The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 8
Subtitle: Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 BC
Contributors: A. E. Astin (Editor); F. W. Walbank (Editor); M. W. Frederiksen (Editor); R. M. Ogilvie (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 23, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 650
ISBN-13: 9780521234481
Subjects: World history: BCE to c 500 CE; To 510 B.C; History; Ancient World History; History - General History; Rome; History: World; Ancient Rome; Mediterranean Sea; Ancient - Rome; History / Ancient / General; Archaeology / Anthropology; Ancient - General; History: American; Republic, 510-30 B.C
First sentence: The period covered by this volume saw a vast expansion of Roman power, an expansion which extended Roman military and political domination over virtually the entire Mediterranean world, from west to east, from Spanish tribes to Hellenistic kingdoms.