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The Historians of Ancient Rome : an Anthology of the Major Writings.
The Historians of Ancient Rome is the most comprehensive collection of ancient sources for Roman history available in a single English volume. After a general introduction on Roman historical writing, extensive passages from more than a dozen Greek and Roman historians and biographers trace the hist...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Historians of Ancient Rome is the most comprehensive collection of ancient sources for Roman history available in a single English volume. After a general introduction on Roman historical writing, extensive passages from more than a dozen Greek and Roman historians and biographers trace the history of Rome over more than a thousand years: from the city's foundation by Romulus in 753 B.C.E. (Livy) to Constantine's edict of toleration for Christianity (313 C.E.)Selections include many of the high points of Rome's climb to world domination: the defeat of Hannibal; the conquest of Greece and t. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (617 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781136222627 1136222626 9780203097373 0203097378 |