Roman Power: A Thousand Years of Empire
Author:   W. V. Harris (Columbia University, New York)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781316606667


Pages:   379
Publication Date:   28 February 2019
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Author:   W. V. Harris (Columbia University, New York)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9781316606667


ISBN 10:   131660666
Pages:   379
Publication Date:   28 February 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of illustrations; List of maps; Preface; Timeline; Abbreviations; 1. The long-term evolution of Roman power; 2. The Romans against outsiders, 400 BC to AD 16; 3. The Romans against each other, from republic to monarchy; 4. The Romans against outsiders, AD 16 to 337; 5. The Romans against each other: from empire to nation?; 6. The Romans against outsiders, AD 337 to 641; 7. The Romans against each other in two long crises; 8. Retrospect and some reflections; References; Index.

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'... a thought provoking work, and an essential one for anyone seriously interested in the rise, greatness, and fall of the Romans.' The New York Military Affairs Symposium Review '... a thought provoking work, and an essential one for anyone seriously interested in the rise, greatness, and fall of the Romans.' The New York Military Affairs Symposium Review


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W. V. Harris is William R. Shepherd Professor of History at Columbia University, New York. The author of War and Imperialism in Republican Rome (1985), Ancient Literacy (1989), Restraining Rage: The Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity (2002, winner of the Breasted Prize of the American Historical Association), Dreams and Experience in Classical Antiquity (2009) and Rome's Imperial Economy (2011), he has also edited books about ancient money, the ancient Mediterranean, and the spread of Christianity, among other subjects. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, among other honours.

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