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Oxford Illustrated History of the Roman World

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ISBN-10: 0192854364

ISBN-13: 9780192854360

Edition: 2001

Authors: John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn Murray

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The Romans succeeded in less than fifty-three years in subjecting almost the whole inhabited world of their rule. This book tells the story of the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus and its consolidation in the first two centuries AD. It also discusses some aspects of the later Empire and its influence on western civilizations, not least through the adoption of Christianity. Chapters dealing with social and political history are interspersed with chapters on literature, philosophy, and the arts: the conquests of Rome; Roman Emperors; Plautus, Terence, Virgil and Roman literature; Roman historians such as Tacitus and Livy;…    
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Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/24/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

John Boardman, Lincoln Professor Emeritus of Classical Archaeology and Art at Oxford University, has written widely on the art and archaeology of ancient Greece. His previous books include The Greeks Overseas, The History of Greek Vases, The World of Ancient Art, and others.

List of Colour Plates
List of Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Early Rome and Italy
The Expansion of Rome
The First Roman Literature
Cicero and Rome
The Poets of the Late Republic
The Founding of the Empire
The Arts of Government
Augustan Poetry and Society
Virgil
Roman Historians
The Arts of Prose: The Early Empire
Silver Latin Poetry and the Latin Novel
Later Philosophy
The Arts of Living
Roman Life and Society
Roman Art and Architecture
Envoi: On Taking Leave of Antiquity
Table of Events
Descriptive List of Illustrations