This definitive study from the author of From the Gracchi to Nero, examines the period from the foundation of Rome to the fall of Carthage. An accessible introduction to these centuries of change, this book will also be useful as context for those studying later developments in Roman history.
Chapter 3. The Copper and Bronze Ages
Chapter 4. The Early Iron Age Villanovans
Chapter 6. Greeks, Phoenicians and Celts
Chapter 9. The Etruscan Empire
Chapter 1. The foundation of Rome: archaeological evidence
Chapter 2. The foundation of Rome: the legends
Chapter 4. The sixth-century kings
Chapter 6. Nobles, commons and the priesthood
Chapter 7. Political organization
Chapter 8. The fall of the monarchy
Chapter 1. The Republican government
Chapter 3. A state within the state
Chapter 4. The decemvirs and law
Chapter 5. The weakening of patrician control
Chapter 1. The Triple Alliance
Chapter 2. The Sabines, Aequi and Volsci
Chapter 4. The Gallic catastrophe
Chapter 5. The recovery of Rome
Chapter 6. Rome’s widening horizon
Chapter 7. The end of the Latin League
Chapter 2. Victories of the plebeians
Chapter 3. Social and political adjustments
Chapter 4. The magistrates and Senate
Chapter 5. The assemblies and people
Chapter 2. The Great Samnite War
Chapter 3. Rome’s triumphant advance
Chapter 4. The Greeks of southern Italy
Chapter 5. The Italian adventure of Pyrrhus
Chapter 6. The end of pre-Roman Italy
Chapter 7. The Roman confederacy
Chapter 1. The Carthaginian Empire
Chapter 3. The causes of the war
Chapter 4. Rome’s naval offensive
Chapter 5. Rome’s offensive in Africa
Chapter 6. Stalemate and checkmate
Chapter 1. The province of Sicily
Chapter 2. Carthage and the Sardinian question
Chapter 4. The Illyrian pirates
Chapter 5. The Punic Empire in Spain
Chapter 6. The causes of the Second Punic War
Chapter 1. Hannibal’s invasion of northern Italy
Chapter 2. Hannibal in central Italy
Chapter 3. The Scipios and Spain
Chapter 4. The extension of the war to Macedon
Chapter 5. Marcellus and Sicily
Chapter 6. Fabius and Rome’s defensive
Chapter 1. Scipio’s conquest of Spain
Chapter 3. The Roman offensive in Africa
Chapter 1. The Hellenistic world
Chapter 2. The outbreak of war
Chapter 3. The causes of the war
Chapter 4. The Second Macedonian War
Chapter 5. The settlement of Greece
Chapter 1. The diplomatic conflict
Chapter 4. The settlement of the east
Chapter 1. The growing tension
Chapter 2. The Third Macedonian War
Chapter 3. The Hellenistic east
Chapter 4. The end of Greek independence
Chapter 1. The northern frontier
Chapter 2. Cato and Gracchus in Spain
Chapter 3. The Celtiberian and Lusitanian Wars
Chapter 5. Carthage and Masinissa
Chapter 6. Delenda est Carthago
Chapter 7. The fall of Carthage
Chapter 2. Foreign policy and the provinces
Chapter 3. The senatorial oligarchy
Chapter 3. Commerce and industry
Chapter 4. Currency and finance
Chapter 1. The religion of the family
Chapter 2. The religion of the state
Chapter 1. Archaeology and inscriptions
Chapter 2. Calendars and Fasti
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