Imperial Rome / by Moses Hadas and The Editors of Time-Life Books.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hadas, Moses, 1900-1966.

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Great ages of man : a history of the world's cultures.

Great ages of man : s history of the world's cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--Civilization.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Civilization.

Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

190 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm.

Edition:

[Authorised British edition].

Manufacture:

Amsterdam : Bound by Proost and Brand N.V.

Place of Publication:

Netherlands : Time-Life International (Nederland) B.V., [1975]

Contents:

The Sober Roman (Picture Essay: The World City)

From Village to Empire (Picture Essay: Roman Holidays without End)

The Pax Romana (Picture Essay: Augustus, First Emperor)

The Ritual of Daily Life (Picture Essay: Masters of War)

Poets and Propagandists (Picture Essay: Homage to Italy)

The Gods of Rome (Picture Essay: Pompeii: a self-portrait)

End of Greatness (Picture Essay: The metropolis)

A Persistent Presence (Picture Essay: Seed-bed of Christianity)

Notes:

"Authorised British edition © 1966 Time-Life Interational (Nederland) B.V. Reprinted `1975."

"Original edition published in the United by © Time Inc. 1965."

Includes bibliographical references (page 184) and index.

Local Notes:

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

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok 1971".

Potok Collection copy has underlines anr marginal marks.

OCLC:

1334674928