02895nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10468563 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 100422s2011 mduab sb 001 0 eng d 2010016225 9780742568327 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780742568334 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780742568341 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)694787211 e------ ff----- aw----- DG77 .D86 2011eb 937/.06 22 Dunstan, William E. Ancient Rome [electronic resource] / William E. Dunstan. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2011. xxxiii, 597 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references and index. Early Italy -- Origins of Rome -- The young republic -- Roman conquest of Italy -- Duel with Carthage -- Roman conquest of the Mediterranean world -- Impact of overseas conquests on the senatorial oligarchy -- Impact of overseas conquests of the economic and social organization of Italy -- Greek cultural influences on Rome -- Rival conceptions of state and society plague Roman politics : from the Gracchi to the Social War -- Sulla -- Pompey and Caesar -- Antony and Octavian wrestle for empire : final dissolution of the old republican order -- Economic, social, and cultural climate of the late republic -- Augustus and the founding of the Roman Empire -- Augustan social and religious policy -- Augustan art and literature and the Augustan legacy. From Tiberius to Nero : the Julio-Claudian dynasty -- From Vespasian to Domitian : the Flavian dynasty -- From Nerva to Marcus Aurelius : the five good emperors -- Government, economy, and society in the first and second centuries -- Architecture and sculpture in the first and second centuries -- Literature in the first and second centuries -- Commodus and the Severan dynasty -- Third-century imperial crisis and first phase of recovery -- Reorganization of Diocletian and Constantine -- Last years of the united empire -- Society and culture in the later empire -- Rise of Christianity -- Christian triumph and controversy -- Dismemberment of the Roman Empire in the West -- Epilogue : the thousand-year survival of the Roman Empire in the East. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Rome Civilization. Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Rome Politics and government 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10468563 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 131115 131115