How did a unmarried village group within the Italian peninsula ultimately turn into some of the most strong imperial powers the global has ever recognized? within the Romans: From Village to Empire, Mary T. Boatwright, Daniel Gargola, and Richard J.A. Talbert discover this question as they advisor readers via a complete sweep of Roman historical past, starting from the prehistoric settlements to the age of Constantine.

Vividly written and obtainable, The Romans strains Rome's striking evolution from village, to monarchy, to republic, and finally to one-man rule by means of an emperor whose energy at its height stretched from Scotland to Iraq and the Nile Valley. Firmly grounded in historic literary and fabric resources, the e-book describes and analyzes significant political and army landmarks, from the Punic Wars, to Caesar's conquest of Gaul and his crossing of the Rubicon, to the victory of Octavian over Mark Antony, and to Constantine's adoption of Christianity. It additionally introduces such beautiful members as Hannibal, Mithridates, Pompey, Cicero, Cleopatra, Augustus, Livia, Nero, Marcus Aurelius, and Shapur. The authors conceal matters that also confront smooth states around the globe, together with war, empire development, consensus forging, and political fragmentation. They additionally combine glimpses of many features of daily Roman existence and perspective--such because the position of girls, literature, leisure, town-planning, portraiture, and religion--demonstrating how Rome's progress as a country is inseparable from its social and cultural development.

excellent for classes in Roman background and Roman civilization, The Romans is improved by way of nearly a hundred illustrations, greater than 30 maps (most produced by means of the traditional global Mapping Center), and 22 textual extracts that supply attention-grabbing cultural observations made through old Romans themselves.