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Ancient Rome : a military and political history

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"This book provides a short but comprehensive political history of ancient Rome from the origins of the city in the Italian Iron Age to the deposition of the last emperor in A.D. 476. The reasons for Rome's conquest and absorption of Italy, and how this gave the Romans a manpower reserve that allowed them to conquer the Mediterranean in half a century, are described. The military responsibilities attendant upon these conquests undermined the political institutions of the Republic, with the Emperor Augustus managing to set up surreptitiously a monarchical form of government, in effect securing two centuries of peace. New military pressures then caused a significant change in the structure of the Imperial government, which eventually succumbed in the west to invasion. The influence on the imperial government of the adoption of Christianity as the state religion is also discussed."--Jacket.

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Title

Ancient Rome : a military and political history

Call No

DG231

Authors

Mackay, Christopher S., 1962-

Subjects

Roman World--history.
History, Ancient--Rome.
Politics--Rome.
History, Ancient.
Politics.
Militär
Geschichte
Rome--History--Kings, 753-510 B.C.
Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C.
Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
Rome.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
2.
History.

Language

English

Published

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Publication Desc

xvi, 395 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., maps ;

ISBN

0521809185

LCCN

2004040682

Target Audience

Unknown or not specified

Dimensions

25 cm.

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"This book provides a short but comprehensive political history of ancient Rome from the origins of the city in the Italian Iron Age to the deposition of the last emperor in A.D. 476. The reasons for Rome's conquest and absorption of Italy, and how this gave the Romans a manpower reserve that allowed them to conquer the Mediterranean in half a century, are described. The military responsibilities attendant upon these conquests undermined the political institutions of the Republic, with the Emperor Augustus managing to set up surreptitiously a monarchical form of government, in effect securing two centuries of peace. New military pressures then caused a significant change in the structure of the Imperial government, which eventually succumbed in the west to invasion. The influence on the imperial government of the adoption of Christianity as the state religion is also discussed."--Jacket.

Content Note

Foundations and kingdom, to ca. 507 B.C. -- Domestic history of the early Republic, ca. 507 B.C.-ca. 287 B.C. -- Conquest of Latium and Italy, ca. 507 B.C.-264 B.C. -- Struggle with Carthage, 264 B.C.-146 B.C. -- Wars in the east, 215 B.C.-146 B.C. -- Conquest of Spain, 218 B.C.-134 B.C. -- Effects of the conquests on Rome -- Assault on the oligarchy, 133 B.C.-81 B.C. -- Restored oligargy, 81 B.C.-59 B.C. -- Caesar and the end of Republican government, 59 B.C.-44 B.C. -- Conflict of the warlords, 44 B.C.-27 B.C. -- Politics in the late Republic -- Augustus and the establishment of the Principate, 31 B.C.-A.D. 14 -- Julio-Claudian dynasty, A.D. 14-A.D. 68 -- Civil war and the Flavian dynasty, A.D. 68-A.D. 96 -- Pinnacle of the Principate, A.D. 96-A.D. 192 -- Civil war and the Severan dynasty, A.D. 193-A.D. 235 -- Institutions of the Principate -- Military and dynastic crisis, A.D. 235-A.D. 284 -- Rise of Christianity -- Diocletian and the restoration of imperial authority, A.D. 284-A.D. 305 -- Civil war and the triumph of Constantine and Christianity, A.D. 305-A.D. 337 -- Heyday of the Christian empire, A.D. 337-A.D. 395 -- Demise of the empire in the West, A.D. 395-A.D. 476 -- Survival and transformation of the empire in the East after A.D. 476.