A Brief History of the Romans
ISBN13: 9780195187151ISBN10: 0195187156
Paperback, 352 pages
Dec 2005,
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352 pages;
80 illus. & maps;
7-1/2 x 9-1/4;
ISBN13: 978-0-19-518715-1ISBN10: 0-19-518715-6
Table of Contents
Maps
Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes to the Reader
1. Early Italy
Italy and the Mediterranean World
Italy Before the City
The Iron Age in Etruria, Latium, and Campania
Greeks and Phoenicians in the Central Mediterranean
The Rise of Cities
Beginning of Writing
Appearance of an Elite
Cities and Monumental Architecture
Warfare in the Orientalizing and Archaic Periods
Social and Economic Organization
Etruscans and Greeks
2. Rome's First Centuries
Emergence of an Urban Community
The Romans and Their Early History
Table 2.1. Dates of Rome's Kings According to Varro
Box 2.1. Romulus Founds Rome (Plutarch)
Rome Under the Kings
Rome and the Latins
The Early Republic
Beginning of the Republic
Rome and Its Neighbors in the Fifth Century
Struggle of the Orders
3. Rome and Italy in the Fourth Century
Fall of Veii and the Sack of Rome
The City and Its Institutions in the Fourth Century
Officials
Senate
Assemblies of Citizens
Table 3.1 Roman Assemblies
The City, Its Gods, and Its Priests
Box 3.1. The Roman Games (Dionysius of Halicarnassus)
Roman Dominance in Italy
Warfare and the Civic Order
Rome in Latium and Campania
War and the Roman State
4. The Beginnings of a Mediterranean Empire
The Nobility and the City of Rome
Box 4.1 Triumph of Scipio Africanus (Appian)
Wars with Carthage
First Punic War (264-241)
Second Punic War (218-201)
Box 4.2 Romans Vow a "Sacred Spring" (Livy)
A Mediterranean Empire
Governors, Provinces, and Empire
Spain
Greece and Asia Minor
Box 4.3 Slave Trade on Delos (Strabo)
North Africa
5. Italy and Empire
Senators, Officials, and Citizen Assemblies
Italy and the Consequences of Empire
Changing Relations Between Rome, Its Municipia, and Allies
Roman and Italian Elites
Box 5.1 Scipio Africanus' Army Loots Carthago Nova (Polybius)
Demographic and Economic Changes
Roman Politics from the Mid-Second Century
Scipio Aemilianus
Tiberius Gracchus
Gaius Gracchus
6. Italy Threatened, Enfranchised, Divided
War with Jugurtha (112-105)
Italy Threatened from the North (113-101)
Changes in the Roman Army
Marius' Career in Roman Politics
Box 6.1 Marius' Bid for the Consulship (Sallust)
Sixth Consulship of Marius and Second Tribunate of Saturninus (100)
Administration of the Provinces
Tribunate of Livius Drusus (91)
Social War (91-87)
Tribunate of Sulpicius Rufus (88)
Sulla's First March on Rome (88)
Cinna's Rule (87-84)
Sulla's Second March on Rome (83-82)
7. The Domination of Sulla and Its Legacy
Sulla's Proscriptions (82-81)
Sulla the Dictator and His Program (82-81)
Verdicts on Sulla's Program
Box 7.1. Cicero's Defense of Sextus Roscius
Lepidus' Rising and Its Aftermath (78-77)
Challenge from Sertorius in Spain (80-73)
Spartacus' Slave Revolt (73-71)
Consulship of Crassus and Pompey (70)
Roman Women
Pompey Frees the Mediterranean of Pirates (67)
Threat from King Mithridates VI of Pontus
Sulla's Campaign Against Mithridates (87-85)
Lucullus' Struggle with Mithridates (74-67)
Pompey's Defeat of Mithridates (66-63)
Roles of Crassus and Cicero in Rome (65-63)
Catiline's Rising (63-62)
8. End of the Republic: Caesar's Dictatorship
Pompey's Return from the East (62)
Pompey and Political Stalemate in Rome
Partnership of Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar
Caesar's First Consulship (59)
Clodius' Tribunate (58)
Cicero's Recall and the Renewal of the Triumvirate (57-56)
Caesar's Campaigns in Gaul (58-51)
Death of Clodius and Pompey's Sole Consulship (52)
Prospect of Civil War (51-49)
Causes and Consequences of Caesar Crossing the Rubicon (January 49)
Civil War Campaigns (49-45)
Caesar's Activity as Dictator (49-44)
Caesar's Impact upon the City of Rome
Political Prospects for Rome and for Caesar
9. Augustus and the Transformation of the Roman World
Reactions to the Assassination of Caesar (44-43)
Emergence of a Second Triumvirate (43)
Battle of Philippi (42)
Perusine War (41-40)
Elimination of Sextus Pompey and Lepidus (39-36)
Box 9.1. Laudatio Turiae
Antony in the East (42 Onwards)
Clash Between Antony and Octavian (36-30)
Octavian as Sole Ruler (30 Onwards)
"The Republic Restored"
Second Settlement (23)
Succession
Table 9.1. The Julio-Claudian Family
Senate and Equites
Army
Box 9.2. Oath of Loyalty
The Empire and Its Expansion
City of Rome
Attitudes Outside Rome
Augustus: Final Assessment
10. The Early Principate (A.D. 14-69): The Julio-Claudians, the Civil War of 68-69, and Life in the Early Empire
The Julio-Claudian Emperors: Civil Government and Military Concerns
Tiberius (14-37)
Gaius (Caligula) 37-41
Claudius (41-54)
Nero (54-68)
Civil War in 68-69
Economic and Social Change: Army
"Beneficial Ideology"
Cities and Provinces
Diversity: Women, Local Languages, and Culture
Religious Practices and Principles
Imperial Cult
11. Institutionalization of the Principate: Military Expansion and Its Limits, the Empire and the Provinces (69-138)
Institutionalization of the Principate
Vespasian (69-79)
Titus (79-81)
Domitian (81-96)
A New, Better Era?
Nerva (96-98)
Trajan (98-117)
Table 11.1. The Antonine Family
Hadrian (117-138)
Box 11.1. Hadrian Inspects Troops at Lambaesis
Roman Cities and the Empire's Peoples
Theaters and Processions
Circuses and Chariot Racing
The Amphitheater and Gladiatorial Games
Other Urban Amenities, Education
12. Italy and the Provinces: Civil and Military Affairs (138-235)
Antoninus Pius (138-161)
Box 12.1. A Greek Provincial Praises Roman Citizenship
Marcus Aurelius (161-180) and Lucius Verus (161-169)
Commodus (176-192, Sole Augustus after 180)
Table 12.1. The Severan Family
Septimius Severus (193-211)
Caracalla (198-217, Sole Augustus after 211)
Macrinus (217-218)
Elagabalus (218-222)
Severus Alexander (222-235)
Roman Law
Roman Citizenship
Box 12.2. Grant of Roman Citizenship (Tabula Banasitana)
Rome and Christianity
Box 12.3. Pliny, Trajan, and Christians
13. The Third Century and Fourth Centuries: Changes and Continuities
Mid-Third Century
Attempts at Recovery: Aurelian (270-275) and Dicoletian and the Tetrarchy (284-305)
Administrative, Military, and Religious Reforms of the Dominate (293-305)
Dissolution of the Tetrarchy (305-313) and the Rise of Constantine (306-324)
Constantine and the Empire
Cultural Aspects of the Fourth Century
Political and Military Changes
Timeline
Glossary
Art Credits
Index
Gazetteer
