Author:
Zoch, Paul A. (Paul Allen), 1962- author.
Edition Statement:Second edition.
ImprintNorman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]
Descriptionxiii, 297 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Note:A linguistic introduction -- Rome's origins according to the Ancients -- Romulus and Remus found Rome -- Kings after Romulus -- Tarquin's coup d'etat and the end of the monarchy -- The Res Publica: "Senatus Populusque Romanus" -- Traitors and heroes of the Early Republic -- Class conflict in Rome -- Coriolanus, Cincinnatus, and Camillus -- The Gauls sack Rome -- The wars with the Samnites -- King Pyrrhus' Pyrrhic victories -- The First Punic War -- The Second Punic War -- Rome encounters the East -- The Gracchi: the beginning of the end of the Res Publica -- The war against Jugurtha and the rise of Marius -- The Italian Wars and the career of Sulla -- The rise of Pompey -- The First Triumvirate -- Civil War -- Renewed Civil War and the rise of Octavian -- The Roman Empire: The Principate -- The Julio-Claudian emperors -- The Flavian emperors -- The culmination of the Pax Romana -- Afterword: the disintegration of the Empire
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284) and index.
Note:"This revised and updated edition presents, in contemporary language, the history of ancient Rome, from its founding in 753 B.C. to the death of the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius in A.D. 180."-- Provided by publisher.
