SPQR : a history of ancient Rome / Mary Beard.

By: Beard, Mary, 1955- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First editionDescription: 606 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780871404237Other title: Senatus populusque Romanus | History of ancient RomeSubject(s): Rome -- History -- Kings, 753-510 B.C | Rome -- History -- Republic, 510-30 B.C | Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.DDDC classification: 937
Contents:
Prologue : the history of Rome -- Cicero's finest hour -- In the beginning -- The kings of Rome -- Rome's great leap forward -- A wider world -- New politics -- From empire to emperors -- The home front -- The transformations of Augustus -- Fourteen emperors -- The haves and have-nots -- Rome outside Rome -- Epilogue : the first Roman millennium.
Summary: A prominent classicist explores ancient Rome and how its citizens adapted the notion of imperial rule, invented the concepts of citizenship and nation, and made laws about those traditionally overlooked in history, including women, slaves, and criminals.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-562) and index.

Prologue : the history of Rome -- Cicero's finest hour -- In the beginning -- The kings of Rome -- Rome's great leap forward -- A wider world -- New politics -- From empire to emperors -- The home front -- The transformations of Augustus -- Fourteen emperors -- The haves and have-nots -- Rome outside Rome -- Epilogue : the first Roman millennium.

A prominent classicist explores ancient Rome and how its citizens adapted the notion of imperial rule, invented the concepts of citizenship and nation, and made laws about those traditionally overlooked in history, including women, slaves, and criminals.

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