The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient RomeMore than fifteen centuries after its fall, the Roman Empire remains one of the most formative influences on the history of Europe. Its physical remains dot the landscape from Scotland to Syria. Its cities are still the great metropolises of the continent. Its law and institutions have shaped modern practice, and its ideal of a united Europe has haunted politicians ever since. Fully illustrated and featuring more than sixty full- colour maps, this atlas traces the rise and fall of the first great multinational state. It looks at its provinces and cities, its trade and economy, its armies and frontier defences; follows its foreign ward and internecine struggles; and charts its transformation into a Christian theocracy and its fall in 476. |
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... Greek colonies in Sicily and S. Italy c . 600 Greek colony at Massilia ( Marseille ) c550 Persian empire of Cyrus 525 Persian king Cambyses conquers Egypt 479 death of Confucius 480 Greeks defeat Persians at Salamis 447 Parthenon begun ...
... Greek colonies in Sicily and S. Italy c . 600 Greek colony at Massilia ( Marseille ) c550 Persian empire of Cyrus 525 Persian king Cambyses conquers Egypt 479 death of Confucius 480 Greeks defeat Persians at Salamis 447 Parthenon begun ...
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... Greek art and many of the sculptures were copies of famous Greek masterpieces . Antoninus Pius too had his country villa , at Laurentum on the coast south of Rome . Though much less survives than at Tivoli , this too was set within an ...
... Greek art and many of the sculptures were copies of famous Greek masterpieces . Antoninus Pius too had his country villa , at Laurentum on the coast south of Rome . Though much less survives than at Tivoli , this too was set within an ...
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... Greek writer of the age , however , was undoubtedly Plutarch , a native of Chaeronea in Greece who wrote essays , dialogues and parallel lives of famous Greeks and Romans . Roman Society in the 2nd Century The historian Edward Gibbon ...
... Greek writer of the age , however , was undoubtedly Plutarch , a native of Chaeronea in Greece who wrote essays , dialogues and parallel lives of famous Greeks and Romans . Roman Society in the 2nd Century The historian Edward Gibbon ...
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From City to Empire | 12 |
The Origins of Rome | 20 |
The Unification of Italy | 22 |
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