The Romans: From Village to Empire: A History of Rome from Earliest Times to the End of the Western Empire by Daniel J. Gargola, Richard J. A. Talbert, Noel Lenski, Mary T. Boatwright (Paperback, 2012)
The Romans is currently the best textbook on Roman history available in English. --Walter Scheidel, Stanford University How did a single village community in the Italian peninsula eventually become one of the most powerful imperial powers the world has ever kwn? In The Romans: From Village to Empire, Second Edition, Mary T. Boatwright, Daniel J. Gargola, Richard J.A. Talbert, and new coauthor Noel Lenski explore this question as they guide students through a comprehensive sweep of Roman history, ranging from the prehistoric settlements to the fall of the empire in 476. Addressing issues that still confront modern states worldwide--including warfare, empire building, consensus forging, and political fragmentation--the authors also provide glimpses into everyday Roman life and perspective, demonstrating how Rome's growth as a state is inseparable from its social and cultural development. Vividly written and accessible, The Romans, Second Edition, traces Rome's remarkable evolution from village, to monarchy, to republic, to one-man rule by an emperor--whose power at its peak stretched from Scotland to Iraq and the Nile Valley--to the empire's fall in 476. Firmly grounded in ancient literary and material sources, the text describes and analyzes major political and military landmarks, from the Punic Wars, to Caesar's conquest of Gaul and his crossing of the Rubicon, to the victory of Octavian over Mark Antony, and through Constantine's adoption of Christianity. Featuring two new chapters (13 and 14), the second edition extends the book's coverage through the rise of Christianity, the growth of the Barbarian threat, the final years of the empire, its fall in 476, and, finally, to its revival in the East as Byzantium. This edition also combines chapters 1 and 2 into one-- Archaic Italy and the Origins of Rome --and integrates more material on women, religion, and cultural history throughout. Ideal for courses in Roman history and Roman civilization, The Romans, Second Edition, is enhanced by two new 8-page, 4-color inserts and almost 100 extensively captioned illustrations. It also includes more than 30 ancient maps, revised and improved under the supervision of coauthor Richard J. A. Talbert, and textual extracts that provide fascinating cultural observations made by ancient Romans themselves. A new Image Bank CD contains PowerPoint-based slides of all the photos and maps in the text.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN-10
0199730571
ISBN-13
9780199730575
eBay Product ID (ePID)
112412992
Product Key Features
Author
Richard J. A. Talbert, Daniel J. Gargola, Noel Lenski, Mary T. Boatwright
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Ancient History
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
1100g
Height
234mm
Width
191mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
New York
Spine
24mm
Content Note
Illustrations (Some Col.) , Maps.
Date of Publication
12/01/2012
Edition Statement
2nd Revised Edition
Genre
Ancient History
Country of Publication
United States
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