Screen LibraryA history of the Roman republic
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| Published: |
Polity,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK Malden, MA |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Geschichte der römischen Republik. |
| Carrier Form: | x, 358 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0745633706 (hbk.) 9780745633701 (hbk.) 0745633714 (pbk.) 9780745633718 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | K126 |
| CLC: | K126 |
| Call Number: | K126/B858 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-342) and index. 1. Rome and Italy -- The foundation of the city of Rome -- The rise of Rome into the leading power in Italy -- The constitution of the classical Republic -- The rise of the nobility -- 2. Rome and the Mediterranean -- The war with King Pyrrhus -- The First Punic War -- Celts and Illyrians -- The Second Punic War -- The war with the great Hellenistic powers -- The vengeful Weltmacht and the beginnings of the Roman Empire -- 3. The Crisis of the Republic and its causes -- Culture and religion under Greek influence -- The monetary economy and its impact -- The crisis of the military and agrarian system -- The Gracchan reform initiatives -- The road to the civil war: Marius and Sulla -- The state of the dictator Sulla -- 4. The fall of the Republic -- The rise of Pompey -- Caesar and the First Triumvirate -- From the Gallic War to the civil war -- The state of the dictator Caesar -- The lost struggle for the Republic -- 5. Augustus: defeat and fulfilment of the Republic -- The Second Triumvirate and the struggle for power -- The Augustan constitutional settlement. |