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SPQR : a history of ancient Rome

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2015

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Title:	SPQR : a history of ancient Rome
Author:	Beard, Mary, 1955- author.
Edition:	First edition.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2015] ©2015
Description:	606 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, color, black and white ; 25 cm
Summary:	A prominent classicist explores ancient Rome and how its citizens adapted the notion of imperial rule, invented the concepts of citizenship and nation, and made laws about those traditionally overlooked in history, including women, slaves, and criminals.
Subjects:	Rome -- History -- Kings, 753-510 B.C. Rome -- History -- Republic, 510-30 B.C. Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Other Title:	Senatus populusque Romanus History of ancient Rome
Contents:	The history of Rome -- 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 transformation of Augustus -- Fourteen emperors -- The haves and have-nots -- Rome outside Rome -- The first Roman millennium.
ISBN	9780871404237

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