A History of the Roman Republic [Hardcover]

In this new and authoritative history of the Roman republic, distinguished historian Klaus Bringmann traces the rise of a small city state near the Tiber estuary into a power that controlled the Italian peninsula and created the final Empire of antiquity, an Empire that was to become both the most enduring in the ancient world and to have the most far-reaching consequences for posterity.

Whilst this book is chronologically organized, giving the reader a clear sense of the historical progress and dynamics of Roman republican history, it also offers a coherent and authoritative overview of the culture, economics, religion and military might of the Roman empire, presented in an original and stimulating way.

Thoroughly referenced and illustrated throughout, with a wealth of primary sources from great Roman writers such as Cicero and Plutarch, A History of the Roman Republic will be essential reading for university students in history and classical studies. It will also appeal to a wider audience of general readers who are interested in the history of the Ancient world and its legacy.

Preface

I ROME AND ITALY

The foundation of the city of Rome

The rise of Rome as a major power in Italy

The constitution of the classical Republic

The rise of the nobility

II ROME AND THE MEDITERRANEAN

The war with King Pyrrhus

The First Punic War

Celts and Illyrians

The Second Punic War

The war with the great Hellenistic powers

The vengeful world power and the beginnings of the Roman Empire

III THE CRISIS OF THE REPUBLIC AND ITS CAUSES

Culture and Religion under Greek influence

The monetarylħ