Deze uitgebreide serie duikt in de rijke geschiedenis van het oude Rome, en volgt de reis van de vroegste nederzettingen tot de val van het West-Romeinse Rijk en de opkomst van Byzantium. Elk deel biedt een uniek perspectief op de voortdurend veranderende identiteit van Rome gedurende vijftien eeuwen. Lezers worden meegenomen in een boeiend verhaal dat 1.500 jaar aan dramatische gebeurtenissen en politieke omwentelingen ontrafelt. Het biedt een diepgaande maar toegankelijke verkenning van een fundamentele beschaving.
By 146, Rome had established itself as the leading Mediterranean power. Over the next century, it consolidated its power into an immense territorial empire. This title traces the processes of change which transformed Rome from a republic to a monarchy. It is suitable for academics working on the history of Rome and the Roman Republic.
Nathan Rosenstein charts Rome's incredible journey and command of the Mediterranean over the course of the third and second centuries BC.
Centring on the reign of the emperor Augustus, volume four is pivotal to the series, tracing of the changing shape of the entity that was ancient Rome through its political, cultural and economic history.
This book is about the reinvention of the Roman Empire during the eighty years between the accession of Diocletian and the death of Julian.
The Roman empire during the period framed by the accession of Septimus Severus in 193 and the rise of Diocletian in 284 has conventionally been regarded as one of crisis. This book describes and integrates the contrasting histories of different parts of the empire and assesses the impacts of administrative, political and religious change.