Ancient Rome An Introductory History

Name: Ancient Rome An Introductory History
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ISBN: 9780806132877

ISBN-10: 0806132876

ISBN-13: 9780806132877

Edition: N/A

Authors: Paul A. Zoch

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Book details

List price: $24.95
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 8/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Maps


Preface


Acknowledgments



A Linguistic Introduction



Rome's Origins according to the Ancients



Romulus and Remus Found Rome



Kings after Romulus



Tarquin's Coup d'Etat and the End of the Monarchy



The Res Publica: "Senatus Populusque Romanus"



Traitors and Heroes of the Early Republic



Class Conflict in Rome



Cariolanus, Cincinnatus, and Camillus



The Gauls Sack Rome



The Wars with the Samnites



King Pyrrhus' Pyrrhic Victories



The First Punic War



The Second Punic War



Rome Encounters the East



The Gracchi: The Beginning of the End of the Res Publica



The War against Jugurtha and the Rise of Marius



The Italian Wars and the Career of Sulla



The Rise of Pompey



The First Triumvirate



Civil War



Renewed Civil War and the Rise of Octavian



The Roman Empire: The Principate



The Julio-Claudian Emperors



The Flavian Emperors



The Culmination of the Pax Romana


Afterword: The Disintegration of the Empire


Bibliography


Index