The rise of Rome : from the Iron Age to the Punic Wars /

By the third century BC, the once-modest settlement of Rome had conquered most of Italy and was poised to build an empire throughout the Mediterranean basin. What transformed a humble city into the preeminent power of the region? In The Rise of Rome, the historian and archaeologist Kathryn Lomas rec...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lomas, Kathryn, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.
Edición:First Harvard University Press edition.
Temas:
To 30 B.C.
Italic peoples > History.
Italic peoples > Cultural assimilation.
Italiotes > Histoire.
Italiotes > Acculturation.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
HISTORY / Ancient / Rome
Italic peoples
Italic peoples > Cultural assimilation
Rome > History > To 510 B.C.
Rome > History > Republic, 510-30 B.C.
Rome > Histoire > Jusqu'à 510 av. J.-C.
Rome > Histoire > 510-30 av. J.-C. (République)
Rome (Empire)
Rom.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; List of figures and plates; Abbreviations; Part I: Early Italy and the foundation of Rome; Chapter 1. Introducing early Rome; Chapter 2. Setting the scene: Iron-Age Italy; Chapter 3. Trojans, Latins, Sabines and rogues: Romulus, Aeneas and the 'foundation' of Rome; Chapter 4. The rise of the international aristocracy: Italy and the orientalising revolution; Chapter 5. Orientalising Rome and the early kings; Part II: War, politics and society: Rome and Italy, 600-400
  • Chapter 6. The urban revolution: city and state in sixth-century ItalyChapter 7. Tyrants and wicked women: Rome, the Tarquin dynasty and the fall of the monarchy; Chapter 8. The 'fifth-century crisis' and the changing face of Italy; Chapter 9. A difficult transition: the early Roman Republic; Chapter 10. Rome on the march: war in Latium and beyond, 500-350; Part III: The Roman conquest of Italy; Chapter 11. The road to power: Italy and Rome, 390-342; Chapter 12. 'Whether Samnite or Roman shall rule Italy': the Samnite wars and the conquest of Italy
  • Chapter 13. Co-operation or conquest? Alliances, citizenship and colonisationPart IV: From city-state to Italian dominance; Chapter 14. The impact of conquest: Rome, 340-264; Chapter 15. Epilogue: Rome, Italy and the beginnings of empire in 264; Appendix: Roman dates and chronology; Timeline; A note on sources; Notes; Further reading; Guide to sites, museums and online resources; Bibliography; Index

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