Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Rome and the Mediterranean 290 to 146 BC : The Imperial Republic / Nathan Rosenstein.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome : EHARPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (312 p.) : 22 B/W illustrations 4 B/W tables 6 Maps; 26 b&w illustrations, 4 tables and 6 mapsContent type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9780748623211
  • 9780748629992
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Series editor's preface -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- 1. Introduction: The aristocracy of the middle Republic -- 2. Rome, Pyrrbus, and Carthage -- 3. The imperium and the army -- 4. Hannibal -- 5. The conquest of Gaul, Greece, and Spain -- 6. The new brutality -- 7. The impact of imperium -- Chronology -- Guide to further reading -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: A compelling account of how Rome became supreme power in Europe and the Mediterranean world.The book highlights the significance of Rome's success in the wars against Pyrrhys, Carhage, the Hellenistic kingdoms and in Spain that led to empire, and it shows how the Republic's success in conquering an empire changed the conquerors.It is unusual in focusing on a discrete, vital period in Roman history rather than attempting to cover all of it or even just the Republic.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748629992

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Series editor's preface -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- 1. Introduction: The aristocracy of the middle Republic -- 2. Rome, Pyrrbus, and Carthage -- 3. The imperium and the army -- 4. Hannibal -- 5. The conquest of Gaul, Greece, and Spain -- 6. The new brutality -- 7. The impact of imperium -- Chronology -- Guide to further reading -- Bibliography -- Index

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

A compelling account of how Rome became supreme power in Europe and the Mediterranean world.The book highlights the significance of Rome's success in the wars against Pyrrhys, Carhage, the Hellenistic kingdoms and in Spain that led to empire, and it shows how the Republic's success in conquering an empire changed the conquerors.It is unusual in focusing on a discrete, vital period in Roman history rather than attempting to cover all of it or even just the Republic.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)