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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... southern Italy brings it into conflict with the other major power in the Central Mediterranean : Carthage . By the 3rd century BC , Carthage had become the centre of a maritime empire stretching along the coasts of southern Spain and ...
... southern Italy brings it into conflict with the other major power in the Central Mediterranean : Carthage . By the 3rd century BC , Carthage had become the centre of a maritime empire stretching along the coasts of southern Spain and ...
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... southern England in 55 and 54 BC , but though he received the nominal submission of several southern leaders there was no follow - up , and Britain lay beyond direct Roman control for another cen- tury . It was politics at Rome rather ...
... southern England in 55 and 54 BC , but though he received the nominal submission of several southern leaders there was no follow - up , and Britain lay beyond direct Roman control for another cen- tury . It was politics at Rome rather ...
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... southern Spain , par- ticularly from the export of wine and olive oil . Spain was also an exporter of the highly - prized fish sauce known as garum , which was processed in facto- ries along the southern coast . The most obviously ...
... southern Spain , par- ticularly from the export of wine and olive oil . Spain was also an exporter of the highly - prized fish sauce known as garum , which was processed in facto- ries along the southern coast . The most obviously ...
Contents
From City to Empire | 12 |
The Origins of Rome | 20 |
The Unification of Italy | 22 |
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