1st Edition

Rome Empire of the Eagles, 753 BC – AD 476

By Neil Faulkner Copyright 2008
378 Pages
by Routledge

378 Pages
by Routledge

378 Pages
by Routledge

The Roman Empire is widely admired as a model of civilisation. In this compelling new study Neil Faulkner argues that in fact, it was nothing more than a ruthless system of robbery and violence. War was used to enrich the state, the imperial ruling classes and favoured client groups. In the process millions of people were killed or enslaved. Within the empire the landowning elite creamed off... Read more

List of maps and plates  Acknowledgements  Introduction  Note on ancient monetary values  Maps  Prologue  1. The making of an imperial city-state, c 750-367 BC  2. The rise of a superpower, 343-146 BC  3. The Roman revolution, 133-30 BC  4. The Pax Romana, 30 BC-AD161  5. The decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire  Timeline  References  Bibliographical notes  Index and glossary 

Biography

Neil Faulkner is a freelance archaeologist and historian. He works as a writer, lecturer, excavator, and occasional broadcaster. Educated at King's College, Cambridge, and the Institute of Archaeology, UCL, he is now a Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, the Editor of Military History Monthly, and a Lecturer for NADFAS. He co-directs the Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project (in Norfolk), the Great Arab Revolt Project (in Jordan), and the Great War Archaeology Group (a field unit specialising in First World War archaeology).