Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History

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Cambridge University Press, 2004 - 395 pages
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Ancient Rome is a concise, comprehensive political and military history of the Roman Republic and Empire, from the origins of the city in the Italian Iron Age, until the deposition of the last emperor in 476 AD. Christopher Mackay describes how military events undermined the political institutions of the Republic, how the Empire was administered and controlled, why Christianity was adopted as the state religion under Constantine, and how military and economic pressures of the third and fourth centuries eventually led to the downfall of the Western empire. Illustrated with relevant art works from Rome's long history, this volume serves as an up-to-date overview of one of the most extraordinary civilizations in human history.
 

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This volume does not claim to be exhaustive but it concentrates on the political and military history of Rome. In this regard it should be considered in the same category as other general surveys of ... Consulter l'avis complet

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V
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VI
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VII
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VIII
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IX
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XX
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XXI
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XXII
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XXIII
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XXIV
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XXV
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XXVI
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XXVII
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XXVIII
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XXX
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XXXII
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XXXIII
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XXXIV
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XXXV
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Page 367 - SPAWFORTH, eds. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 3d ed. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 19%.
Page 52 - Such treaties were generally defensive, that is, each party agreed to come to the aid of the other in case of attack.
Page 5 - ... and for the most part we are not in a position to assess the accuracy of the interpretations put on them by the ancients.
Page 50 - ... Tarquins, under the consulate of Junius Brutus and Marcus Horatius. Polybius translated into Greek the original Latin, as nearly as he could; "for," says he, "the Latin tongue of those days was so different from that of our times, that the most learned are troubled to interpret this old language." " Between the Romans and their allies, on the one hand, and the Carthaginians and their allies, on the other, there shall be alliance on the following conditions : — "Neither the Romans nor their...
Page 313 - Constantine was the establishment of a new capital on the site of the ancient Greek city of Byzantium, on the Bosporus.
Page 9 - Monarchy and certainly from the foundation, of the Republic at the end of the sixth century BC...
Page 24 - It is now generally agreed that the sack of Rome by the Gauls in the early fourth century...
Page 154 - After all my achievements, I, Gaius Caesar, would have been condemned if I had not sought assistance from my army.
Page 286 - Christianity is the belief that there is only one God who created the world and that Christ was his "son.
Page 296 - The separation of military authority would also hinder the ability of military commanders to revolt, since they would need to secure the support of the now separate civil authority.

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Christopher Mackay is Associate Professor in the department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta. Associate Editor of the American Journal of Ancient History, he has published extensively on all periods of Roman history.

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