The Origin of Empire: Rome from the Republic to Hadrian (History of the Ancient World) 9780674659674, 0674659678
Beginning with the Roman army’s first foray beyond its borders and concluding with the death of Hadrian in 138 CE, this
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Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Maps
Note on the abbreviations in the text
Introduction: The Path to Empire
Part I: War (264–201 BC)
Chapter 1: The Invasion of Sicily (264 BC)
Chapter 2: War by Land and Sea (263–241 BC)
Chapter 3: Rome and Italy (240–217 BC)
Chapter 4: Hannibal
Chapter 5: Cannae (216 BC)
Chapter 6: Victory (201 BC)
Part II: Empire (200–146 BC)
Chapter 7: Macedon
Chapter 8: Victory in the East
Chapter 9: The Home Front
Chapter 10: Carthage Must be Destroyed (146 BC)
Part III: Revolution (146–88 BC)
Chapter 11: Tiberius Gracchus and the Sovereignty of the People
Chapter 12: Gaius Gracchus and the Rise of the Contractors
Chapter 13: A Critic’s View
Chapter 14: Marius: Politics and Empire
Chapter 15: Civil Wars (91–88 BC)
Part IV: Dictatorship (88–36 BC)
Chapter 16: Sulla Triumphant
Chapter 17: Sulla’s Rome
Chapter 18: Sulla’s Legacies
Chapter 19: Politics in a Post-Sullan World
Chapter 20: 63 BC
Chapter 21: Law and Disorder
Chapter 22: Pompey and Caesar
Chapter 23: Caesarians and Pompeians
Part V: Monarchy (36 BC–AD 138)
Chapter 24: Imperator Caesar Augustus
Chapter 25: The Augustan Empire
Chapter 26: Eccentricity and Bureaucracy
Chapter 27: Three Murders and the Emergence of an Imperial Society
Chapter 28: Dynasties Come and Go
Chapter 29: Reimagining Rome
Chapter 30: The View from Tivoli
Chapter 31: What Happened
Notes on Sources
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Index
