Ancient Rome: From Romulus to Justinian - Hardcover

Martin, Thomas R.

 
9780300160048: Ancient Rome: From Romulus to Justinian
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0300160046 ISBN 13: 9780300160048
Verlag: YALE UNIV PR, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

With commanding skill, Thomas R. Martin tells the remarkable and dramatic story of how a tiny, poor, and threatened settlement grew to become, during its height, the dominant power in the Mediterranean world for five hundred years. Encompassing the period from Rome's founding in the eighth century B.C. through Justinian's rule in the sixth century A.D., he offers a distinctive perspective on the Romans and their civilization by employing fundamental Roman values as a lens through which to view both their rise and spectacular fall.

Interweaving social, political, religious, and cultural history, Martin interprets the successes and failures of the Romans in war, political organization, quest for personal status, and in the integration of religious beliefs and practices with government. He focuses on the central role of social and moral values in determining individual conduct as well as decisions of state, from monarchy to republic to empire. Striving to reconstruct ancient history from the ground up, he includes frequent references to ancient texts and authors, encouraging readers to return to the primary sources. Comprehensive, concise, and accessible, this masterful account provides a unique window into Rome and its changing fortune.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Thomas R. Martin is professor of Classics at the College of the Holy Cross. His publications include Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times, Herodotus and Sima Qian: The First Great Historians of Greece and China, and, as co-author, The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures. He lives in Sutton, MA.

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Verlag
YALE UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0300160046
ISBN 13 
9780300160048
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Anzahl der Seiten
237
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