The Horizon book of ancient Rome
By: by the editors of Horizon magazine. Editor in charge: William Harlan Hale. Author: Robert Payne. Introd. by Gilbert Highet.
Contributors: Hale, William Harlan, 1910-1974, ed.
Publisher: American Heritage Pub. Co.; book trade distribution by Doubleday
Published: 1966
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: Rome -- History
Other titles: Horizon (New York, N.Y.); Book of ancient Rome.
Description: At first little more than the power of the sword carried Rome forward; as it grew, it acquired the power of religious and poetic vision. These are the spiritual powers which it bequeathed to its heirs, the modern nations of the western world.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 402-403.
1970 ed. published under title: Ancient Rome.