This book provides a coherent story behind the sites of Rome, to lead the reader on a journey through the turbulent history of the Roman state from its humble beginnings on the Palatine hill to the maximum extent of its power in the 1st-2nd centuries A D, when almost the whole world known to the Romans was under their control. Firmly rooted in the topographic and architectural ...(展开全部)

大卫·波特 密歇根大学希腊和拉丁语终身教席教授（FrancisW.KelseyCollegiateProfessor，ArthurF.ThurnauProfessor）。他是国际上知名的罗马帝国史学术权威，也是许多学术文章和书籍的作者。

大卫·波特 密歇根大学希腊和拉丁语终身教席教授（FrancisW.KelseyCollegiateProfessor，ArthurF.ThurnauProfessor）。他是国际上知名的罗马帝国史学术权威，也是许多学术文章和书籍的作者。

Take a trip back in time and find out what life in Ancient Rome was really like. From gladiators and giant baths to foreign wars and fabulous villas, let your child discover what the Roman world was like for both its citizens and slaves. Fantastic facts and dramatic photographs will bring Ancient Rome to life and inspire your child with a love of learning and discovery. It is b...(展开全部)

A companion volume to the highly successful and widely used Ancient Greece, this Sourcebook is a valuable resource for students at all levels studying ancient Rome. Lynda Garland and Matthew Dillon present an extensive range of material, from the early Republic to the assassination of Julius Caesar. Providing a comprehensive coverage of all important documents pertaining to the...(展开全部)

Take a trip back in time and find out what life in Ancient Rome was really like. From gladiators and giant baths to foreign wars and fabulous villas, let your child discover what the Roman world was like for both its citizens and slaves. Fantastic facts and dramatic photographs will bring Ancient Rome to life and inspire your child with a love of learning and discovery. It is b...(展开全部)

This handy reference provides full access to the 1,200 years of Roman rule from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD, including information that is hard to find and even harder to decipher. Clear, authoritative, and highly organized, Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome provides a unique look at a civilization whose art, literature, law, and engineering influenced the whole of ...(展开全部)

Urban history starts in ancient Mesopotamia. In this volume Marc Van de Mieroop examines the evolution of the very earliest cities which, for millennia, inspired the rest of the ancient world. The author argues that the city determined every aspect of Mesopotamian civilization, and the political and social structure, economy, literature, and arts of Mesopotamian culture cannot ...(展开全部)

Urban history starts in Mesopotamia: the earliest known cities developed there as a result of long indigenous processes and, for millennia, the city determined every aspect of Mesopotamian civilization. Marc Van De Mieroop examines urban life in the historical period, investigating urban topography, the role of cities as centres of culture, their political and social structures...(展开全部)

Urban history starts in ancient Mesopotamia. In this volume Marc Van de Mieroop examines the evolution of the very earliest cities which, for millennia, inspired the rest of the ancient world. The author argues that the city determined every aspect of Mesopotamian civilization, and the political and social structure, economy, literature, and arts of Mesopotamian culture cannot ...(展开全部)