Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire 753BC-AD476

Southern, Patricia

ISBN 10: 1848681003 / ISBN 13: 9781848681002

Published by Amberley Publishing, 2009

About this Item

First Edition (2009). Fine beneath a clean and unclipped dust jacket. Light rubbing to upper spine, a few spare dust spots to text block top edge, else fine. 381pp. 62 plates.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire 753BC-AD476
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848681003
• ISBN 13: 9781848681002
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

The story of the greatest empire the world has ever known from its earliest origins to its disintegration in AD 476. The story of Ancient Rome often polarises opinion: for accusers, the Romans were mean and grasping imperialists with murderous megalomaniac tendencies and the world was well rid of them, but for passionate advocates the Romans were keen administrators and construction engineers who provided the greatest and most long-lasting civilizing force in history. It took a very long time - over thirteen centuries - for the Roman Empire to grow and then fragment. The Romans did not have it their own way all the time. They were defeated on their own ground several times by Hannibal and - albeit temporarily - by Cleopatra in Egypt, Boudica in Britain, and Zenobia in Syria. Patricia Southern's masterly new book narrates the history of Rome from a settlement of primitive huts to a sophisticated city ruling and then losing an Empire, the lives of such towering figures as Julius Caesar, Augustus, Caligula and Nero, the successes and set-backs and what the Romans learned on their way to Imperial rule and final disintegration.

About the Author

Patricia Southern is an acknowledged expert the history of ancient Rome. Her interest began very early, fostered by books and the wonderful epic films that they don't make any more. This obsession with the Romans has never waned, so whilst working full time as a librarian she studied for a BA degree in Ancient History with the external department of the University of London, and for an MPhil in Roman Frontier Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, where she was Librarian of the Archaeology Department for many years. She has written many books on Roman history and contributed numerous articles on Roman history to the BBC History website and the academic Roman studies journal Britannia.