num_pages: 460
description: Ancient Rome is a concise, comprehensive political and military history of the Roman Republic and Empire, from the origins of the city in the Italian Iron Age, until the deposition of the last emperor in 476 AD. Christopher Mackay describes how military events undermined the political institutions of the Republic, how the Empire was administered and controlled, why Christianity was adopted as the state religion under Constantine, and how military and economic pressures of the third and fourth centuries eventually led to the downfall of the Western empire. Illustrated with relevant art works from Rome's long history, this volume serves as an up-to-date overview of one of the most extraordinary civilizations in human history.
language: English
title: Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History
titlecomplete: Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History
characters: Augustus
genres: History, Ancient History, European History, Military History, Unfinished, Nonfiction, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 96
publisher: Cambridge University Press