Includes an account of political and military developments, and including sections on social, economic an cultural life, this book presents a survey of the Roman world at a ...

"Drawn from a series of high-profile lectures at McMaster University that started in 1956 (and are still ongoing), these three talks were selected for their understanding of ...

This is the first general survey of Roman Italy that brings together the wealth of evidence available from literary sources, inscriptions, and the exciting recent discoveries ...

This insightful book delves into the history of the Samnites, main rival of Rome, with regards to Republican Rome.

The book opens with a description of the peoples of Italy at around the end of the fourth century B.C. It describes the early success of Roman diplomacy and force in creating ...