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Ancient Rome : A Military and Political History by Christopher S. Mackay (2005, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521809185
ISBN-139780521809184
eBay Product ID (ePID)30201462
Product Key Features
Number of Pages460 Pages
Publication NameAncient Rome : a Military and Political History
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
SubjectAncient / General, Ancient / Rome
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorChristopher S. Mackay
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight27.9 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2004-040682
Dewey Edition22
Reviews'The style is lively, and the intended readership will no doubt benefit from this book.' L'Antiquit Classique, "Mackay has provided a valuable service by presenting an updated text focused on Rome's military and political history. For the general reader, the work as a whole provides a solid introduction. Mackay reminds us all of the value in focusing on military conflicts and governmental affairs, particularly for understanding the breakdown of the Republican system and the collapse of the western empire." Darryl A. Phillips, College of Charleston, South Carolina, BMCR, 'The work is particularly compelling for the discussion of the Republic and Late Empire … The clear and detailed accounts of all major Roman military campaigns … should assure this volume an enduring place in undergraduate libraries.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review, "Those interested in Roman history, especially of the empire, may wish to pick up the book. They will be rewarded by Mackay's chapteres on the later empire." - John D. Muccigrosso, Drew University, 'The work is particularly compelling for the discussion of the Republic and Late Empire ... The clear and detailed accounts of all major Roman military campaigns ... should assure this volume an enduring place in undergraduate libraries.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 'The style is lively, and the intended readership will no doubt benefit from this book.' L'Antiquitè Classique, "Given both the enormous accidental loss of evidence and the obvious deliberate distortion in much that does survive, it is a welcome feature of Mackay's book that he prefaces each of its five chronological sections with a brief introduction of about three pages on the main sources for the period and the central problems in understanding it...he writes clearly and avoids rhetorical elaboration while the substance of his book is for the most part, sound, judicious, and accurate." - T.D. Barnes, "Mackay has provided a valuable service by presenting an updated text focused on Rome's military and political history. For the general reader, the work as a whole provides a solid introduction." Darryl A. Phillips, College of Charleston, South Carolina, BMCR, 'The work is particularly compelling for the discussion of the Republic and Late Empire ¿ The clear and detailed accounts of all major Roman military campaigns...should assure this volume an enduring place in undergraduate libraries.' BMCR
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal937
Table Of ContentPart I. Obscure Beginnings, to 264 B.C.: 1. Foundations and kingdoms, to ca. 507 B.C.; 2. Domestic history of the Early Republic, ca. 507 B.C.-ca. 287 B.C.; 3. Conquest of Latium and Italy, ca. 507 B.C.-264 B.C.; Part II. Conquest of the Mediterranean, 264 B.C.-146 B.C.: 4. Struggle with Carthage, 264 B.C.-146 B.C.; 5. Wars in the East, 215 B.C.-146 B.C.; 6. Conquest of Spain 218 B.C.-134 B.C.; 7. Effects of the conquests on Rome; Part III. Collapse of the Republic, 133 B.C.-27 B.C.: 8. Assault on the oligarchy, 133 B.C.-81 B.C.; 9. Restored oligarchy, 81 B.C.-59 B.C.; 10. Caesar and the end of republican government, 59 B.C.-44 B.C.; 11. Conflict of the warlords, 44 B.C.-27 B.C.; 12. Politics in the Late Republic; Part IV. The Principate, 27 B.C.-A.D. 235: 13. Augustus and establishment of the Principate, 31 B.C.-A.D. 14; 14. Julio-Claudian Dynasty, A.D. 14-A.D. 68; 15. Civil war and the Flavian Dynasty, A.D. 68-A.D. 96; 16. Pinnacle of the Principate, A.D. 96-A.D. 192; 17. Civil war and the Severan Dynasty, A.D. 193-A.D. 235; 18. Institutions of the Principate; Part V. The Late Empire, A.D. 235-A.D. 476: 19. Military and dynastic crisis, A.D. 235-A.D. 284; 20. Rise of Christianity; 21. Diocletian and the restoration of imperial authority, A.D. 284-A.D. 305; 22. Civil war and the triumph of Constantine and Christianity, A.D. 305-A.D. 337; 23. Heyday of the Christian Empire, A.D. 337-A.D. 395; 24. Demise of the Empire in the West, A.D. 395-A.D. 476; Epilogue: Survival and transformation of the Empire in the East after A.D. 476.
SynopsisThis volume is a short yet comprehensive political and military history of ancient Rome. Illustrated with the relevant art works from Rome's long history, this volume will serve as a timely and up to date overview of one of the most extraordinary civilizations of human history., Ancient Rome is a concise, comprehensive political and military history of the Roman Republic and Empire, from the origins of the city in the Italian Iron Age, until the deposition of the last emperor in 476 AD. Christopher Mackay describes how military events undermined the political institutions of the Republic, how the Empire was administered and controlled, why Christianity was adopted as the state religion under Constantine, and how military and economic pressures of the third and fourth centuries eventually led to the downfall of the Western empire. Illustrated with relevant art works from Rome's long history, this volume serves as an up-to-date overview of one of the most extraordinary civilizations in human history., A short and comprehensive political and military history of ancient Rome, from the origins of the city in the Italian Iron Age, until the deposition of the last emperor in 476 AD. Outlining Rome's absorption of the Italian peninsula, Christopher Mackay explains how this conquest provided the Romans with the man power that allowed them to conquer the Mediterranean in a mere half-century. Mackay details how the military responsibilities of empire undermined the political institutions of the Republic and how the Imperial adoption of Christianity as the state religion, as well as the military and economic pressures of the third and fourth centuries, eventually led to the downfall of the western empire through invasion. Illustrated with the relevant art works from Rome's long history, this volume will serve as a timely and up to date overview of one of the most extraordinary civilizations of human history.
LC Classification NumberDG231 .M33 2004
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