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Ancient Rome : an introductory history / Paul A. Zoch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zoch, Paul A. (Paul Allen), 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rome--History.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 297 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "This revised and updated edition presents, in contemporary language, the history of ancient Rome, from its founding in 753 B.C. to the death of the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius in A.D. 180"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A linguistic introduction
- Rome's origins according to the Ancients
- Romulus and Remus found Rome
- Kings after Romulus
- Tarquin's coup d'etat and the end of the monarchy
- The Res Publica: "Senatus Populusque Romanus"
- Traitors and heroes of the Early Republic
- Class conflict in Rome
- Coriolanus, Cincinnatus, and Camillus
- The Gauls sack Rome
- The wars with the Samnites
- King Pyrrhus' Pyrrhic victories
- The First Punic War
- The Second Punic War
- Rome encounters the East
- The Gracchi: the beginning of the end of the Res Publica
- The war against Jugurtha and the rise of Marius
- The Italian Wars and the career of Sulla
- The rise of Pompey
- The First Triumvirate
- Civil War
- Renewed Civil War and the rise of Octavian
- The Roman Empire: The Principate
- The Julio-Claudian emperors
- The Flavian emperors
- The culmination of the Pax Romana
- Afterword: the disintegration of the Empire
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806164779
- 0806164778
- OCLC:
- 1105738444
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