History of RomeScribner's, 1978 - 537 pagine From a small Iron Age settlement on the banks of the Tiber, Rome grew to become the center of an Empire that dominated the Western world. Powerful in war, Rome was magnificent in peace, so that even today her poets, artists, philosophers and historians exert their influence over Western thought and civilization. Michael Grant, the renowned classical historian, recreates the evolution of this astonishing city and community. He describes the individuals and events that made Rome a political and cultural conqueror, and defines the dramatic circumstances of her eventual decline and fall.- Publisher description. |
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... battle on a smooth open plain near Cannae , a small fortress near Italy's heel . Hannibal had provoked them to this by seizing the place , which contained a valuable depot of stores ; and then he chose an open plain for the battle to ...
... battle on a smooth open plain near Cannae , a small fortress near Italy's heel . Hannibal had provoked them to this by seizing the place , which contained a valuable depot of stores ; and then he chose an open plain for the battle to ...
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... battle . Yet Hasdrubal Barca escaped and at last got out of Spain altogether , taking an unexpected land route around the western extremity of the Pyre- nees and proceeding onwards to Italy , with the intention of joining his brother ...
... battle . Yet Hasdrubal Barca escaped and at last got out of Spain altogether , taking an unexpected land route around the western extremity of the Pyre- nees and proceeding onwards to Italy , with the intention of joining his brother ...
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... battle . At the height of winter Caesar crossed over to north Africa , and after a campaign involv- ing many hardships fought a totally successful battle on the isthmus at Thapsus ( Ras Dimas ) . The enemy commander Metellus Scipio ...
... battle . At the height of winter Caesar crossed over to north Africa , and after a campaign involv- ing many hardships fought a totally successful battle on the isthmus at Thapsus ( Ras Dimas ) . The enemy commander Metellus Scipio ...
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ROME AGAINST CARTHAGE | 85 |
THE IMPERIAL REPUBLIC | 129 |
THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC | 167 |
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