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The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 8: Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 BC

By A. E. Astin , F. W. Walbank , M. W. Frederiksen , R. M. Ogilvie

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1990
ISBN
0521234484, 9780521234481
Open Library ID
OL7733890M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
39 MB (41274259 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
650\337
Time added
2012-09-22 17:30:50

Description

Volume VIII covers the period from immediately before the Second Punic War to 133 B.C., the time when Rome acquired effective political mastery of the Mediterranean lands. From the Carthaginians in Spain, the Second Punic War, and the first Roman involvement across the Adriatic, the advance of Roman power is traced through the conquests in Cisalpine Gaul, Spain and Africa in the west and through the conflicts in the east with Macedonia, the Seleucid empire, and finally the Greeks. Interspersed with these themes are chapters on the Seleucids and their rivals, the Greeks of Bactria and India, the internal political life of Rome, and developments in Rome's relationships with her allies and neighbors in Italy. Two concluding chapters explore the interactions, both intellectual and material, between the Roman and Italian tradition and the Greek world.

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