Ancient Rome [[electronic resource] /] / William E. Dunstan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785476503321
• Autore: Dunstan William E
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield, 2011
• ISBN: 1-282-92207-6; 9786612922077; 0-7425-6834-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (756 p.)
• Disciplina: 937/.06
• Soggetti: Rome Civilization; Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D; Rome Politics and government 30 B.C.-476 A.D
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Early Italy -- Origins of Rome -- The young republic -- Roman conquest of Italy -- Duel with Carthage -- Roman conquest of the Mediterranean world -- Impact of overseas conquests on the senatorial oligarchy -- Impact of overseas conquests of the economic and social organization of Italy -- Greek cultural influences on Rome -- Rival conceptions of state and society plague Roman politics : from the Gracchi to the Social War -- Sulla -- Pompey and Caesar -- Antony and Octavian wrestle for empire : final dissolution of the old republican order -- Economic, social, and cultural climate of the late republic -- Augustus and the founding of the Roman Empire -- Augustan social and religious policy -- Augustan art and literature and the Augustan legacy.; From Tiberius to Nero : the Julio-Claudian dynasty -- From Vespasian to Domitian : the Flavian dynasty -- From Nerva to Marcus Aurelius : the five good emperors -- Government, economy, and society in the first and second centuries -- Architecture and sculpture in the first and second centuries -- Literature in the first and second centuries -- Commodus and the Severan dynasty -- Third-century imperial crisis and first phase of recovery -- Reorganization of Diocletian and Constantine -- Last years of the united empire -- Society and culture in ; the later empire -- Rise of Christianity -- Christian triumph and controversy -- Dismemberment of the Roman Empire in the West -- Epilogue : the thousand-year survival of the Roman Empire in the East.
• Sommario/riassunto: Ancient Rome masterfully synthesizes the vast period from the origins of Rome to the end of antiquity, seamlessly weaving a panoramic view of how the Romans gradually imposed their rule from Britain to Arabia. William E. Dunstan's compelling narrative balances political and cultural developments, as readers gain fascinating insights about daily life in the Roman world, ranging from the gossip people exchanged to their favorite authors, their passionate religious beliefs, and their clamor for bloodletting in the Colosseum. All readers interested in the classical world will find this a fascinati