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SPQR : a history of ancient Rome
- Title
- SPQR : a history of ancient Rome / Mary Beard.
- Author
- Beard, Mary, 1955-
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
- ©2015
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 15-8499 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 606 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 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.
- Alternative Title
- Senatus populusque Romanus
- History of ancient Rome
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-562) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue : 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 transformations of Augustus -- Fourteen emperors -- The haves and have-nots -- Rome outside Rome -- Epilogue : the first Roman millennium.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-8499
- ISBN
- 9780871404237
- 0871404230
- LCCN
- 2015036060
- OCLC
- 902661394
- Author
- Beard, Mary, 1955- author.
- Title
- SPQR : a history of ancient Rome / Mary Beard.
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-562) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 753 B.C. - 476 A.D.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-8499