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An edition of SPQR: a history of ancient Rome (2015)

SPQR

A history of ancient Rome

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A history of the first millennium of the Roman Empire.

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Liveright Publishing Corporation, Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Language
English
Pages
606

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Subjects

Roman Empire, History, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2015-12-06, New York Times bestseller, Rome, history, HISTORY, Ancient, Rome

People

Marcus Antonius, Gaius Julius Caesar, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Gaius, Hadrian, Titus Livius, Nero

Places

Britain, Rome, Italy, Gaul, Caledonai, Egypt

Times

753 BCE - 212 CE, Kings, 753-510 B.C., Republic, 510-30 B.C., Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Edition Availability
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SPQR: Istorii︠a︡ Drevnego Rima
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in Russian
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SPQR: Una historia de la antigua Roma
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SPQR: A history of ancient Rome
2015, Liveright Publishing Corporation, Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
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Table of Contents

Maps
Page 7
Prologue: The History of Rome
Page 15
1. Cicero's Finest Hour
Page 21
2. In the Beginning
Page 53
3. The Kings of Rome
Page 91
4. Rome's Great Leap Forward
Page 131
5. A Wider World
Page 169
6. New Politics
Page 209
7. From Empire to Emperors
Page 253
8. The Home Front
Page 297
9. The Transformations of Augustus
Page 337
10. Fourteen Emperors
Page 387
11. The Haves and Have-Nots
Page 435
12. Rome Outside Rome
Page 475
Epilogue: The First Roman Millennium
Page 527
Further Reading
Page 537
Timeline
Page 563
Acknowledgments
Page 573
List of Illustrations
Page 575
Index
Page 585

Edition Notes

Published in
New York City, New York, USA

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Library of Congress
DG231 .B43 2015, DG231.B43 2015, DG231 .B43 2015eb

The Physical Object

Format
hardcover
Number of pages
606
Weight
1100 grams

Edition Identifiers

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OL25884872M
ISBN 13
9780871404237
LCCN
2015036060
OCLC/WorldCat
927412613, 902661394
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28789711

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OL17311145W

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