Rome an empire's story
The idea of empire was created in ancient Rome and even today the Roman Empire offers a touchstone for thinking about imperialism. Traces of its monuments, literature, and institutions can be found across Europe, the Near East, and North Africa, and sometimes even further afield. In this work, the a...
| Main Author: | Woolf, Greg. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
Ã2012.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.