Roman People

Name: Roman People
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ISBN: 9780072869040

ISBN-10: 0072869046

ISBN-13: 9780072869040

Edition: 4th 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Robert B. Kebric

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Robert Kebric explains the ancient Roman world by focusing on individual personalities, what is known about them & their world views. Both famous & everyday individuals become lenses through which the reader can understand the values & characteristics of ancient Rome.

Book details

List price: $58.75
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 7/27/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Robert B. Kebric is a professor of Ancient Greek and Roman History at the University of Louisville. Kebric uses every necessary source to draw together the complete history of culture and society in his books, Greek People and Roman People.



Preface


Illustrations, Maps, and Charts


Chronology


A Roman Professor



Rome, Expansion, and Conquest: The Siege of Syracuse(213-211 B.C.)-Marcellus the Warlord, Archimedes the Weapons-Master



The Republic in Transition: Internal Disorders-Eunus the Magician and the First Sicilian Slave War (135-132 B.C.)



Politics and Violence in the First Century B.C.: Gambling with Rome's Future-Brutus the Assassin



The End of the Republic: Antony Loses the Roman World-Cleopatra, "Queen of Kings"; Queen of Hearts



The Early Empire: Tiberius' Troubled Reign (14-37 A.D.)-Thrasyllus the Astrologer



Flavian Stability-Natural Disaster: Mt. Vesuvius Destroys Pompeii and Herculaneum (August 24, 79 A.D.)-Pliny the Survivor



The Golden Age of Empire: Growing Old in the Second Century A.D.-Spurinna, an Aged Roman



Empire and Army: Septimius and the Severan Dynasty (193-235 A.D.)-Julia Domna, the Syrian Empress



Crisis and Christians: The Empire Under Stress-Vibia Perpetua the Martyr



Emperors and Entertainment: Crowds, Cheers, and the Circus Maximus-Diocles the Charioteer


Epilogue


Glossary and Pronunciation Guide


Acknowledgments


Illustration Credits


Index