SPQR : a history of ancient Rome
(2015)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
937/BEARD,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
©2015
©2015
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
606 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780871404237, 0871404230
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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