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A history of Ancient Rome

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  • Author: Titchener, Frances B.
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2011
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    Copyrighted
    2003
    Summary:

    Utah State University professor, Frances Titchener delivers a course that will examine important events and key figures of the epoch. Major themes will be explored while touching upon the fascinating details of Roman life, such as the Romans' intensely hierarchical social order.

    Contents:
    • Introduction to Rome, Italy, and the Romans, 1200-753 B.C.
    • First there were kings, 753-510 B.C.
    • Internal conflict: the Patrician and Plebeian Orders, 510-287 B.C.
    • Roman expansion in Italy, 510-287 B.C.
    • The First Punic War and the emergence of individuals, 264-241, B.C.
    • Rome's greatest enemy: the Second and Third Punic Wars
    • Plantations and the Gracchi Brothers
    • The rise of Marius through African and Italian Wars, 128-83 B.C.
    • Strong men fight it out, 123-53 B.C.
    • And then there was one: Julius Caesar, 53-44 B.C.
    • Augustus, the father of his country, 43 B.C. - 14 A.D.
    • The Empire's first century: Julio-Claudians and the Flavians, 14-96 A.D.
    • Gibbon's Golden Age and the beginning of the end, 96-303 A.D.
    • Constantine, Barbarians, and the Great Transformation, 303-476 A.D.
    Genre:
    History and geography, Instructional and educational works
    Sujets: Rome (Empire) | Civilization
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md., Recorded Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781449886660