A History of Rome - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631218580 ISBN 13: 9780631218586

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2001

Synopsis

This magisterial survey, spanning over 1,300 years, is widely acclaimed as the best single-volume history of Rome. The second edition incorporates a number of improvements including new subject sections and maps, expanded coverage of key chapters, and updated resource and bibliographic material.

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• Incorporates a number of improvements, many of which have been suggested by readers.
  
  
• Provides more extensive treatment of key areas.
  
  
• Includes completely new sections to cover subjects omitted from the first edition.
  
  
• Continues to include extensive illustrative material - plates, tables, chronologies, and maps (including two new ones).
  
  
• A more comprehensive index will ensure the book is now easier to use.

Please visit our Roman history website at: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/cherry for on-line resources, details of related books, and a unique cross reference tool to help you make the best use of The Roman World: A Sourcebook and A History of Rome.

About this title

Book Description:

Spanning over 1,300 years, this popular history of Rome combines an overview of political events with a balanced analysis of social and economic change, and of religious and cultural life. For the third edition, the book has been revised to incorporate a number of improvements: Material on the formation of Rome has been updated to take account of the most recent research. Coverage of Roman imperialism and the political world of the first century BC has been expanded A new section on Roman spectacles, including gladiatorial combat and chariot racing, has been inserted. A survey of the sources for Roman history has been added. The new edition retains an emphasis on the importance of interpreting the varied source material, especially the literary evidence. The third edition is accompanied by a website available at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/historyofrome/

From the Back Cover:

This magisterial survey, spanning over 1,300 years, is widely acclaimed as the best single-volume history of Rome. The new edition continues to combine political overview with a balanced analysis of social and economic change, and religious and cultural life. Particular emphasis remains on the importance of interpreting the varied source material and, especially, literary evidence.

The second edition has been updated by David Cherry and incorporates a number of improvements, including:

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• Expanded coverage of the late Republican period
  
• A new section on women and the family
  
• A 'Guide to Greek and Roman Writers'
  

With an updated 'Guide to Further Reading' and two completely new maps, the second edition of A History of Rome will remain the one indispensable volume for all students of the history of the Roman world.

Please visit our Roman history website at: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/cherry for on-line resources, details of related books, and a unique cross reference tool to help you make the best use of The Roman World: A Sourcebook and A History of Rome.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0631218580
• ISBN 13: 9780631218586
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 592
• Editor: Le Glay Marcel, Voisin Jean-Louis, Le Bohec Yann, Cherry David