The Roman World from Prehistory to Augustus

A History of the Roman People
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-61293-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

The Roman World from Pre-History to Augustus: A History of the Roman People offers students a comprehensive, readable introduction to Rome’s early history and the Roman Republic.

Based on the new eighth edition of the hugely successful A History of the Roman People, this volume guides readers through the mists of Roman pre-history and a survey of the peoples of pre-Roman Italy to a balanced, thoughtful account of the complexities of the Roman Republic. It covers Roman history from its earliest occupation and legendary foundation, through the monarchic and Republican periods, up to the death of Augustus and the impact of his rule on Roman culture, providing a thorough, up-to-date examination of the period.

The Roman World from Pre-History to Augustus: A History of the Roman People is an excellent introduction for those with no background in Roman history, ideal for undergraduate courses on Rome’s early history, Republic and the rise of imperial power, and on Roman culture.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Advanced and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schultz, Celia E.

Connolly, Serena

Ward, Allen

Heichelheim, F. M.

Yeo, C. A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Roman history: Its geographic and human foundations; 2. Phoenicians, Greeks, and Etruscans in pre-Roman Italy; 3. Rome's Archaic Monarchy, ca. 750-ca. 500 BC; 4. Early Roman society, religion, and values; 5. From tyrant kings to oligarchic republic, 509 to 287 b.c.e.; 6. Roman Expansion in Italy, 509 to 264 b.c.e.; 7. The First Punic War, northern Italy, and Illyrian pirates, 264 to 219 b.c.e.; 8. War with Hannibal: The Second Punic War, 218 to 201 b.c.e.; 9. Roman imperialism East and West, 200 to 133 b.c.e.; 10. The transformation of Roman life, 264 to 133 b.c.e.; 11. The great cultural synthesis, 264 to 133 b.c.e.; 12. The Gracchi and the struggle over reforms, 133 to 121 b.c.e.; 13. Destructive rivalries, Marius, and the Social War, 121 to 88 b.c.e.; 14. Civil war and Sulla’s reactionary settlement, 88 to 78 b.c.e.; 15. Personal ambitions: The failure of Sulla’s optimate oligarchy, 78 to 60 b.c.e.; 16. Caesar wins and is lost, 60 to 44 b.c.e.; 17. The last years of the Republic, 44 to 30 b.c.e.; 18. Social, economic, and cultural life in the late Republic, ca. 133 to ca. 30 b.c.e.; 19. From Oligarchic Republic to Monarchic Empire, 30 b.c.e. to 14 c.e.

Über Autor(innen)

Celia E. Schultz is Professor of Classical Studies and History at the University of Michigan. She specializes in Roman religion and in the history and literature of the Roman Republic. Her most recent book is Fulvia: Playing for Power at the End of the Roman Republic (2021).

Serena Connolly is Professor of Classics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Her research centers on the political and social history of the Roman Empire. She recently published Learned Emperors: Science, Technology, and Power at the Roman Imperial Court (2025).

Having received a B.A. in Classics from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton, Allen M. Ward taught Greek, Latin, and ancient history at the University of Connecticut for 45 years. His scholarly focus was on the late Roman Republic and its collapse in civil war.