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The Cambridge ancient history, edited by Alan K. Bowman, Edward Champlin, Andrew Lintott, Volume 10

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The Cambridge ancient history, edited by Alan K. Bowman, Edward Champlin, Andrew Lintott, Volume 10

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Cambridge ancient history

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

925279416

Responsibility statement

edited by Alan K. Bowman, Edward Champlin, Andrew Lintott

Series statement

Cambridge Histories online

Summary

The period described in Volume 10 of the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History begins in the year after the death of Julius Caesar and ends in the year after the fall of Nero, the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors. Its main theme is the transformation of the political configuration of the state and the establishment of the Roman Empire. Chapters 1-6 supply a political narrative history of the period. In chapters 7-12 the institutions of government are described and analysed. Chapters 13-14 offer a survey of the Roman world in this period region by region, and chapters 15-21 deal with the most important social and cultural developments of the era (the city of Rome, the structure of society, art, literature, and law). Central to the period is the achievement of the first emperor, Augustus--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

NARRATIVE -- THE GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE EMPIRE -- ITALY AND THE PROVINCES -- ROMAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE UNDER THE JULIO-CLAUDIANS

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