Rise of the Roman Empire : the will to endure / Thomas L. Dynneson.
| Author/creator |
Dynneson, Thomas L. author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2019] |
| Description | xxii, 472 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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| Contents | The transfiguration of myth into history -- The Comitia Centuriata -- The Curule magistrate system -- The Senate -- The evolution of Roman citizenship -- Roman law -- The Roman court system -- The "struggle of the orders" -- The ring of fire -- The siege of Veii -- Camillus : the Roman sphinx -- The Gallic destruction of Rome -- The resurrection of Rome -- Rome and the Latin League -- Rome and the Samnite wars -- Pyrrhus and the Greek city of Tarentum. |
| Abstract | "This work is a daring interpretation of the ways and means that the Roman Empire became the greatest military power of the ancient world, and how the vastness of this empire engulfed the entire Mediterranean world, as well as most of Europe. In the second century BCE, the Greek historian Polybius (200-118 BCE), after arriving in Rome in 168 BCE, asked in his Histories: 'How did the Romans succeed in building a world empire in such a short span of time?' This book takes the perspective Polybius's question was mistaken, in the sense that the formation of the Roman Empire, took a very long time--indeed, centuries. The formation of the Roman Empire began in 390 BCE when the Gauls burned Rome; and even before that time, as this book demonstrates, the kings of Rome were some of the first empire builders"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "This book is part of the Peter Lang humanities list." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2019002526 |
| ISBN | 9781433162855 |
| ISBN | 1433162857 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | mobi |
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