LEADER 03924nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910785476503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-92207-6 010 $a9786612922077 010 $a0-7425-6834-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000060114 035 $a(EBL)634226 035 $a(OCoLC)694787211 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001142353 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12476352 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001142353 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11098999 035 $a(PQKB)10508375 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000466937 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12166409 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000466937 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10489234 035 $a(PQKB)11500261 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC634226 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL634226 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468563 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL292207 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000060114 100 $a20100422d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAncient Rome$b[electronic resource] /$fWilliam E. Dunstan 210 $aLanham, Md. $cRowman & Littlefield$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (756 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58728-068-X 311 $a0-7425-6832-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEarly 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. 327 $aFrom 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. 330 $aAncient 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 607 $aRome$xCivilization 607 $aRome$xHistory$yEmpire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D 607 $aRome$xPolitics and government$y30 B.C.-476 A.D 676 $a937/.06 700 $aDunstan$b William E$01568920 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785476503321 996 $aAncient Rome$93841388 997 $aUNINA