The Roman Empire

Designed for the general reader, the book strives for a balance between consideration of the centre and the periphery, and between narrative and discussion. To that end, the odd-numbered chapters provide a chronological account of Roman political life, from the age of Augustus to the Severans, from affairs of court to the machinery of the State. Intervening chapters discuss events and conditions in Italy and the provinces, while the author pays particular attention to what is known - from literary and archeological sources - about Roman art and architecture, religion and education, law and government. Professor Wells has absorbed all the scholarship of the last decade, and made alterations accordingly for this, the Second Edition, which also includes a comprehensive, updated bibliographical essay. "Seldom has the government of the world been conducted for so long a term in an orderly sequence... In its sphere, which those who belonged to it were not far wrong in regarding as the world, it fostered the peace and prosperity of the many nations united under its sway longer and more completely than any other leading power has ever done." THEODOR MOMMSEN

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Colin Wells

Product details

• Authors: C M Wells, Colin Wells, Colln Wells, Wells Colin
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.1992
• EAN: 9780006862529
• ISBN: 978-0-00-686252-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Fontana History of the Ancient; Fontana History of the Ancient
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Italy, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Pattern;Population;Power;Identity