A History of Rome down to the Reign of Constantine / M. Cary, D.Litt. Late Emeritus Professor of Ancient History in the University of London and H. H. Scullard, F.B.A. Emeritus Professor of Ancient History in the University of London.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cary, M. (Max), 1881-1958.

Contributor:

Scullard, H. A. (Howard Hayes), 1903-1983.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

CHR 1975.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxvii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 694 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps, plans, genealogical table ; 26 cm

Edition:

Third Edition.

Manufacture:

Frome and London : Printed by Butler & Tanner Ltd.

Place of Publication:

[Basingstoke] ; [London] : [The Macmillan Press Ltd.], [1975.]

Contents:

Part I. Pre-Roman Italy. The geographical environment of Roman history; The early inhabitants of Italy; Greeks and Etruscans in early Italy

Part II. The Roman Conquest of Italy. Latium and Rome; Rome in the period of the kings; The sources for early Roman history; The conflict of the orders. The first stage; The early wars of the Republic; The conflict of the orders. The second stage; The Latin, Samnite and Pyrrhic Wars; The Roman State in the Third Century B.C.

Part III. The Conquest of the Mediterranean. The First Punic War and the conquest of Northern Italy; The Second Punic War; The conquest of the Western Mediterranean; The Macedonian Wars; The Roman Wars in Asia in the Second Century; The government of the Roman Provinces; Domestic politics in the Second Century; Roman society in the Second Century

Part IV. The Fall of the Republic. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus; Marius and the new Roman Army; The Italian Wars, 91-83 B.C.; The temporary monarchy of Cornelius Sulla; The fall of the Restoration Government; The wars of Lucullus, Pompey and Crassus; Caesar's conquest of Gaul and the breakdown of the First Triumvirate; The rise of Caesar to supreme power; The Second Triumvirate; Roman society in the First Century

Part V. Consolidation of the Roman Empire. The settlement of Augustus. Rome and Italy; The Roman Empire under Augustus; The Julio-Claudian Emperors. Internal affairs; The Roman Empire under the Julio-Claudian dynasty; Roman society under the early Roman Empire; The 'Year of the Four Emperors'; The Flavian Emperors; The 'Five Good Emperors;. General administration; The 'Five Good Emperors'. External affairs; Roman society from A.D. 70 to 180; Commodus and the Severi

Part VI. The Decline of the Roman Empire. The crisis of the empire in the Third Century; Diocletian and Constantine; Economic, cultural and religious developments; The Roman Empire. Retrospect and prospect.

Notes:

"Third Edition 1975."

Contains prefaces to first, second and third editions.

"As the opportunity has arisen for a complete recasting of the format of the book, together with new illustrations and maps, I have taken the chance to rewrite freely where advances in knowledge seem to require fresher treatment: apart from constant minor changes throughout I have rewritten perhaps something like one-third of the book ..."--H. H. S. Preface to the Third Edition.

Text printed in two columns has marginal headings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok 1977".

Potok Collection copy has underlines and marginal marks.

ISBN:

033174402

OCLC:

1966996