A Short History of Rome
A Short History of Rome
$42.00
USDFirst published in 1924, as a second edition of a 1914 original, this informative book was aimed at school students and served to introduce a concise yet coherent and contextual picture of Roman history. The book explores, establishes and emphasizes the development of Roman character, social and political tendencies, the state of Italy and the Provinces and their relations to Rome, and the steps in the revolution during the last century of the Republic. Multiple photographs are included and a summary of the most important dates and events has been placed at the end of almost every chapter. This book provides a lucid and evocative examination of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, paying careful attention to the background, which led to landmark historical events, and will be of value to scholars of history as well as to anyone with an interest in the history of education.
Product details
April 2016Paperback
9781316601662
314 pages
230 × 127 × 22 mm
0.4kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the second edition
- 1. The founding of Rome
- 2. The last kings of Rome
- 3. The early Republic to the time of the Decemviri
- 4. The equalization of the orders
- 5. The decay of Etruria and the invasion of the Gauls
- 6. The three Samnite wars and the Latin revolt
- 7. The war with Pyrrhus
- 8. The first Punic war
- 9. Preparations for a new struggle
- 10. The second Punic war till Cannae
- 11. The second Punic war. Cannae to Zama
- 12. Macedon, Antiochus and Greece
- 13. The destruction of Carthage and the Spanish wars
- 14. Rome, Italy and the provinces
- 15. The Gracchi
- 16. Jugurthine and the Cimbrian wars
- 17. Marius, the social war and Sulla
- 18. First Mithradatic war
- 19. Anarchy and Sulla's reforms
- 20. Collapse of Sulla's constitution - four wars
- 21. Cicero, Catiline and Caesar
- 22. Caesar in Gaul
- 23. Break-up of the coalition
- 24. The civil war and the rule of Caesar
- 25. The second civil war
- 26. Augustus
- 27. Tiberius to Domitian
- 28. Nerva to Commodus
- 29. The Severi to Aurelian
- 30. Diocletian and Constantine
- Index.
