The Roman Republic and the Hellenistic Mediterranean : from Alexander to Caesar /

This book endeavors to put the historical narratives of various regions of the Mediterranean in tandem with each other for the course of the Hellenistic period, the Roman Republic, for certain, but also Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, north Africa and western Europe. With a task this enormous, one is rem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Allen, Joel, 1970- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, [2020]
Subjects:	Rome > History > Republic, 265-30 B.C. Mediterranean Region > History > To 476. Civilization, Greco-Roman. Rome > Relations > Mediterranean Region. Mediterranean Region > Relations > Rome.

Table of Contents:

To 336 : four peninsulas and a delta
To 336 : Roman origins and institutions
To 321 : Alexanders in Asia and Italy
To 295 : an elusive equilibrium
To 264 : the path of Pyrrhus
To 238 : the three corners of Sicily
To 201 : the expanding Roman horizon
To 186 : Hercules and the muses
To 164 : hostages of diplomacy
To 133 : the price of empire
To 101 : the "new men" of Rome and the Mediterranean
To 79 : boundless violence
To 63 : extraordinary commands
To 52 : the world according to Pompey
To 44 : Roman Alexanders
Epilogue : not the end.