ENGLISH

Rome (Galaxy Books)

By M. Rostovtzeff

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
1960
ISBN
0195002245, 9780195002249
Open Library ID
OL24936720M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
30 MB (31431765 bytes)
Edition
Pbk. Ed
Pages
414\414
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

First published in 1927 this monumental book has long been out of print. Brilliantly written, it stands on its own merits and has not been outdated by new discoveries or research. Rostovtzeff's narrative begins in the fourth century B.C. and concludes with `the social and political catastrophe of the third century.' In between, he examines not only the political and military events of these centuries, but the social and economic milieu, the personalities, and the minutiae of day-to-day existence.For this edition, Elias J. Bickerman has prepared a completely new and up-to-date bibliography and contributed brief addenda dealing with recent discoveries and scholarship. The maps of Italy and the Empire have been entirely redrawn, and twenty-three of the most relevant plates from the original edition have been retained.

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