Ancient Rome: An Introductory HistoryUniversity of Oklahoma Press, 2012 M11 28 - 320 pages The events and personalities of ancient Rome spring to life in this history, from its founding in 753 B.C. to the death of the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius in A.D. 180. Paul A. Zoch presents, in contemporary language, the history of Rome and the stories of its protagonists?such as Romulus and Remus, Horatius, and Nero-which are so often omitted from more specialized studies. With an eye detail, Zoch guides his readers through the military campaigns and political developments that shaped Rome’s rise from a small Italian city to the greatest imperial power the world had ever known. We witness the long struggle against the enemy city of Carthage. We follow Caesar as he campaigns in Britain, and we observe the ebb and flow of Rome’s fortunes in the Hellenistic East. Writing with the belief that such stories contain moral lessons that are relevant today, Zoch presents a narrative that is both entertaining and informative. An afterword takes the history to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West in A.D. 476. |
Contents
Chapter 1 A Linguistic Introduction | 3 |
Chapter 2 Romes Origins according to the Ancients | 6 |
Chapter 3 Romulus and Remus Found Rome | 9 |
Chapter 4 Kings after Romulus | 15 |
Chapter 5 Tarquins Coup dEtat and the End of the Monarchy | 27 |
Senatus Populusque Romanus | 32 |
Chapter 7 Traitors and Heroes of the Early Republic | 40 |
Chapter 8 Class Conflict in Rome | 50 |
The Beginning of the End of the Res Publica | 141 |
Chapter 17 The War against Jugurtha and the Rise of Marius | 149 |
Chapter 18 The Italian Wars and the Career of Sulla | 155 |
Chapter 19 The Rise of Pompey | 165 |
Chapter 20 The First Triumvirate | 175 |
Chapter 21 Civil War | 191 |
Chapter 22 Renewed Civil War and the Rise of Octavian | 211 |
The Principate | 227 |
Chapter 9 Coriolanus Cincinnatus and Camillus | 58 |
Chapter 10 The Gauls Sack Rome | 67 |
Chapter 11 The Wars with the Samnites | 76 |
Chapter 12 King Pyrrhus Pyrrhic Victories | 86 |
Chapter 13 The First Punic War | 94 |
Chapter 14 The Second Punic War | 100 |
Chapter 15 Rome Encounters the East | 117 |