The Romans
Subtitle: An Introduction (Ancient Peoples)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: July 31, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780415458245
Subjects: Classical Greek & Roman archaeology; History; History - General History; History: World; Ancient Rome; History / Ancient / General; Ancient - General; Ancient - Rome
First sentence: Whoever coined the epigram 'Rome was not built in a day' - and it was probably the sixteenth-century English dramatist John Heywood - established a permanent reminder that the Roman civilization was twelve hundred years developing, flourishing, and ultimately disintegrating.