"ROME HISTORY" (Subject) - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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The Praetorship in the Roman Republic

Book by T. Corey Brennan; Oxford University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Praetors--Rome, Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C, Rome--Officials And Employees, Rome--Provinces--Administration

Collections: History, Entire Library

Brennan's book surveys the history of the Roman praetorship, which was one of the most enduring Roman political institutions, occupying the practical center of Roman Republican administrative life for over three centuries. The study addresses political, social, military and legal history, as well as ...
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Brennan's book surveys the history of the Roman praetorship, which was one of the most enduring Roman political institutions, occupying the practical center of Roman Republican administrative life for over three centuries. The study addresses political, social, military and legal history, as well as Roman religion. Volume I begins with a survey of Roman (and modern) views on the development of legitimate power--from the kings, through the early chief magistrates, and down through the creation and early years of the praetorship. Volume II discusses how the introduction in 122 of C. Gracchus' provincia repetundarum pushed the old city-state system to its functional limits.
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Barbarism and Religion: The Enlightenments of Edward Gibbon, 1737-1764 - Vol. 1

Book by J. G. A. Pocock; Cambridge University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Enlightenment--Great Britain, Great Britain--Intellectual Life--18th Century, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D--Historiography

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

In this first volume, The Enlightenments of Edward Gibbon, John Pocock follows Gibbon through his youthful exile in Switzerland and his criticisms of the Encyclopédie and traces the growth of his historical interests down to the conception of the Decline and Fall itself.
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The Romans: An Introduction

Book by Antony Kamm; Routledge, 1995

Subjects:

Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D, Rome--History--Kings, 753-510 B.C, Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

The Romans provides students with an excellent introduction to all aspects of Roman culture. Anthony Kamm focuses on literature, art and architecture, and includes discussion of major contemporary developments in the study of ancient Rome.All the crucial elements of Roman history such as the reign ...
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The Romans provides students with an excellent introduction to all aspects of Roman culture. Anthony Kamm focuses on literature, art and architecture, and includes discussion of major contemporary developments in the study of ancient Rome.All the crucial elements of Roman history such as the reign of the Caesars and the role of the army are discussed. Again drawing on recent scholarship, the author examines important themes like imperialism, religion and everyday social life.Incorporating maps, charts and pictures as well as a comprehensive bibliography and index, The Romans is a concise yet thorough introductory survey of Roman civilization. An indispensible textbook for A-level Classical Civilization and first-year undergraduate courses - it will also prove invaluable for students of other disciplines, such as art, literature or history, who require a reliable, accessible guide to all aspects of Roman culture.
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4.

A Handbook of Greek & Roman Architecture

Book by D. S. Robertson; Cambridge University Press, 1959

Subjects:

Architecture--Greece--History, Architecture--Rome--History

Collections: History, Entire Library
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The Dawn of the Roman Empire: Books Thirty-One to Forty

Book by J. C. Yardley, Livy; Oxford University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C, Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C

Collections: History, Entire Library

"With a single announcement from a herald, all the cities of Greece and Asia had been set free; only an intrepid soul could formulate such an ambitious project, only phenomenal valour and fortune bring it to fruition." Thus Livy describes the reaction to the Roman commander T.Q. Flamininus' ...
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"With a single announcement from a herald, all the cities of Greece and Asia had been set free; only an intrepid soul could formulate such an ambitious project, only phenomenal valour and fortune bring it to fruition." Thus Livy describes the reaction to the Roman commander T.Q. Flamininus' proclamation of the freedom of Greece at the Isthmian games near Corinth in 196 BC. Half a century later Greece was annexed as a province of the Romans who burned the ancient city of Corinth to the ground. Books 31 to 40 of Livy's history chart Rome's emergence as an imperial nation and the Romans tempestuous involvement with Greece, Macedonia and the near East in the opening decades of the second century BC; they are our most important source for Graeco-Roman relations in that century. Livy's dramatic narrative includes the Roman campaigns in Spain and against the Gallic tribes of Northern Italy; the flight of Hannibal from Carthage and his death in the East; the debate on the Oppian law; and the Bacchanalian Episode. This is the only unabridged English translation of Books 31 to 40.
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