The Roman Empire
By: Paul Veyne ; Arthur Goldhammer, translator.
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Rome -- Social life and customs; Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
Description: "This compact book - which appeared earlier in the multivolume series A History of Private Life - is a history of the Roman Empire in pagan times. It is an interpretation setting forth in detail the universal civilization of the Romans - so much of it Hellenic - that later gave way to Christianity. The civilization, culture, literature, art, and even religion of Rome are discussed in this masterly work by a leading scholar."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Originally published as "L'Empire romain" in Histoire de la vie privée, vol. 1, De l'Empire romain à l'an mil, Editions du Seuil, c1985"--T.p. verso.