Rome: Empire of the Eagles, 753 BC û AD 476

by Faulkner,Neil

• ISBN13: 9780582784956
• ISBN10: 0582784956
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

A major new single volume history of the greatest empire of antiquity, which challenges the orthodox view that Romewas a bringer of civilisation.This controversial book presents Rome as an exploitative, violent and unstable systemIt tells how Rome's search for plunder to feed itself led eventually to a self-destructive process that ate away at the system's socio-economic foundationsCovers the rise and fall in one comprehensive volume

Author Biography

Archaeologist and historian Neil Faulkner works as a lecturer, writer, editor and professional broadcaster.  He has worked as excavation director for Time Team and is an Honorary Lecturer at the Instituteof Archaeologyat the University College of London.  

 

His previous books include The Decline and Fall of Roman Britain(2004) and Apocalypse: the Great Jewish Revolt against Rome , AD66-73(2004) and Hidden Treasures, which accompanies the BBC series.

 

Table of Contents

List of maps and plates	p. vi
Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction	p. xi
Note on ancient monetary values	p. xiv
Maps	p. xvi
Prologue	p. 1
The making of an imperial city-state, c. 750-367 BC	p. 9
The rise of a superpower, 343-146 BC	p. 46
The Roman revolution, 133-30 BC	p. 102
The Pax Romana, 30 BC-AD 161	p. 177
The decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire	p. 230
Timeline	p. 308
References	p. 319
Bibliographical notes	p. 324
Index and glossary	p. 332
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