The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Roman World

by Edited by Greg Woolf

• ISBN13: 9780521827751
• ISBN10: 0521827752
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-03
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

From its mythical foundation in 753 BC to its sack in the fifth century AD, the city of Rome had an impact on the world that it would be hard to overestimate. At its height the empire which it built up stretched from northern Britain to the deserts of Arabia. In this new history an international team of historians, archaeologists and classicists presents a vision of the world's most famous imperial power based on the most up-to-date research and discoveries. Chapters and box-features present gripping accounts of Roman history and literature and deal with themes ranging from medicine to warfare. They are supported by a rich set of illustrations of sites, monuments and works of art from across the Empire. Read together, these build up a fascinating picture of a civilization permeated by its imperial role, and of the colossal costs as well as the gains of empire.

Table of Contents

PART ONE THE ROMANS AND THEIR HISTORY	8	(98)
1 DISCOVERING ANCIENT ROML
Greg Woolf	10	(16)
2 THE REPUBLIC
Christopher S. Mackay	26	(22)
3 THE EMPERORS
David Potter	48	(20)
4 AN IMPERIAL PEOPLE
Greg Woolf	68	(22)
5 ROME AND GREECE
Greg Woolf	90	(16)
PART TWO CULTURES OF EMPIRE	106	(246)
6 DOMINATION
Emma Dench	108	(30)
7 AN IMPERRIAL METROPOLIS
Jon Coulston & Hazel Dodge	138	(32)
8 THE EMPIRE OF LETTERS
Simon Swain	170	(30)
9 AN EMPIRE OF CITIES
Penelope M. Allison	200	(32)
10 KNOWLEDGE AND EMPIRE
Rebecca Flemming	232	(24)
11 THE GODS OF EMPIRE
Richard Lim	256	(34)
12 THE PROFITS OF EMPIRE
Neville Morley	290	(30)
13 WAR AND PEACE
Ian Haynes	320	(32)
FURTHER READING	352	(2)
CHRONOLOGY	354	(2)
GLOSSARY OF TERMS	356	(2)
WHO'S WHO	358	(8)
NOTABLE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MUSEUM COLLECTIONS	366	(4)
LATIN AND GREEK AUTHORS	370	(3)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	373	(3)
INDEX	376	(7)
CONTRIBUTORS	383	(1)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	384