The Climax of Rome - Softcover

Grant, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753801795 ISBN 13: 9780753801796

Verlag: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1997

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The period between the accession of Marcus Aurelius in AD 161 and the death of Constantine the Great in 337 is often seen as little more than a protracted interval between the glories of the ancient world and the genesis of medieval Europe. This book shows a much more creative picture of this time - despite internal strife and wars along vast frontiers, there was a stupendous military achievement which preserved the Empire for several centuries. This overal stability allowed Roman civilization to flourish, combining "an artistic, literary, spiritual and political brilliance with unparalleled lavishness". In these two centuries Michael Grant finds the climax of "a terrible but marvellous age".

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Michael Grant is a highly successful and renowned historian of the ancient world. He has held many academic posts including those of Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Professor of Humanity at Edinburgh University; Vice Chancellor of The Queen's University, Belfast and Vice Chancellor of the University of Khartoum. He is a Doctor of Letters at Dublin and a Doctor of Laws at Belfast. He has also been President of the Classical Association of England, the Virgil Society and the Royal Numismatic Society, and is a Medallist of the Ame

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• Verlag: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0753801795
• ISBN 13: 9780753801796
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
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