Rome. / M. Rostovtzeff. Translated from the Russian by J. D. Duff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rostovtzeff, Michael Ivanovitch, 1870-1952.

Contributor:

Duff, J. D. (James Duff), 1860-1940.

Bickerman, E. J. (Elias Joseph), 1897-1981.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pernnsylvania)

Series:

Galaxy book ; GB42.

A Galaxy book ; GB42

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Rome--History.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 347 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Edition:

Galaxy book edition Elias J. Bickerman, editor, paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1960]

Summary:

First published in 1927 this monumental book has long been out of print. Brilliantly written, it stands on its own merits and has not been outdated by new discoveries or research. Rostovtzeff's narrative begins in the fourth century B.C. and concludes with the social and political catastrophe of the third century.' In between, he examines not only the political and military events of these centuries, but the social and economic milieu, the personalities, and the minutiae of day-to-day existence. For this edition, Elias J. Bickerman has prepared a completely new and up-to-date bibliography and contributed brief addenda dealing with recent discoveries and scholarship. The maps of Italy and the Empire have been entirely redrawn, and twenty-three of the most relevant plates from the original edition have been retained.

Contents:

Early Italy. Sources of Information

Italy from 800 B.C. to 500 B.C.: Etruscans, Samnites, Latins

Rome in the Fifth and Early Fourth Century B.C.

Rome in the Second Half of the Fourth Century and the beginning of the Third

Rome and Carthage

Rome, the Hellenistic East, and Carthage in the Second Century B.C.

The Roman Provinces

Rome and Italy after the Punic and Eastern Wars

The Gracchi, and beginning of Political and Social Revolution at Rome

Beginning of Civil War. The Allies. Marius and Sulla

Pompey and Caesar: the Second Stage of Civil War

The Dictatorship of Caesar. The Third Stage of Civil War: Antony and Octavian

Rome, Italy, and the Provinces of the First Century B.C.

The Principate of Augustus

Religion and Art in the time of Augustus

The Julian and Claudian Dynasties

The Age of Enlightened Despotism: the Flavians and Antonines

The Provinces in the First and Second Centuries A.D.

Government of the Roman Empire in the First Two Centuries A.D.

Social and Economic Development of the Empire in the First Two Centuries

The Ordeal of the Roman Empire in the Third Century A.D.

The Reforms of Diocletian and Constantine: the Military Depotism of the East

Religious Developments in the Empire during the First Three Centuries

The Decline of Ancient Civilization

Causes of the Decline of Ancient Civilization.

Notes:

Translation of v. 2 of: Ocherk istorīi drevni͡ago mīra (romanized form).

"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1960."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translation of v. 2 of: Очерк исторіи древняго міра.

Local Notes:

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

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

Potok Collection copy is "1974" reprint.

ISBN:

0105002240

9780105002246

0195002245

OCLC:

372359