03108cam a2200457 i 4500 18813505 BJBSDDR 20240529135722.0 ta 151009s2015 nyuabf b 001 0 eng 2015036060 9781631492228 (paperbacks) DLC spa rda DLC DLC eng pcc e------ aw----- ff----- 324 DG 233 B368s 2015 937 23 Beard, Mary, 1955- author 13918 SPQR : a history of ancient Rome / Mary Beard. History of ancient Rome First edition. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2015. 606 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-562), chronology, and index. Cicero's finest hour -- In the beginning -- The kings of Rome -- Rome's great leap forward -- A wider world -- New politics -- From empire to emperors -- The home front -- The transformations of Augustus -- Fourteen emperors -- The haves and have-nots -- Rome outside Rome. "Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists. It explores not only how Rome grew from an insignificant village in central Italy to a power that controlled territory from Spain to Syria, but also how the Romans thought about themselves and their achievements, and why they are still important to us. Covering 1,000 years of history, and casting fresh light on the basics of Roman culture from slavery to running water, as well as exploring democracy, migration, religious controversy, social mobility and exploitation in the larger context of the empire, this is a definitive history of ancient Rome. SPQR is the Romans' own abbreviation for their state: Senatus Populusque Romanus, 'the Senate and People of Rome. Rome History Kings, 753-510 B.C. Roma Historia Reyes, 753-510 B.C. 6332 Rome History Republic, 510-30 B.C. Roma Historia República, 510-30 B.C. 6332 Roma Historia Imperio, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. 6324 Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc 0 BK rmza 121282 121282 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2024-05-13 0 324 DG 233 B368s 2015 00000178531 2024-05-13 00:00:00 1 2024-05-13 BK