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Rome : an empire's story /

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Rome in the archaic age was a minor satellite between the Etruscan and Greek world. This book traces the expansion of Roman influence first within Italy, then around the Mediterranean world and finally, at breakneck speed, deep into Europe, out to the Atlantic, along the edge of the Sahara and down...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woolf, Greg (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Rome > Politics and government > 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Imperialism > History > To 1500.
Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Table of Contents:
  • The whole story
  • Empires of the mind
  • Rulers of Italy
  • Imperial ecology
  • Mediterranean hegemony
  • Slavery and empire
  • Crisis
  • At heaven's command?
  • The generals
  • The enjoyment of empire
  • Emperors
  • Resourcing empire
  • War
  • Imperial identities
  • Reconstruction
  • A Christian empire
  • Emperors and kings
  • The city and the empire
  • Remaking the world
  • The Roman past and the Roman future.