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Rome
An Empire's Story
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Woolf expertly recounts how the mammoth Roman empire was created, how it was sustained in crisis, and how it shaped the world of its rulers and subjects--a story spanning a millennium and a half of history.
Imprint:
New York : - Oxford University Press
Pages:
366
ISBN:
9780199775293, 019977529X
Language:
English
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The whole story -- Empires of the mind -- Rulers of Italy -- Imperial ecology -- Mediterranean hegemony -- Slavery and empire -- Crisis -- At heaven's command? -- The generals -- The enjoyment of empire -- Emperors -- Resourcing empire -- War -- Imperial identities -- Recovery and collapse -- A Christian empire -- Things fall apart -- The Roman past and the Roman future.
The whole story -- Empires of the mind -- Rulers of Italy -- Imperial ecology -- Mediterranean hegemony -- Slavery and empire -- Crisis -- At heaven's command? -- The generals -- The enjoyment of empire -- Emperors -- Resourcing empire -- War -- Imperial identities -- Recovery and collapse -- A Christian empire -- Things fall apart -- The Roman past and the Roman future.
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Greg Woolf
Characteristics:
xiii, 366 p. :,ill., maps ;,25 cm.
Author (Original Script):
Woolf, Greg
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Add a CommentThe history of the Roman Empire makes for for interesting and exciting study. Unfortunately this book is very hard to read and fairly boring, which no book about Rome should ever be called.