| Description |
1 online resource (410 pages) : map. |
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polychrome |
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Routledge classics
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Routledge classics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Rome at the cross-roads -- The Gracchi -- The rise and fall of Marius -- The rise and fall of Sulla -- The rise of Pompey -- Pompey and Caesar -- The domination of Caesar -- The second triumvirate -- Economic and social life in Italy and the provinces in the late Republic -- Art, literature and thought in the late republic -- The Augustinian principate -- Frontiers and provinces -- Tiberius and Gaius -- Claudius and Nero -- Economic and social life in the early Empire -- Art, literature and religion in the Julio-Claudian period. |
| Summary |
From the Gracchi to Nero is an outstanding history of the Roman world from 133 BC to 68 AD. Fifty years since its first publication it is widely hailed as the classic survey of the period, going through many revised and updated editions until H.H. Scullard's death. |
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It explores the decline and fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of the Pax Romana under the early Principate. In superbly clear style, Scullard brings vividly to life Gracchi's attempts at reform, the rise. and fall of Marius and Sulfa, Pompey and Caesar, society and culture in the late Roman Republic, the Augustan Principate, Tiberius and Gaius, Claudius and. Nero, and economic and social life in the early Roman Empire. --Book Jacket. |
| Biography |
H.H. Scullard (1903-1983) taught at King's College London, where he became Professor of Ancient History, from 1935 to 1970. He wrote several books on Roman history, and was the first editor of the Oxford Classical Dictionary. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C.
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Rome -- History -- Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D.
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HISTORY -- Ancient. |
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HISTORY / Ancient / General. |
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Rome (Empire) |
| Chronological Term |
265 B.C.-68 A.D |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Rathbone, Dominic, writer of foreword.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Scullard, H. H. (Howard Hayes), 1903-1983. From the Gracchi to Nero. London : Routledge, 2011 9780415584883 (DLC) 2011381059 (OCoLC)733045243 |
| ISBN |
9780203844786 (electronic book) |
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0203844785 (electronic book) |
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0415584884 (paperback) |
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9780415584883 (paperback) |
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9781138834507 (hardback) |
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1138834505 |
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9781032189970 (electronic book) |
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1032189975 (electronic book) |
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9781000527209 (electronic book : PDF) |
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1000527204 (electronic book : PDF) |
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9781000527247 (electronic book : EPUB) |
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1000527247 (electronic book : EPUB) |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9781032189970 |
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