附註:"A history of ancient Rome from earliest times to Constantine"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Early Italy -- Rome's first centuries -- Rome and Italy in the fourth century -- The beginnings of a Mediterranean empire -- Italy and empire -- Italy threatened, enfranchised, divided -- The domination of Sulla and its legacy -- End of the republic: Caesar's dictatorship -- Augustus and the transformation of the Roman World -- The early principate (A.D. 14-69): the Julio-Claudians, the Civil War of 68-69, and life in the early empire -- Institutionalization of the principate: military expansion and its limits, the empire and the provinces (69-138) -- Italy and the provinces: civil and military affairs (138-235) -- The third century, the dominate, and Constantine.
摘要:Introduces ancient Rome offering a concise understanding of its political, social, and cultural history. This book traces Rome's remarkable evolution from monarchy, to republic, to one-man rule by an emperor whose power stretched from Scotland to Iraq, and far up the Nile valley.
