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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... needed a central reserve capable of being sent wherever it was needed - a reserve that Augustus had neg- lected to provide for . He had fixed the number of Roman legions at twenty - eight , later reduced by losses to twenty - five ...
... needed a central reserve capable of being sent wherever it was needed - a reserve that Augustus had neg- lected to provide for . He had fixed the number of Roman legions at twenty - eight , later reduced by losses to twenty - five ...
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... needed to pay the soldiers should be duly gathered in . Throughout the previous half century , these exactions had caused the peoples of the empire immeasurable hardship . Diocletian did not , could not , lessen the burden . On the ...
... needed to pay the soldiers should be duly gathered in . Throughout the previous half century , these exactions had caused the peoples of the empire immeasurable hardship . Diocletian did not , could not , lessen the burden . On the ...
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... needed manpower and revenue . On a long - term view , what proved particularly disadvantageous was the celibacy the monastic career entailed , since it , by lowering the birth rate , still further diminished the numbers of potential ...
... needed manpower and revenue . On a long - term view , what proved particularly disadvantageous was the celibacy the monastic career entailed , since it , by lowering the birth rate , still further diminished the numbers of potential ...
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ROME AGAINST CARTHAGE | 85 |
THE IMPERIAL REPUBLIC | 129 |
THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC | 167 |
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