This sweeping history of the Roman Empire from 44 BC to AD 235 has three purposes: to describe what was happening in the central administration and in the entourage of the emperor; to indicate how life went on in Italy and the provinces, in the towns, in the countryside, and in the army camps; and to show how these two different worlds impinged on each other. Colin Wells’s vivid account is now available in an up-to-date second edition.
The Roman Empire : Second Edition
Description
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition List of Maps and Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction I. The New Order II. The Sources III. The Work of Augustus IV. Italy under Augustus: the Social and Intellectual Climate V. The Consolidation of the Principate VI. The Army and the Provinces in the First Century AD VII. 'Emperors Made Elsewhere than at Rome': Galba to Trajan VIII. The State of Italy from Petronius to Pliny IX. The Orderly Government of the Empire: Hadrian to Marcus Aurelius X.'The Immeasurable Majesty of the Roman Peace' XI. An Age of Transition: Commodus to Maximinus the Thracian Maps Lists of dates: Reigns of Roman Emperors, Augustus to Diocletian Greek and Latin Authors Mentioned in this Book Further Reading Index of Citations General Index
Author Description
Colin Wells is Professor of Classical Studies, Trinity University.