History

For one/two-semester survey courses in Roman History.

This 4th edition of the popular text continues to provide a comprehensive analytical survey of Roman history from its prehistoric roots in Italy and the wider Mediterranean world to the dissolution of the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity in A.D. 600. Clearly organized and eminently readable, its explanatory narrative of major political and military events provides a chronological and conceptual framework for the social, economic, and cultural developments of the periods presented. Major topics are treated separately so that students can easily grasp key concepts and ideas.

• NEW - New section in Chapter 2—On the role of the Phoenicians in the rise of city states and their activities during the early centuries of Rome's development.

  • Strengthens and clarifies the difficult material on early Rome for students.

• NEW - Reworked Chapters 3 and 4—Revised to clarify the nature of classes in Roman society, the issues surrounding the identity of the patricians and plebians, and the complexities of constitutional development.

  • Keeps students' interest by emphasizing the people within a larger historical context.

• NEW - Revised view of the reigns of the emperors—Presents material on the Julio-Claudian, Flavian, Antonine, and Severan emperors with regard to recent scholarship.

  • Gives students more balanced and sophisticated coverage of the periods of these emperors.

• NEW - Streamlined treatment of the period from A.D. 235 to 285.

  • Gives students an easier comprehension of this confusing period in Roman history.

• NEW - More maps, illustrations, and genealogical charts.

  • Provides students with more support for the written text.

• Comprehensive yet readable coverage—Explains the major social, economic, political, and cultural developments in Roman history from prehistoric Italy to A.D. 600.

  • Gives students a broad understanding of Roman history. Provides instructors with the flexibility to stress their own particular emphasis and expertise.

• Multi-cultural perspective—Stresses the interaction of Romans and non-Romans in a constantly evolving political and social synthesis.

  • Helps students avoid developing a simplistic ethnocentric view of Roman history.

• Inclusive approach to women, the lower classes, and marginalized groups.

  • Presents students with topics that are important to them today; and helps them realize that history was made and experienced by more than upper-class Roman males.

• Pedagogic aids—Bold and italicized headings with signal dates; explanations of unfamiliar terms and foreign words; and page references to other relevant material in the text.

  • Enables students to have one comprehensive text, alleviating the need to look up material from other sources.

• New section in Chapter 2—On the role of the Phoenicians in the rise of city states and their activities during the early centuries of Rome's development.

  • Strengthens and clarifies the difficult material on early Rome for students.

• Reworked Chapters 3 and 4—Revised to clarify the nature of classes in Roman society, the issues surrounding the identity of the patricians and plebians, and the complexities of constitutional development.

  • Keeps students' interest by emphasizing the people within a larger historical context.

• Revised view of the reigns of the emperors—Presents material on the Julio-Claudian, Flavian, Antonine, and Severan emperors with regard to recent scholarship.

  • Gives students more balanced and sophisticated coverage of the periods of these emperors.

• Streamlined treatment of the period from A.D. 235 to 285.

  • Gives students an easier comprehension of this confusing period in Roman history.

• More maps, illustrations, and genealogical charts.

  • Provides students with more support for the written text.

I. PRE-ROMAN ITALY AND THE RISE OF ROME.

II. THE HIGH POINT OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC.

III. THE WORLD OF THE LATE REPUBLIC.

IV. THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE.

V. CRISIS, CONTINUITY, AND CHANGE IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH CENTURIES.

VI. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ROMAN WORLD IN LATE ANTIQUITY.

Roman History  (Western and World History)

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  History of the Roman People, A, 5/E
  Ward, Heichelheim & Yeo
  ©2010 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 576 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205695264 | ISBN-13: 9780205695263
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  For one- and two-semester survey courses in Roman History.

   

  The Fifth Edition of A History of the Roman People continues to provide a comprehensive analytical survey of Roman history from its prehistoric roots in Italy and the wider Mediterranean world to the dissolution of the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity ca. A.D. 600. Clearly organized and highly readable, the text's narrative of major political and military events provides a chronological and conceptual framework for chapters on social, economic, and cultural developments of the periods covered. Major topics are treated separately so that students can easily grasp key concepts and ideas.

The Fourth Edition of History of the Roman People builds upon the strengths of the previous editions to provide readers with a fascinating journey from prehistoric Italy and the origins of Rome to the final collapse of the Roman imperial order with the death of the Emperor Maurice (A.D. 602). Centered on a traditional political and military narrative core, this text also presents in-depth coverage of Rome's social, economic, and cultural life and, drawing on current scholarship, provides explanations of major trends and developments.

• Expanded treatment of Early Rome's origins in the wider context of the Mediterranean World
• Fuller coverage of Rome's involvement in the East from 133 B.C. to A.D. 96
• Thoroughly revised chapters on the Julio-Claudian, Antonine, and Severan dynasties and the complexities of the third century A.D.
• Additional maps and illustrations; updated bibliographies; more cross-references in the text

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