"Books XXXI to XLV" cover the years from 201 B.C. to 167 B.C., when Rome emerged as ruler of the Mediterranean.

This title deals with a crucial and turbulent century for the Roman Republic. By 146, Rome had established itself as the leading Mediterranean power. Over the next century, it consolidated its power into an immense territorial empire. At the same time, the internal balance of power shifted dramatically, as a narrow ruling elite was challenged first by the rest of Italy, and the...(展开全部)

盖伊·布莱德利（Guy Bradley），英国卡迪夫大学古代史教授，主要研究领域为罗马早期历史和考古学、罗马共和国和早期帝国历史、古代世界的文化变迁和种族、古代意大利人和罗马殖民。除本书外，还著有《古代意大利人》《古代翁布里亚：从铁器时代到奥古斯都时代意大利中部的国家、文化和身份》。此外，他还参与了许多书籍的编写工作，如《伊特鲁里亚和意大利社会的政治和公民身份》《罗马共和国》。

盖伊·布莱德利（Guy Bradley），英国卡迪夫大学古代史教授，主要研究领域为罗马早期历史和考古学、罗马共和国和早期帝国历史、古代世界的文化变迁和种族、古代意大利人和罗马殖民。除本书外，还著有《古代意大利人》《古代翁布里亚：从铁器时代到奥古斯都时代意大利中部的国家、文化和身份》。此外，他还参与了许多书籍的编写工作，如《伊特鲁里亚和意大利社会的政治和公民身份》《罗马共和国》。

The reign of Augustus, the first of the Roman emperors, has been seen, both by contemporaries and over the centuries that have followed, as a pivotal moment in the history of Rome. The final stage in the move to monarchical government and the structures he put in place, which were to last largely unchanged for over two hundred years, ensured this; but Augustus himself remains a...(展开全部)

Presents a history of the Roman Republic within the wider Mediterranean world, focusing on 330 to 30 BCE Broad in scope, this book uniquely considers the history of the Roman Republic in tandem with the rich histories of the Hellenistic kingdoms and city-states that endured after the death of Alexander the Great. It provides students with a full picture of life in the ancient M...(展开全部)

In 264 BC, a Roman army was poised to cross from southern Italy into Sicily. They couldn't know that this crossing would be Rome's first step on its journey from local republic to vast and powerful empire. At the beginning of the three dramatic centuries that make up this book's narrative, Rome had no emperor and limited global influence; by the book's end, Hadrian was set to p...(展开全部)

In 264 BC, a Roman army was poised to cross from southern Italy into Sicily. They couldn't know that this crossing would be Rome's first step on its journey from local republic to vast and powerful empire. At the beginning of the three dramatic centuries that make up this book's narrative, Rome had no emperor and limited global influence; by the book's end, Hadrian was set to p...(展开全部)

This volume examines the period from Rome's earliest involvement in the eastern Mediterranean to the establishment of Roman geopolitical dominance over all the Greek states from the Adriatic Sea to Syria by the 180s BC. Applies modern political theory to ancient Mediterranean history, taking a Realist approach to its analysis of Roman involvement in the Greek Mediterranean Focu...(展开全部)