Военная история / The Rise of Rome: From the Iron Age to the Punic Wars

Название: The Rise of Rome: From the Iron Age to the Punic Wars
Автор(ы): Kathryn Lomas
Издательство: Harvard University Press
Год: 2018
ISBN: 0674659651
Страниц: 444
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 26 MB

By the third century BC, the once-modest settlement of Rome had conquered most of Italy and was poised to build an empire throughout the Mediterranean basin. What transformed a humble city into the preeminent power of the region? In TheRise of Rome, the historian and archaeologist Kathryn Lomas reconstructs the diplomatic ploys, political stratagems, and cultural exchanges whereby Rome established itself as a dominant player in a region already brimming with competitors. The Latin world, she argues, was not so much subjugated by Rome as unified by it. This new type of society that emerged from Rome's conquest and unification of Italy would serve as a political model for centuries to come.