The Oxford History of the Roman World

by Boardman, John; Griffin, Jasper; Murray, Oswyn

• ISBN13: 9780192802033
• ISBN10: 0192802038
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book tells the story of the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus and its consolidation in the first two centuries A.D. It also explores important aspects of the later Empire and its influence on western civilization.

Author Biography

John Boardman is Emeritus Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at Oxford University. Jasper Griffin is Professor of Classical Literature at Oxford University. Oswyn Murray is MacGregor Fellow, Jowett Fellow, Jowett Lecturer, and Tutor in Ancient History at Oxford University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
List of Maps	viii
Introduction	1	(12)
Jasper Griffin
Early Rome and Italy	13	(37)
Michael Crawford
The Expansion of Rome	50	(24)
Elizabeth Rawson
The First Roman Literature	74	(16)
P. G. McC. Brown
Cicero and Rome	90	(31)
Miriam Griffin
The Poets of the Late Republic	121	(25)
Robin Nisbet
The Founding of the Empire	146	(34)
David Stockton
The Arts of Government	180	(35)
Nicholas Purcell
Augustan Poetry and Society	215	(30)
R. O. A. M. Lyne
Virgil	245	(23)
Jasper Griffin
Roman Historians	268	(20)
Andrew Lintott
The Arts of Prose: The Early Empire	288	(29)
Donald Russell
Silver Latin Poetry and the Latin Novel	317	(23)
Richard Jenkyns
Later Philosophy	340	(22)
Anthony Meredith
The Arts of Living	362	(26)
Roger Ling
Roman Life and Society	388	(25)
John Matthews
Roman Art and Architecture	413	(36)
R. J. A. Wilson
Envoi: On Taking Leave of Antiquity	449	(30)
Henry Chadwick
Tables of Events	479	(28)
Index	507