Rome: The Greatest Empire An Illustrated History of Power and Politics: Leadership, Conquest, Government and the Foundation of the Modern World

by Rodgers, Nigel; Dodge, Dr. Hazel

• ISBN13: 9781844761500
• ISBN10: 1844761509
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Southwater

Summary

This magnificently illlustrated book details the rise of Rome, from her very beginnings as a little town in Italy to her unchallenged status as world empire establishing a ner universal peace.

Table of Contents

Rome: The World's First Superpower	6	(8)
The Archetypal Empire	8	(4)
Timeline	12	(4)
An Empire of Force and Law	16	(22)
Legendary Beginnings	18	(2)
The Conquest of Italy	20	(2)
The Growth of Empire	22	(2)
Victory Abroad, Discord at Home	24	(2)
The End of the Republic	26	(2)
Peace Restored: The First Emperors	28	(2)
The Flavians and ``The Five Good Emperors''	30	(2)
Crisis and Catastrophe	32	(2)
Reconstruction and Revival	34	(2)
The Fall of the West	36	(2)
Great Romans	38	(20)
Great Roman Generals	40	(4)
Julius Caesar	44	(2)
Pompey: Caesar's Rival	46	(1)
Mark Antony	47	(1)
The Historians' View	48	(2)
Roman Philosophers	50	(2)
Rome's Enemies	52	(4)
Cicero: The Peaceful Roman	56	(2)
The Emperors	58	(22)
Emperors of Rome	60	(2)
Augustus: The First Roman Emperor	62	(2)
Organizers of Empire	64	(2)
Best of Emperors	66	(2)
Evil Emperors	68	(4)
Saviours of the Empire	72	(4)
Constantine the Great	76	(2)
Women Behind the Throne	78	(2)
Governing the Empire	80	(18)
A Self-governing Confederacy	82	(2)
The Oligarchical Republic	84	(2)
Rome's Ruling Classes	86	(4)
The Secret Workings of Roman Politics	90	(2)
The Principate: A Monarchy in Disguise	92	(2)
Republican Extortion, Imperial Probity	94	(2)
Taxation	96	(2)
Rome and the Law	98	(12)
Law in the Early Republic	100	(2)
How the Laws Worked in Times of Crisis	102	(2)
The Great Imperial Codifications	104	(2)
Police and Secret Police	106	(2)
Punishment	108	(2)
Foreign Policy	110	(16)
Early Beginnings: The Conquest of Italy	112	(2)
Overlord by Default	114	(2)
Defensible Frontiers: The Rhine and the Danube	116	(2)
Defensible Frontiers: Asia	118	(2)
Client and Buffer States	120	(2)
At the Empire's Extremities: Egypt	122	(2)
At the Empire's Extremities: Britain	124	(2)
Index	126