The Roman Empire
A Very Short Introduction
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- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2006
Summary
The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement, with a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from drizzle-soaked northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates in Syria, and from the Rhine to the North African coast. It was, above all else, an empire of force—employing a mixture of violence, suppression, order, and tactical use of power to develop an astonishingly uniform culture.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192803917 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192803913 |
| Author: | Christopher Kelly |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2006 |
| Weight: | 146g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 112mm x 174mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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Critics Review
This mervellous little book…succeeds in sketching the remarkable way in which the Roman Empire spread across Europe…
This mervellous little book…succeeds in sketching the remarkable way in which the Roman Empire spread across Europe… Barbara Finney, The Journal of Classics Teaching “…the author has succeeded admirably. This is no cop out - themes are chosen sensibly and well presented. This book does what it says on the cover… This book is intellectual, yet accessible, well written, stimulating, original, and essential for those who wish to gain a rapid overview of the subject without getting bogged down.” Dr Mark Merrony, Minerva
Christopher Kelly
Christopher Kelly is University Lecturer in Classics, Director of Studies in Classics, and Senior Tutor of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He regularly writes for the Times Literary Supplement, he is an editor of the Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society, and has contributed major chapters to the Cambridge Ancient History, The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine, and to Harvard University Press’ Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World. His monograph, Ruling the Later Roman Empire was published by Harvard in 2004.
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