SPQR : a history of ancient Rome / Mary Beard.
A prominent classicist explores ancient Rome and how its citizens adapted the notion of imperial rule, invented the concepts of citizenship and nation, and made laws about those traditionally overlooked in history, including women, slaves, and criminals.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780871404237
- ISBN: 0871404230
- Physical Description: 606 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-562) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : the history of Rome -- Cicero's finest hour -- In the beginning -- The kings of Rome -- Rome's great leap forward -- A wider world -- New politics -- From empire to emperors -- The home front -- The transformations of Augustus -- Fourteen emperors -- The haves and have-nots -- Rome outside Rome -- Epilogue : the first Roman millennium. |
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Subject: | Rome > History > Kings, 753-510 B.C. Rome > History > Republic, 510-30 B.C. Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Castlegar Campus Library | DG 231 B43 2015 (Text)
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B001533470 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |