SPQR : a history of ancient Rome
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- ISBN: 9780871404237 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0871404230 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
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606 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-562) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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Subject: | Rome History Kings, 753-510 B.C Rome History Republic, 510-30 B.C Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | DG 231 .B43 2015 | 30775305506470 | General Collection | Available | - |
S. P. Q. R. : A History of Ancient Rome
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S. P. Q. R. : A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard was born on January 1, 1955 in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England. Her alma mater is the University of Cambridge. She is a professor of classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Her previous books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii, The Roman Triumph, The Parthenon and Confronting the Classics. Her blog has been collected in the books It's a Don's Life and All in a Don's Day. She is in the 2014 top 10 Prospect list of the most influential thinkers in the world. She is the author of Women and Power: A Manifesto, published in December 2017. (Bowker Author Biography)