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A history of Rome
- Title
- A history of Rome / Marcel Le Glay, Jean-Louis Voisin, Yann Le Bohec ; translated by Antonia Nevill.
- Author
- Le Glay, Marcel.
- Publication
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DG209 .L3613 2000 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxiii, 563 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "This survey, spanning over 1,300 years, is widely acclaimed as the best single-volume history of Rome. The new edition continues to combine political overview with a balanced analysis of social and economic change, and religious and cultural life. Particular emphasis remains on the importance of interpreting the varied source material and, especially, literary evidence."--BOOK JACKET.
- Uniform Title
- Histoire romaine. English
- Alternative Title
- Histoire romaine.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Rome and the Mediterranean -- Pt. I. From the Origins to the Empire. 1. Italy Before Rome. 2. The Formation of Rome: from Romulus to the Tarquins. 3. The Young Republic: the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C. 4. The Growth of the Republic: War and Conquest in the Third Century B.C. 5. Consequences of Conquest: the Scond Century B.C. 6. Crisis of the Republic: the First Century B.C. -- Pt. II. Rome, Master of the World Sources. 7. The Roman World in 31-28 B.C. 8. Augustus: the Birth of the Imperial Regime: 29 B.C.- A.D. 14. 9. The Julio-Claudians: the System Under Stress, A.D. 14-68. 10. The Flavians: Consolidating the Imperial Order, A.D. 68-96. 11. The Antonine Empire, A.D. 96-192. 12. The African and Syrian Emperors, A.D. 193-235 -- Pt. III. Another Roman World (Third to Fifth Century). 13. Equilibrium, A.D. 235. 14. A Disintegrating Order, A.D. 235-284. 15. A Different Order, A.D. 284-361. 16. Different Institutions: Reorganization.
- 17. A Different Socio-Economic World: Recovery and State Control. 18. A Different Civilization: Between Paganism and Christianity. 19. The End of the Roman World? Guide to Greek and Roman Writers / David Cherry -- Guide to Further Reading / David Cherry.
- ISBN
- 0631218580 (alk. paper)
- 0631218599 (pb. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 00042931
- OCLC
- 222737666
- ocn222737666
- SCSB-4039148
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries