The Romans : an introduction /
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 desig...
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
[2020].
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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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 drink
- Holidays and the games
- Further reading
- 7. Art, Architecture and Building
- Sculpture
- Painting and mosaic
- Domestic architecture
- The architecture of public buildings
- A typical Roman theater
- Infrastructure
- Further reading
- 8. Roman Literature
- Languages and sources
- Ennius
- Comedy: Plautus and Terence
- Lyric poetry: Catullus and Horace
- Virgil
- Elegiac poetry: Propertius and Ovid
- Epigram and satire: Martial and Juvenal
- The novel: Petronius and Apuleius
- Historians: Caesar, Livy, Tacitus and Suetonius
- Philosophy and science: Lucretius, Seneca and Pliny the Elder
- Letter writers: Cicero and Pliny the Younger
- Further reading
- 9. The Roman Army
- The new model army
- The legion
- Other units
- Weapons and tactics
- Consolidating and patrolling the Empire
- Life in the Roman army
- Further reading
- 10. Rome's Provinces
- Establishing a province
- Capitals of empire in the West: Gallia Narbonensis
- Capitals of empire in the East: Asia (Asia minor)
- Life on the fringes of empire: Roman Britain
- Life on the fringes of empire: Roman Syria
- Conclusions
- Further reading
- Websites
- 11. The Fall of the Roman Empire and Its Legacy (Ad 330
- Present)
- The fall of Rome AD 330
- 476
- The Eastern Empire
- The legacy of Rome
- Imperialism
- Cultural heritage
- Further reading
- Appendices
- 1. The Roman constitution
- 2. Roman names and nomenclature: a brief introduction
- 3. Historical timeline
- 4. Literature timeline
- 5. Glossary of Latin terms in the text.