The Rise of Rome (eBook)

From the Iron Age to the Punic Wars (1000 BC – 264 BC)

Kathryn Lomas (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-84765-451-9 (ISBN)

Rezensionen

The strengths of this book are many. ... she writes in a lucid and engaging way. ... If one asks whether Lomas has achieved the goal that she set herself, the answer must be a resounding yes.

Lomas's fully reference and detailed, authoritative book admirably fulfils its remit to understand Rome in its wider Italian setting.

The remarkable story of how a great empire sprang from such innocuous beginnings is chronicled in this compelling work, which couples a sweeping narrative with a wealth of historical detail including maps, plans and illustrations.

Kathryn Lomas has excavated the complexities of myth, written sources and archaeological stratigraphy to produce her clear historical synthesis of the political foundations of early Europe.

Lomas shows great skill in uncovering reliable and fascinating information about an obscure and poorly documented period of history, and presenting it in an engaging and straightforward way. Her book is original for its extensive use of new archaeological evidence, and for telling the remarkable story of the Italian background to the rise of Rome.

Lomas' clear narrative and up-to-date archaeological knowledge is just the right combination to illuminate the fascinating story of the emergence of Rome as a world power.

This is an admirably clear and engagingly written book. It offers an impressively wide-ranging and up-to-date synthesis, and does an excellent job of situating the city-state of Rome and its rise to hegemony in their wider Italian context.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.11.2017
• Reihe/Serie: The Profile History of the Ancient World Series
• Reihe/Serie: The Profile History of the Ancient World Series
• Zusatzinfo: Two 8-page colour plate sections
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: adrian goldsworthy • Age of Conquests • Ancient Rome • Ancient World • Angelos Chaniotis • David Potter • From Alexander to Hadrian • Hans van Wees • Harvard • History • Imperial Tragedy • Imperial Triumph • Kathryn Lomas • Latin • mary beard • matthew kneale • Michael Crawford • Michael Kulikowski • Paul Stephenson • Profile History of the Ancient World • Rise of Rome • Rise of the Republic • Roman History • Romans • Rome • Rome total war • SPQR • The Greeks • The Rise of Imperial Rome • The Roman Empire in the East
• ISBN-10: 1-84765-451-7 / 1847654517
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84765-451-9 / 9781847654519