Book
Ancient Rome
Edition
3rd ed.
Publication Information
New York : Chelsea House, 2007.
Physical Description
96 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 31 cm.
Summary
Text, maps, illustrations, charts, tables, and chronologies depict the history, society, and political life of ancient Rome and its vast empire.
Contents
- Land called Italy
- Mysterious Etruscans
- Beginnings of Rome
- War with Carthage
- Legions
- Early years of crisis
- Republican Rome
- Rise of Julius Caesar
- Roman men and women
- Pompeii - struck by disaster
- Empire of Agustus
- Trajans army
- Provinces and frontiers
- Men of power: Emperors
- Roman religion
- Roman baths
- Imperial Rome
- Arena and stadium
- Later empire
- Roman ship
- Africa
- Africa - sites
- Spain and Portugal
- Roman town
- Gaul and Germany
- Gaul and Germany - sites
- Buildings nd technology
- Britain
- Britain - sites
- Roman villa
- Danube
- Greece and the southern Balkans
- Greece - sites
- Asia Minor
- Asia Minor - sites
- Town and city life
- Exotic east
- east - sites
- Egypt
- Glossary
- Further reading/web sites
- Gazetteer
- Index.