1st Edition
Aspects of Roman History 82BC-AD14 A Source-based Approach
448 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
448 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
424 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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 is the first book since H.H. Scullard’s From the Gracchi to Nero , published two generations... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Sulla and Pompey, 82-79 3. Pompey and Crassus, 78-70 4. The Key Players, 69-64 5. Cicero, ‘The People’s Consul’, 63 6. Friends against the World, 62-59 7. The Road to Luca, 58-56 8. Disintegration, 55-52 9. The Die is Cast, 51-48 10. The Ides of March 11. Antony and Octavian, 44-42 12. Antony and Cleopatra, 42-30 13. From Son of Caesar to Augustus, 30-18 14. The First Family, 18-2 15. Father of the Fatherland, 2-AD 14 16. Society 17. Religion 18. Propaganda 19. Urbi: running the City 20. Orbi: running the Empire Glossary
Biography
Mark Davies, Hilary Swain
'This is a book which should be read by all students studying the fall of the Roman republic and the rise of the principate ... This book deserves to take its place alongside From the Gracchi to Nero as a fundamental student text on a crucial period of Roman history.' – Jonathan Eaton, JCT Review
