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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Main Author: Graham, Abigail (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group , 2020
Edition:4th ed
Series:Peoples of the Ancient World Ser
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520 |a 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. 
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