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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... possessed the inherited training of their class , which very often produced a remarkable spirit of consensus and an attitude of selfless sac- rifice to the needs of the community as a whole . The consuls also possessed the opportunity ...
... possessed the inherited training of their class , which very often produced a remarkable spirit of consensus and an attitude of selfless sac- rifice to the needs of the community as a whole . The consuls also possessed the opportunity ...
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... possessed an almost impregnable citadel . Larger than Rome in the early third century B.C. , the city based its great prosperity on the wool from its winterland , dyed with purple from the murex mussels in the city's harbor . From this ...
... possessed an almost impregnable citadel . Larger than Rome in the early third century B.C. , the city based its great prosperity on the wool from its winterland , dyed with purple from the murex mussels in the city's harbor . From this ...
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... possessed , pointing manifestly , as later historians noted , to the eventual emergence of other commanders who would use such powers to become autocrats . But Scipio himself did not do so ; probably he never thought of doing so , for ...
... possessed , pointing manifestly , as later historians noted , to the eventual emergence of other commanders who would use such powers to become autocrats . But Scipio himself did not do so ; probably he never thought of doing so , for ...
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IV | 85 |
THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC | 167 |
CAESAR AND AUGUSTUS | 211 |
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