The Origin of Empire [electronic resource] : Rome from the Republic to Hadrian (264 BC - AD 138)
David Potter2019
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In 264 BC, a Roman army was poised to cross from southern Italy into Sicily.
They couldn't know that this crossing would be Rome's first step on its journey
from local republic to vast and powerful empire.
At the beginning of the three dramatic centuries that make up this book's
narrative, Rome had no emperor and limited global influence; by the book's end,
Hadrian was set to pass into history as one of the greatest emperors, whose
territories stretched from England to Turkey.
In David Potter's masterful history of this period, we trace the process of
cultural, political and civic transformation which led to the creation of a
monarchy and the acquisition of territory, via wars with Hannibal, the
destruction of Carthage, Augustan Empire-building and Hadrian's famous wall, all
of which contributed to the most successful multi-cultural state in the history
of Europe. This is a lively, scholarly approach to an essential era.
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Author:
David Potter, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Profile Books, 2019
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1 online resource (1 text file) (6998.0 Kbytes)
Audience:
General/trade
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781847654434
Language:
English
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BRN:
429020
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