SPQR : a history of ancient Rome / Mary Beard.

By:

Beard, Mary, 1955-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Profile Books, 2016.Edition: 1st edDescription: 606 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 21 cmISBN:

9781846683817

Other title:

History of ancient Rome

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

937 BEA/O 23

Contents:

Cicero's finest hour -- In the beginning -- The kings of Rome -- Rome's great leap forward -- A wider world -- New politics -- From empire to emperors -- The home front -- The transformations of Augustus -- Fourteen emperors -- The haves and have-nots -- Rome outside Rome.

Summary: "Explores ancient Rome and how its citizens adapted the notion of imperial rule, invented the concepts of citizenship and nation, and made laws about those traditionally overlooked in history, including women, slaves, and criminals"--OCLC.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Ortaokul Kütüphanesi / Middle School Library	İngilizce Roman Dışı / English Non Fiction (MS)	937 BEA/O (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		T 322788

Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-562) and index.

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New York Times

Kirkus Starred, October 2015

Library Journal Starred, November 2015

New York Times, November 2015

"Explores ancient Rome and how its citizens adapted the notion of imperial rule, invented the concepts of citizenship and nation, and made laws about those traditionally overlooked in history, including women, slaves, and criminals"--OCLC.

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