SPQR : a history of ancient Rome / Mary Beard.
2015
937 B368s 2015
Available at 2nd (Main) Floor
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Title
SPQR : a history of ancient Rome / Mary Beard.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780871404237 (hardcover) :
0871404230 (hardcover)
0871404230 (hardcover)
Published
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
606 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Call Number
937 B368s 2015
System Control No.
(OCoLC)902661394
(OCoLC)902661394
(OCoLC)902661394
Summary
A prominent classicist explores ancient Rome and how its citizens adapted the notion of imperial rule, invented the concepts of citizenship and nation, and made laws about those traditionally overlooked in history, including women, slaves, and criminals.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-562) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Prologue : the history of Rome
Cicero's finest hour
In the beginning
The kings of Rome
Rome's great leap forward
A wider world
New politics
From empire to emperors
The home front
The transformations of Augustus
Fourteen emperors
The haves and have-nots
Rome outside Rome
Epilogue : the first Roman millennium.
Cicero's finest hour
In the beginning
The kings of Rome
Rome's great leap forward
A wider world
New politics
From empire to emperors
The home front
The transformations of Augustus
Fourteen emperors
The haves and have-nots
Rome outside Rome
Epilogue : the first Roman millennium.
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