SPQR : a history of ancient Rome /
by Beard, Mary.
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BookPublisher: London : Profile Books, 2015Description: 416 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781846683800 (hbk.) :; 1846683807 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 937 BEASubject(s): Rome -- History | History | HistorySummary: Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty, and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security, and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. This title provides a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists. It explores not only how Rome grew from an insignificant village in central Italy to a power that controlled territory from Spain to Syria, but also how the Romans thought about themselves and their achievements, and why they are still important to us.
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| 936.2904 SYM Fortresses and treasures of Roman Wales | 936.4 ROB The Celts / | 936.4 ROB France : an adventure history / | 937 BEA SPQR : a history of ancient Rome / | 937 BED Populus : living and dying in the wealth, smoke, and din of ancient Rome / | 937 KER A brief history of classical civilization | 937.05 STR The death of Caesar : |
Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty, and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security, and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. This title provides a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists. It explores not only how Rome grew from an insignificant village in central Italy to a power that controlled territory from Spain to Syria, but also how the Romans thought about themselves and their achievements, and why they are still important to us.
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