Umfang:
XIII, 297 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
Ausgabe:
Second edition
ISBN:
9780806164779
Inhalt:
A linguistic introduction -- Rome's origins according to the Ancients -- Romulus and Remus found Rome -- Kings after Romulus -- Tarquin's coup d'etat and the end of the monarchy -- The Res Publica: "Senatus Populusque Romanus" -- Traitors and heroes of the Early Republic -- Class conflict in Rome -- Coriolanus, Cincinnatus, and Camillus -- The Gauls sack Rome -- The wars with the Samnites -- King Pyrrhus' pyrrhic vctories -- The First Punic War -- The Second Punic War -- Rome encounters the East -- The Gracchi: the beginning of the end of the Res Publica -- The war against Jugurtha and the rise of Marius -- The Italian Wars and the career of Sulla -- The rise of Pompey -- The First Triumvirate -- Civil War -- Renewed Civil War and the rise of Octavian -- The Roman Empire: The Principate -- The Julio-Claudian emperors -- The Flavian emperors -- The culmination of the Pax Romana -- Afterword: the disintegration of the Empire
Inhalt:
"This revised and updated edition presents, in contemporary language, the history of ancient Rome, from its founding in 753 B.C. to the death of the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius in A.D. 180"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Sprache:
Englisch
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