From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68Scullard's clear and comprehensive narrative covers the period from 133 BC to 69 AD, exploring the decline and fall of the Republic, and the establishment of the Pax Romana under the early Principate. More than forty years after its first publication this masterful survey remains the standard textbook on the central period of Roman history. |
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Sicily was thus occupied by Curio , to whom Caesar had entrusted the task of
seizing Africa from its Pompeian governor , P . Attius Varus and his three legions .
The political skill that Curio had hitherto exercised in Caesar ' s interests was not
...
Sicily was thus occupied by Curio , to whom Caesar had entrusted the task of
seizing Africa from its Pompeian governor , P . Attius Varus and his three legions .
The political skill that Curio had hitherto exercised in Caesar ' s interests was not
...
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The first task of Augustus was to reduce the swollen number of forces ( over sixty
legions ) that were under arms at the end of the civil war , and then to retain what
he regarded as the necessary minimum . For those that were discharged he ...
The first task of Augustus was to reduce the swollen number of forces ( over sixty
legions ) that were under arms at the end of the civil war , and then to retain what
he regarded as the necessary minimum . For those that were discharged he ...
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treacherously attacked by Arminius : the three legions were virtually annihilated
and Varus committed suicide . 18 Tiberius hurried to the spot , and although
Rome lost all east of the Rhine , there was little fear that Arminius , who failed to
win ...
treacherously attacked by Arminius : the three legions were virtually annihilated
and Varus committed suicide . 18 Tiberius hurried to the spot , and although
Rome lost all east of the Rhine , there was little fear that Arminius , who failed to
win ...
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Inhalt
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | 10 |
PREFACE | xxiii |
ROME AT THE CROSSROADS | xxix |
Urheberrecht | |
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| Titel | From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68 Band 56 von University paperbacks |
| Autor/in | Howard Hayes Scullard |
| Ausgabe | 5, illustriert, Neuauflage |
| Verlag | Methuen, 1982 |
| ISBN | 0416328903, 9780416328905 |
| Länge | 500 Seiten |
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