Rome Victorious: The Irresistible Rise of the Roman Empire
Prof Dexter Hoyos
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 bw in 16pp plates, 3-5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134. .
Rome – Urbs Roma: city of patricians and plebeians, emperors and gladiators, slaves and concubines – was the epicentre of a far-flung imperium whose cultural legacy is incalculable. How a tiny settlement, founded by desperate adventurers beside the banks of the River Tiber, came to rule vast tracts of territory across the face of the known world is one of the more improbable stories of antiquity. The epic scale of the Colosseum; majestically columned temples; formidable legionaries marching in burnished steel breastplates; and capricious Caesars clad in purple robes who thought themselves gods: all these images speak of a grandeur ... Read more
Rome – Urbs Roma: city of patricians and plebeians, emperors and gladiators, slaves and concubines – was the epicentre of a far-flung imperium whose cultural legacy is incalculable. How a tiny settlement, founded by desperate adventurers beside the banks of the River Tiber, came to rule vast tracts of territory across the face of the known world is one of the more improbable stories of antiquity. The epic scale of the Colosseum; majestically columned temples; formidable legionaries marching in burnished steel breastplates; and capricious Caesars clad in purple robes who thought themselves gods: all these images speak of a grandeur ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780762753
SKU
V9781780762753
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About Prof Dexter Hoyos
Dexter Hoyos is Associate Professor (retired) of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Mastering the West (2015), The Carthaginians (2010) and Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy (2008) and the editor of A Companion to the Punic Wars (2011).
Reviews for Rome Victorious: The Irresistible Rise of the Roman Empire
Dexter Hoyos has written a remarkably efficient and wonderfully lucid account of the Roman Empire from its beginnings in the third century BC to the height of its power in the third century AD. Combining narrative with thematic discussion throughout, Professor Hoyos shows readers how the empire functioned and enables them to see what set the Roman Empire apart from ... Read more