rome |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes index |
| SUBJECT |
Rome (Italy) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115198
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Rome -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115094
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Rome -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115108
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| LC no. |
55004171 |
| ISBN |
0333033590 |
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