Roman History
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The Historians of Ancient Rome
An Anthology of the Major Writings, 3rd Edition
Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
The Historians of Ancient Rome is the most comprehensive collection of ancient sources for Roman history available in a single English volume. After a general introduction on Roman historical writing, extensive passages from more than a dozen Greek and Roman historians and biographers trace...
Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
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The Roman Republic 264–44 BC
Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World
This is the gripping story of the rise and fall of the Roman Republic: meteoric imperial expansion enriched and corrupted the ruling aristocracy, which was then unable either to rule the vast empire effectively or to resist the challenge of popular power within Rome itself. Political tensions,...
To Be Published August 14th 2013 by Routledge
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The Roman World 44 BC–AD 180
2nd Edition
Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World
The Roman World 44 BC – AD 180 deals with the transformation of the Mediterranean regions, northern Europe and the Near East by the military autocrats who ruled Rome during this period. The book traces the impact of imperial politics on life in the city of Rome itself and in the rest of the empire,...
Published November 9th 2011 by Routledge
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The Beginnings of Rome
Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c.1000–264 BC)
Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World
Using the results of archaeological techniques, and examining methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of the rise of Rome. The Beginnings of Rome offers insight on major issues such as: Rome’s relations with the Etruscans the conflict between patricians and...
Published September 13th 1995 by Routledge
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The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180–395
Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World
David S. Potter's comprehensive survey of two critical and eventful centuries traces the course of imperial decline, skillfully weaving together cultural, intellectual and political history. Particular attention is paid throughout to the structures of government, the rise of Persia as a rival, and...
Published April 21st 2004 by Routledge
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From the Gracchi to Nero
A History of Rome 133 BC to AD 68
Series: Routledge Classics
From the Gracchi to Nero is an outstanding history of the Roman world from 133 BC to 68 AD. Fifty years since publication it is widely hailed as the classic survey of the period, going through many revised and updated editions until H.H. Scullard’s death. It explores the decline and fall of the...
Published August 26th 2010 by Routledge
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A History of the Roman World
753 to 146 BC
Series: Routledge Classics
With a new foreword by Tim Cornell ‘Can anyone be so indifferent or idle as not to care to know by what means and under what kind of polity almost the whole inhabited world was conquered and bought under the dominion of a single city of Rome?’ – Polybius, Greek Historian The city of Rome created...
Published September 2nd 2012 by Routledge
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Aspects of Roman History AD 14–117
Series: Aspects of Classical Civilization
Aspects of Roman History AD14–117 charts the history of the Roman Imperial period, from the establishment of the Augustan principate to the reign of Trajan, providing a basic chronological framework of the main events and introductory outlines of the major issues of the period. The first half...
Published May 6th 1998 by Routledge
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Aspects of Roman History 82BC–AD14
A Source-based Approach
Series: Aspects of Classical Civilization
Aspects of Roman History 82BC–AD14 examines the political and military history of Rome and its empire in the Ciceronian and Augustan ages. It is an indispensable introduction to this central period of Roman History for all students of Roman history, from pre-university to undergraduate level. This...
Published May 10th 2010 by Routledge
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The Romans
An Introduction, 2nd Edition
Series: Peoples of the Ancient World
The second edition of The Romans: An Introduction is a concise, readable, and comprehensive survey of the civilization of ancient Rome. It covers more than 1200 years of political and military history, including many of the famous, and infamous, personalities who featured in them. Further, it...
Published January 20th 2009 by Routledge
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Ancient Rome
A Sourcebook
Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
A companion volume to the highly successful and widely used Ancient Greece, this Sourcebook is a valuable resource for students at all levels studying ancient Rome. Lynda Garland and Matthew Dillon present an extensive range of material, from the early Republic to the assassination of...
Published November 30th 2005 by Routledge
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Roman Social History
Series: Classical Foundations
This lively and original guidebook is the first to show students new to the subject exactly what Roman social history involves, and how they can study it for themselves.After presenting a short history of the development and current position of the discipline, the author discusses the kinds of...
Published October 24th 2001 by Routledge
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Pompeii
A Sourcebook
Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
This book presents translations of a wide selection of written records which survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, giving a vivid impression of what life was like in the town. From the labels on wine jars to scribbled insults, and from advertisements for gladiatorial contests to love...
Published March 31st 2004 by Routledge
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The World of Pompeii
This all embracing survey of Pompeii provides the most comprehensive survey of the region available. With contributions by well-known experts in the field, this book studies not only Pompeii, but also – for the first time – the buried surrounding cities of Campania. The World of Pompeii includes...
Published June 16th 2008 by Routledge
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The Republican Roman Army
A Sourcebook
Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
The Republican Roman Army assembles a wide range of source material and introduces the latest scholarship on the evolution of the Roman Army and the Roman experience of war. The author has carefully selected and translated key texts, many of them not previously available in English, and provided...
Published May 7th 2008 by Routledge
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Roman Britain
A Sourcebook, 3rd Edition
Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
Roman Britain: A Sourcebook has established itself as the only comprehensive collection of source material on the subject. It incorporates literary, numismatic and epigraphic evidence for the history of Britain under Roman rule, as well as translations of major literary sources. This new edition...
Published November 30th 2008 by Routledge
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Readings in Late Antiquity
A Sourcebook, 2nd Edition
Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
Late Antiquity (ca. 250-650) witnessed the transition from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. Christianity displaced polytheism over a wide area, offering new definitions of identity and community. The Roman Empire collapsed in Western Europe to be...
Published December 7th 2009 by Routledge
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Roman Archaeology for Historians
Series: Approaching the Ancient World
Roman Archaeology for Historians provides students of Roman history with a guide to the contribution of archaeology to the study of their subject. It discusses the issues with the use of material and textual evidence to explain the Roman past, and the importance of viewing this evidence in context....
Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge
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Roman Social History
A Sourcebook
Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World
This Sourcebook contains a comprehensive collection of sources on the topic of the social history of the Roman world during the late Republic and the first two centuries AD. Designed to form the basis for courses in Roman social history, this excellent resource covers original translations ...
Published October 22nd 2007 by Routledge