Ancient Rome
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Ancient Rome

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Ancient Rome

About this book

Ancient Rome masterfully synthesizes the vast period from the second millennium BCE to the sixth century CE, carrying readers through the succession of fateful steps and agonizing crises that marked Roman evolution from an early village settlement to the capital of an extraordinary realm extending from northern Britain to the deserts of Arabia. A host of world-famous figures come to life in these pages, including Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Augustus, Livia, Cicero, Nero, Hadrian, Diocletian, Constantine, Justinian, and Theodora. Filled with chilling narratives of violence, lust, and political expediency, this book not only describes empire-shaping political and military events but also treats social and cultural developments as integral to Roman history. William E. Dunstan highlights such key topics as the physical environment, women, law, the roles of slaves and freedmen, the plight of unprivileged free people, the composition and power of the ruling class, education, popular entertainment, food and clothing, marriage and divorce, sex, death and burial, finance and trade, scientific and medical achievements, religious institutions and practices, and artistic and literary masterpieces. All readers interested in the classical world will find this a fascinating and compelling history.

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Information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9780742568341
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Roman Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Illustrations
  2. CHAPTER 1 Early Italy
  3. CHAPTER 2 Origins of Rome
  4. CHAPTER 3 The Young Republic
  5. CHAPTER 4 Roman Conquest of Italy
  6. CHAPTER 5 Duel with Carthage
  7. CHAPTER 6 Roman Conquest of the Mediterranean World
  8. CHAPTER 7 Impact of Overseas Conquests on the Senatorial Oligarchy
  9. CHAPTER 8 Impact of Overseas Conquests on the Economic and Social Organization of Italy
  10. CHAPTER 9 Greek Cultural Influences on Rome
  11. CHAPTER 10 Rival Conceptions of State and Society Plague Roman Politics
  12. CHAPTER 11 Sulla
  13. CHAPTER 12 Pompey and Caesar
  14. CHAPTER 13 Antony and Octavian Wrestle for Empire
  15. CHAPTER 14 Economic, Social, and Cultural Climate of the Late Republic
  16. CHAPTER 15 Augustus and the Founding of the Roman Empire
  17. CHAPTER 16 Augustan Social and Religious Policy
  18. CHAPTER 17 Augustan Art and Literature and the Augustan Legacy
  19. CHAPTER 18 From Tiberius to Nero
  20. CHAPTER 19 From Vespasianto Domitian
  21. CHAPTER 20 From Nerva to Marcus Aurelius
  22. CHAPTER 21 Government, Economy, and Society in the First and Second Centuries
  23. CHAPTER 22 Architecture and Sculpture in the First and Second Centuries
  24. CHAPTER 23 Literature in the First and Second Centuries
  25. CHAPTER 24 Commodus and the Severan Dynasty
  26. CHAPTER 25 Third-Century Imperial Crisis and First Phase of Recovery
  27. CHAPTER 26 Reorganization of Diocletian and Constantine
  28. CHAPTER 27 Last Years of the United Empire
  29. CHAPTER 28 Society and Culture in the Later Empire
  30. CHAPTER 29 Rise of Christianity
  31. CHAPTER 30 Christian Triumph and Controversy
  32. CHAPTER 31 Dismemberment of the Roman Empire in the West
  33. EPILOGUE The Thousand-Year Survival of the Roman Empire in the East