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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Romans
    sub title: an introduction
  name:
    name part: Graham, Abigail
    name part: 1977-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Kamm, Antony
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2020
    copyright date: 2020
    edition: Fourth edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxxii, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
  abstract: The Romans: An Introduction is a concise, readable and comprehensive survey of the Roman world, which explores 1,200 years of political, military and cultural history alongside religion, social pressures, literature, art and architecture. This new edition includes updated and revised materials designed to develop analytical skills in literary and material evidence, evoking themes that resonate in both ancient and modern societies, fake news, class struggles, urbanization, concepts of race and gender, imperialism, constitutional power and religious intolerance. The fourth edition incorporates a number of new features and evolving fields: A new chapter on provinces, provincial administration and acculturation in the Roman Empire. An extended chapter on Christianity and Rome's legacy with new case studies in the reception of Roman culture. An extended chapter on Roman society and daily life, including recent scholarship on gender and race in the ancient world. Integrated use of text and material evidence which is designed to develop analytical skills in critical source assessment. The book's successful Open Access website updated to include new case studies on emerging topics such as performance politics, religious syncretism, media sensationalism and cultural heritage. Thoroughly updated and redeveloped, this new edition of The Romans will continue to serve as the definitive introduction to the life, history and culture of the Roman world, from its foundation to its significance to later civilizations.
  table of contents: 1. The Origins of Rome -- Foundation legends and their sources -- Rome: center of the universe -- Further reading -- 2. The Republic (510 -- 60 BC) -- The birth of the Roman constitution (509 -- 281 BC) -- Origins of empire: Roman warfare and imperialism (281 -- 121 BC) -- The twilight of the Roman Republic: administering an empire 121 -- 60 BC -- Further reading -- 3. The Rise of the Roman Empire: Twelve Caesars (60 BC -- AD 96) -- Sources on the Twelve Caesars -- The first triumvirate (60 -- 48 BC) -- The rise of Augustus and the second triumvirate -- Augustus: restorer of the republic? -- Tiberius (AD 14 -- 37) -- Caligula (AD 37 -- 41) -- Claudius (AD 41 -- 54) -- Nero (AD 54 -- 69) -- The year of four emperors: summer 68 -- winter 69 AD -- Vespasian (AD 69 -- 79) and the Flavian dynasty -- Titus (AD 79 -- 81) -- Domitian (AD 81 -- 96) -- Further reading -- 4. The Roman Empire: Zenith and Decline (AD 96 -- 330) -- Making the Empire work -- Sources: Cassius Dio, Ammianus and the Historia Augusta -- The "five good emperors" (AD 96 -- 180) -- The Severans: the disintegration of dynasty (AD 180 -- 234) -- The 3rd-century crisis? Devaluation and disorder (AD 235 -- 284) -- Recovery: Diocletian, Constantine and Christian Rome (AD 284 -- 337) -- Further reading -- 5. Roman Religions and Mythology -- Roman divinities -- Prayer and sacrifice: blessings and curses -- Omens -- Worship in the home -- Worship in the fields -- State religion: offices -- State religion festivals and the calendar -- Religion in the provinces: east meets west -- Jews and Christians -- Further reading -- 6. Society and Daily Life -- Social hierarchy -- Traditional values and customs -- Economy and money -- The Roman calendar -- Working in ancient Rome -- The roles of women: daughter, mother, wife -- Marriage -- Working girls -- The ideal Roman woman? -- Imperial women: Livia and Agrippina the Younger -- tiger moms? -- Slaves and slavery -- Education -- Dress -- Sexuality and gender -- Food and dr…
  note: Abigail Graham and Antony Kamm.
  note: Previous edition: 2014.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
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    geographic code: ff-----
  subject:
    geographic: Rome
    topic: History
    temporal: Kings, 753-510 B.C
  subject:
    geographic: Rome
    topic: History
    temporal: Republic, 510-30 B.C
  subject:
    geographic: Rome
    topic: History
    temporal: Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
  subject:
    geographic: Rome
    topic: Civilization
  classification: DG231 .K23 2020
  classification: 937
  identifier: 9781138543881
  identifier: 1138543888
  identifier: 9781138543898
  identifier: 1138543896
  identifier: 9781351005562
  identifier: 9781351005579
  identifier: 9781351005555
  identifier: 9781351005586
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    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 200217
    record change date: 20220902134601.9
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