SPQR : a history of ancient Rome

Beard, Mary 1955- (author.).

Summary: 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 (hardcover) :
Physical Description: print
606 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.