In the late Iron Age, Rome was a small collection of huts arranged over a few hills. By the third century BC, it had become a large and powerful city, with monumental temples, public buildings and grand houses. It had conquered the whole of Italy and was poised to establish an empire. But how did it accomplish this historic transformation? This book explores the development of ...(展开全部)

Beginning with the Roman army’s first foray beyond its borders and concluding with the death of Hadrian in 138 CE, this panoramic history of the early Roman Empire recounts the wars, leaders, and social transformations that lay the foundations of imperial success. Between 264 BCE, when the Roman army crossed into Sicily, and the death of Hadrian nearly three hundred years later...(展开全部)

作者：马丁·J. 多尔蒂 自由撰稿人，现居英格兰北部，对军事和国防话题有深入研究。曾担任国防顾问，创作多部自卫和军事科技题材的作品。其作品包括《探秘阿兹特克、印加、玛雅文明》（The Aztec, Inca & Maya Empires）、《维京人历史》（Vikings: A History of the Norse People）、《凯尔特人和北欧神话的黑暗史》（Dark History of the Celts and Norse Myths）、《中世纪武士》（Medieval Warrior）、《极端非武装战斗的SAS和精锐部队指南》（SAS and Elite Forces Guide Extreme Unarmed Combat）等。 译者：王琳 毕业于南京审计大学金融专业，自由译者。有丰富的翻译经验，对历史和文学类题材兴趣浓厚，对欧洲古代...(展开全部)

作者：马丁·J. 多尔蒂 自由撰稿人，现居英格兰北部，对军事和国防话题有深入研究。曾担任国防顾问，创作多部自卫和军事科技题材的作品。其作品包括《探秘阿兹特克、印加、玛雅文明》（The Aztec, Inca & Maya Empires）、《维京人历史》（Vikings: A History of the Norse People）、《凯尔特人和北欧神话的黑暗史》（Dark History of the Celts and Norse Myths）、《中世纪武士》（Medieval Warrior）、《极端非武装战斗的SAS和精锐部队指南》（SAS and Elite Forces Guide Extreme Unarmed Combat）等。 译者：王琳 毕业于南京审计大学金融专业，自由译者。有丰富的翻译经验，对历史和文学类题材兴趣浓厚，对欧洲古代...(展开全部)

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE "KANSAS CITY STAR" From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian," "comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian backwater to the greatest empire the world has ever known. Emerging as a market town from a cluster of hill ...(展开全部)

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE "KANSAS CITY STAR" From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian," "comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian backwater to the greatest empire the world has ever known. Emerging as a market town from a cluster of hill ...(展开全部)

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while giving weight to the characteristics of each country. This narrative history employs the methods of "history from beneath" to connect leaders with the lives of those they ruled. The result is a tapestry from which...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 丹•琼斯，专攻中世纪史的历史学家，曾获多项大奖。他的作品《金雀花王朝：缔造英格兰的武士国王与王后们》为《纽约时报》畅销书。《金雀花王朝》已被改编为四集电视纪录片《不列颠最血腥的王朝：金雀花王朝与大宪章，自由的诞生》。他和妻子及两个女儿生活在伦敦。 【译者简介】 陆大鹏，英德译者，热爱一切long ago和far away的东西。代表译作“地中海史诗三部曲”、《阿拉伯的劳伦斯》《金雀花王朝》《伯罗奔尼撒战争》《伊莎贝拉》《滑铁卢》《恺撒》《奥古斯都》《征服者》《罗曼诺夫皇朝》等。 豆瓣、新浪微博：陆大鹏Hans 微信公号：ldphans

【作者简介】 丹•琼斯，专攻中世纪史的历史学家，曾获多项大奖。他的作品《金雀花王朝：缔造英格兰的武士国王与王后们》为《纽约时报》畅销书。《金雀花王朝》已被改编为四集电视纪录片《不列颠最血腥的王朝：金雀花王朝与大宪章，自由的诞生》。他和妻子及两个女儿生活在伦敦。 【译者简介】 陆大鹏，英德译者，热爱一切long ago和far away的东西。代表译作“地中海史诗三部曲”、《阿拉伯的劳伦斯》《金雀花王朝》《伯罗奔尼撒战争》《伊莎贝拉》《滑铁卢》《恺撒》《奥古斯都》《征服者》《罗曼诺夫皇朝》等。 豆瓣、新浪微博：陆大鹏Hans 微信公号：ldphans

（德）鲁道夫·普法伊费尔Rudolf Pfeiffer，1889-1979，德国古典学家，曾先后在德国汉堡、慕尼黑等大学任教。