SPQR (eBook)

A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard (Autor)

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2015
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-84765-441-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Ancient Rome matters.Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today.SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists. It explores not only how Rome grew from an insignificant village in central Italy to a power that controlled territory from Spain to Syria, but also how the Romans thought about themselves and their achievements, and why they are still important to us. Covering 1,000 years of history, and casting fresh light on the basics of Roman culture from slavery to running water, as well as exploring democracy, migration, religious controversy, social mobility and exploitation in the larger context of the empire, this is a definitive history of ancient Rome.SPQR is the Romans' own abbreviation for their state: Senatus Populusque Romanus, 'the Senate and People of Rome'.

Autor

Mary Beard is Professor Emerita of classics at Cambridge, and the classics editor of the TLS. She has worldwide academic acclaim. Her previous books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii, Confronting the Classics, SPQR and most recently, Emperor of Rome. She has made numerous television series and her books have been published in over thirty languages.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.10.2015
• Zusatzinfo: 16 page pcolour plate section and embedded black and white pictures
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1606 • Ancient Rome • Augustus • BBC2 • Caecilius • Caligula • Cambridge • Cambridge classics • catiline • Cicero • classical civilization • classics • Colosseum • Confronting • confronting the classics • dictator • Dynasty • Empire Without Limit • Gladiator • it's a don's life • mary beard • Nero • Newnham college • Parthenon • Pompeii • prospect top ten thinkers • Roman Empire • roman life • Roman senate • Roman Society • Rubicon • SPQR • the classics • TLS • twitter storm • Ultimate Rome • Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit • wmarybeard • Wolfson prize • woman & power • woman and power • Women & Power • women and power
• ISBN-10: 1-84765-441-X / 184765441X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84765-441-0 / 9781847654410