A History of Rome - Softcover

Glay, Marcel Le; Voisin, Jean-Louis; Le Bohec, Yann; Le Glay, Marcel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631194584 ISBN 13: 9780631194583

Verlag: Blackwell Publishers, 1996

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This volume is an up-to-date survey of the history of Rome. Spanning over 1300 years, the narrative covers the earliest recorded settlement in the eighth century BC through the establishment of the Roman Republic and transition to empire, to Rome's decline in the late-fourth and fifth centuries AD. Throughout the book, political overview is balanced with an analysis of social and economic change, as well as religious and cultural life. The authors present these developments within a critical framework, introducing the reader to the key historical debates and issues of the period. They place particular emphasis on the importance of interpreting the varied source material, such as numismatic, archaeological and, especially, literary evidence.

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Marcel Le Glay was, until his death in December 1993, Professor Emeritus of the University of Paris IV, Sorbonne.

Jean-Louis Voisin is a Lecturer at the University of Bourgogne.

Yann Le Bohec is a Professor of the University of Lyons III.

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This magisterial survey, spanning over 1,300 years, is widely acclaimed as the best single-volume history of Rome. The new edition continues to combine political overview with a balanced analysis of social and economic change, and religious and cultural life. Particular emphasis also remains on the importance of interpreting the varied source material and, especially, literary evidence.

The second edition has been updated following research among users of the first edition. It now incorporates a number of improvements, including:

• Extended treatment of the causes of the First Carthaginian war, and of Hannibal's purposes on the eve of the Second.
  
• Dramatically expanded coverage of late Republic period.
  
• A new section on the Roman family and the so-called 'emancipation' of women.
  
• A 'Guide to Greek and Roman Writers'.
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With an updated 'Guide to Further Reading' and two completely new maps, the second edition of A History of Rome will remain the one indispensable volume for those interested in the history of the Roman period.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0631194584
• ISBN 13: 9780631194583
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 484
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar