Ancient Rome
By: William E. Dunstan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 597
ISBN-13: 9780742568327; 9780742568334; 9780742568341
Subjects: Politics and government; Civilization; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early Italy; title: Origins of Rome; title: The young republic; title: Roman conquest of Italy; title: Duel with Carthage; title: Roman conquest of the Mediterranean world; title: Impact of overseas conquests on the senatorial oligarchy; title: Impact of overseas conquests of the economic and social organization of Italy; title: Greek cultural influences on Rome; title: Rival conceptions of state and society plague Roman politics : from the Gracchi to the Social War; title: Sulla; title: Pompey and Caesar; title: Antony and Octavian wrestle for empire : final dissolution of the old republican order; title: Economic, social, and cultural climate of the late republic; title: Augustus and the founding of the Roman Empire; title: Augustan social and religious policy; title: Augustan art and literature and the Augustan legacy; title: From Tiberius to Nero : the Julio-Claudian dynasty; title: From Vespasian to Domitian : the Flavian dynasty; title: From Nerva to Marcus Aurelius : the five good emperors; title: Government, economy, and society in the first and second centuries; title: Architecture and sculpture in the first and second centuries; title: Literature in the first and second centuries; title: Commodus and the Severan dynasty; title: Third-century imperial crisis and first phase of recovery; title: Reorganization of Diocletian and Constantine; title: Last years of the united empire; title: Society and culture in the later empire; title: Rise of Christianity; title: Christian triumph and controversy; title: Dismemberment of the Roman Empire in the West; title: Epilogue : the thousand-year survival of the Roman Empire in the East.