Encyclopedia of ancient Rome / Matthew Bunson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Facts on File library of world historyPublication details: New York : Facts On File, c2012.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxxvii, 788 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780816082179 (acid-free paper)
  • 0816082170 (acid-free paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • REF DG 270 .B86 2012
Contents:
A Note on Names -- Historical Overview -- Geographical Overview -- Chronology of Major Events -- Entries A to Z -- Appendix I: How to Study Ancient Rome -- Appendix II: The kings of Rome (753-509 B.C.E.) and Emperors of the Roman Empire, 27 B.C.E.-476 C.E. -- Appendix III: Genealogies -- Glossary.
Summary: This book provides comprehensive and interdisciplinary coverage of the people, places, events, and ideas of ancient Rome. Each entry has been thoroughly reviewed and updated to fully reflect recent advances in archaeology, historical and literary criticism, and social analysis. In addition, the scope has been expanded to include the entire history of ancient Rome, from the first founding of the city through the legendary hero Aeneas and his descendants Romulus and Remus around 753 BCE to the final collapse of Roman power in the fifth century CE. All of the entries in this updated resource now reflect not only the imperial era, but also the entire course of Roman history.
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Expanded ed. of: Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire. Rev. ed. c2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 757-760) and index.

A Note on Names -- Historical Overview -- Geographical Overview -- Chronology of Major Events -- Entries A to Z -- Appendix I: How to Study Ancient Rome -- Appendix II: The kings of Rome (753-509 B.C.E.) and Emperors of the Roman Empire, 27 B.C.E.-476 C.E. -- Appendix III: Genealogies -- Glossary.

This book provides comprehensive and interdisciplinary coverage of the people, places, events, and ideas of ancient Rome. Each entry has been thoroughly reviewed and updated to fully reflect recent advances in archaeology, historical and literary criticism, and social analysis. In addition, the scope has been expanded to include the entire history of ancient Rome, from the first founding of the city through the legendary hero Aeneas and his descendants Romulus and Remus around 753 BCE to the final collapse of Roman power in the fifth century CE. All of the entries in this updated resource now reflect not only the imperial era, but also the entire course of Roman history.

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