Rövid leírás:
In less than fifty-three years, Rome subjected most of the known world to its rule. Written by a team of specialist scholars, this book traces the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Empire and its consolidation in the first two centuries CE.
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Hosszú leírás:
In less than fifty-three years, Rome subjected most of the known world to its rule. Written by a team of specialist scholars, this book traces the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Empire and its consolidation in the first two centuries CE. It includes chapters on social and political history, the Emperors, art and architecture, and the works of the leading Roman poets, historians, and philosophers.
Review from previous edition From the reviews of The Oxford History of the Classical World:
‘the book is truly excellent…the standard of the contributions is extraordinarily high’
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Tartalomjegyzék:
Introduction
Early Rome and Italy
The Expansion of Rome
The First Roman Literature
Cicero and Rome
The Poets of the Late Republic
The Founding of the Empire
The Arts of Government
Augustan Poetry and Society
Virgil
Roman Historians
The Arts of Prose: The Early Empire
Silver Latin Poetry and the Latin Novel
Later Philosophy
The Arts of Living
Roman Life and Society
Roman Art and Architecture
Envoi: On Taking Leave of Antiquity
Tables of Events
Index
