The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 9
Subtitle: The Last Age of the Roman Republic, 146-43 BC
Contributors: J. A. Crook (Editor); Andrew Lintott (Editor); Elizabeth Rawson (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 29, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 920
ISBN-13: 9780521256032
Subjects: World history: BCE to c 500 CE; BCE to c 500 CE; History - General History; Ancient World History; History; History: World; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; History / Ancient / General; Ancient - General
First sentence: By the end of the second century before Christ the Romans faced a crisis as a result of their mastery of the Mediterranean, which was made sharper by an increased political awareness resulting from the acquisition of experience and the intellectual contacts made in during the acquisition of empire.