Rise of the Roman Empire; The Will to Endure

ISBN-13: 9781433162855 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 472 str.

Thomas L. Dynneson

Opis

Rise of the Roman Empire: The Will to Endure is a daring interpretation of the ways and means that the Roman Empire became the greatest military power of the ancient world, and how the vastness of this empire engulfed the entire Mediterranean world, as well as most of Europe.

Spis treści

Contents: The Indo-European Migrations - The Transfiguration of Myth to History - The Six Constitutional "Pillars" - Two The Comitia Centuriata - The Curule Magistrate System - The Senate - The Evolution of Roman Citizenship - Roman Law - The Court System - Rivalries, Wars, Catastrophes, and Rebirth - The "Struggle of the Orders" - "The Ring of Fire" - The Siege of Veii - The Destruction and Resurrection of Rome - Camillus: The Roman Sphinx - The Gallic Destruction of Rome - The Resurrection of Rome - The Early Republican Empire - The Romans and the Latins - Rome and the Samnite Wars - Pyrrhus and the Greek City of Tarentum - Index.

O autorze

Thomas L. Dynneson received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in history from Macalaster College. After teaching in the Edina school district in Edina, Minnesota for seven years, he earned his Ph.D. in social science education and anthropology at the University of Colorado. Currently, he is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Education at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.