War and Imperialism in Republican Rome 327-70 B.c

Zusatztext Marks a major advance in our understanding of Roman imperialism. Klappentext Between 327 and 70 B.C. the Romans expanded their empire throughout the Mediterranean world. This highly original study looks at Roman attitudes and behavior that lay behind their quest for power. How did Romans respond to warfare! year after year? How important were the material gains of military success--land! slaves! and other riches--commonly supposed to have been merely an incidental result? What value is there in the claim of the contemporary historian Polybius that the Romans were driven by a greater and greater ambition to expand their empire? The author answers these questions within an analytic framework! and comes to an interpretation of Roman imperialism that differs sharply from the conventional ones.

Product details

• Authors: William V. Harris, William Vernon Harris, Harris William V.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.1985
• EAN: 9780198148661
• ISBN: 978-0-19-814866-1
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state