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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... became even more important than the Twelve Tables and the source of a great deal of later legislation . It was true that like other senior functionaries , praetors were merely sup- posed to apply regulations that were already in force ...
... became even more important than the Twelve Tables and the source of a great deal of later legislation . It was true that like other senior functionaries , praetors were merely sup- posed to apply regulations that were already in force ...
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... became solidly established as a significant economic factor : the normal rate of interest fell to four to six percent , the lowest level of ancient times - Italy still took the lead in commercial activity . A fine building at Pompeii ...
... became solidly established as a significant economic factor : the normal rate of interest fell to four to six percent , the lowest level of ancient times - Italy still took the lead in commercial activity . A fine building at Pompeii ...
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... became increasingly preoccupied with the urgent needs of their own souls for something that would satisfy them ; and the enormously widespread acceptance of astrological doctrines , maintain- ing that everything was irremediably fixed ...
... became increasingly preoccupied with the urgent needs of their own souls for something that would satisfy them ; and the enormously widespread acceptance of astrological doctrines , maintain- ing that everything was irremediably fixed ...
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ROME AGAINST CARTHAGE | 85 |
THE IMPERIAL REPUBLIC | 129 |
THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC | 167 |
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