Matthew Dillon, Lynda Garland

Ancient Rome (eBook, ePUB)

Social and Historical Documents from the Early Republic to the Death of Augustus

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this second edition, Lynda Garland and Matthew Dillon present an extensive range of material from the early Republic to the death of Augustus. Providing a comprehensive coverage of important documents pertaining to the Roman Republic and the Augustan age, Ancient Rome includes:

• source material on political and military developments in the Roman Republic and Augustan age
• detailed chapters on social phenomena, such as Roman religion, slavery and freedmen, women, family, and the public face of Rome
• clear, precise translations of historical sources, inscriptions, laws and decrees, epitaphs, graffiti, public speeches, poetry, private letters and drama
• concise up-to-date bibliographies and commentaries
• a definitive collection of source material on the Roman Republic and early empire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 878
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317485193
• Artikelnr.: 43157422

Autorenporträt

Matthew Dillon is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of New England, Australia. His main research interests are ancient Greek history and religion. With Lynda Garland, he is the author of Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander, Third Edition (Routledge, 2010) and The Ancient Greeks (Routledge, 2012).

Lynda Garland is Professor of Ancient History and Head of the School of Humanities at the University of New England, Australia. Her main research interests are in the areas of ancient history and Byzantine Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Early Republican Rome: 507-264 BC
2. The Public Face of Rome
3. Religion in the Roman Republic
4. The Punic Wars: Rome Against Carthage
5. Rome's Mediterranean Empire
6. Slaves and Freedmen
7. Women and the Family
8. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
9. Gaius Marius
10. The 'Social' War
11. Lucius Cornelius Sulla 'Felix'
12. The Collapse of the Republic
13. Civil War and Dictatorship
14. Antony, Octavian and the End of the Republic
15. Augustus and his Age
16. The Ancient Sources
Glossary
Abbreviations and General Bibliography
Bibliographies to Chapters
Index of Ancient Sources
General Index