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The Romans : An Introduction
Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of maps -- Acknowledgments -- Advice on using ancient sources: Caveat Lector (Reader Beware)! -- Companion website -- General introductions and websites -- 1. THE ORIGINS...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Milton
: Taylor & Francis Group
, 2020
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| Edition: | 4th ed |
| Series: | Peoples of the Ancient World Ser
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6186746 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of maps -- Acknowledgments -- Advice on using ancient sources: Caveat Lector (Reader Beware)! -- Companion website -- General introductions and websites -- 1. THE ORIGINS OF ROME -- Foundation legends and their sources -- Rome: center of the universe -- Further reading -- 2. THE REPUBLIC (510-60 BC) -- The birth of the Roman constitution (509-281 BC) -- Origins of empire: Roman warfare and imperialism (281-121 BC) -- The twilight of the Roman Republic: administering an empire 121-60 BC -- Further reading -- 3. THE RISE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE: TWELVE CAESARS (60 BC-AD 96) -- Sources on the Twelve Caesars -- The first triumvirate (60-48 BC) -- The rise of Augustus and the second triumvirate -- Augustus: restorer of the republic? -- Tiberius (AD 14-37) -- Caligula (AD 37-41) -- Claudius (AD 41-54) -- Nero (AD 54-69) -- The year of four emperors: summer 68-winter 69 AD -- Vespasian (AD 69-79) and the Flavian dynasty -- Titus (AD 79-81) -- Domitian (AD 81-96) -- Further reading -- 4. THE ROMAN EMPIRE: ZENITH AND DECLINE (AD 96-330) -- Making the Empire work -- Sources: Cassius Dio, Ammianus and the Historia Augusta -- The "five good emperors" (AD 96-180) -- The Severans: the disintegration of dynasty (AD 180-234) -- The 3rd-century crisis? Devaluation and disorder (AD 235-284) -- Recovery: Diocletian, Constantine and Christian Rome (AD 284-337) -- Further reading -- 5. ROMAN RELIGIONS AND MYTHOLOGY -- Roman divinities -- Prayer and sacrifice: blessings and curses -- Omens -- Worship in the home -- Worship in the fields -- State religion: offices -- State religion festivals and the calendar -- Religion in the provinces: east meets west -- Jews and Christians -- Further reading -- 6. SOCIETY AND DAILY LIFE -- Social hierarchy. Traditional values and customs -- Economy and money -- The Roman calendar -- Working in ancient Rome -- The roles of women: daughter, mother, wife -- Marriage -- Working girls -- The ideal Roman woman? -- Imperial women: Livia and Agrippina the Younger - tiger moms? -- Slaves and slavery -- Education -- Dress -- Sexuality and gender -- Food and drink -- Holidays and the games -- Further reading -- 7. ART, ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING -- Sculpture -- Painting and mosaic -- Domestic architecture -- The architecture of public buildings -- A typical Roman theater -- Infrastructure -- Further reading -- 8. ROMAN LITERATURE -- Languages and sources -- Ennius -- Comedy: Plautus and Terence -- Lyric poetry: Catullus and Horace -- Virgil -- Elegiac poetry: Propertius and Ovid -- Epigram and satire: Martial and Juvenal -- The novel: Petronius and Apuleius -- Historians: Caesar, Livy, Tacitus and Suetonius -- Philosophy and science: Lucretius, Seneca and Pliny the Elder -- Letter writers: Cicero and Pliny the Younger -- Further reading -- 9. THE ROMAN ARMY -- The new model army -- The legion -- Other units -- Weapons and tactics -- Consolidating and patrolling the Empire -- Life in the Roman army -- Further reading -- 10. ROME'S PROVINCES -- Establishing a province -- Capitals of empire in the West: Gallia Narbonensis -- Capitals of empire in the East: Asia (Asia minor) -- Life on the fringes of empire: Roman Britain -- Life on the fringes of empire: Roman Syria -- Conclusions -- Further reading -- Websites -- 11. THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND ITS LEGACY: (AD 330-PRESENT) -- The fall of Rome AD 330-476 -- The Eastern Empire -- The legacy of Rome -- Imperialism -- Cultural heritage -- Further reading -- Appendices -- 1 The Roman constitution -- 2 Roman names and nomenclature: a brief introduction -- 3 Historical timeline -- 4 Literature timeline. 5 Glossary of Latin terms in the text -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (383 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781351005562 |
