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Zusatztext 'Highly recommended ... Everitt's account is an agreeable primer in ancient history' Cleveland Plain Dealer. Informationen zum Autor Anthony Everitt is a former visiting professor in the visual and performing arts at Nottingham Trent University and previously served as secretary general of the Arts Council of Great Britain. He has written extensively on European culture and history, and is the author of Cicero , Augustus , Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome , The Rise of Rome , and The Rise of Athens . Everitt lives near Colchester, England's first recorded town, founded by the Romans. Klappentext A gripping account of the ascent of Rome - from small agrarian backwater to capital of the world's greatest empire. Zusammenfassung Beginning with the founding myths of Romulus and Remus and a succession of probably fictitious kings, Anthony Everitt charts the development of Rome from its origins as a small market town in the eighth century BC, through various forms of patrician government, up to Caesar's victory in the Civil War that defeated the Roman Republic and paved the way for Augustus to transform republican oligarchy into imperial autocracy. Using recent archaeological evidence and historical facts, and a wealth of legend and anecdote, Everitt shows how Rome grew – both internally, via ever more ambitious construction projects, and externally, through successful military campaigns. In doing so, he highlights some fascinating parallels between ancient Roman society and the modern world. As readable and accessible as it is authoritative and scholarly, THE RISE OF ROME is the perfect introduction to Roman history and civilization for the general reader.
