Pax Romana [electronic resource] : war, peace, and conquest in the Roman world / Adrian Goldsworthy.

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Best-selling author Adrian Goldsworthy turns his attention to the Pax Romana, the famous peace and prosperity brought by the Roman Empire at its height in the first and second centuries AD. Yet the Romans were conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2016 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:
Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction. A glory greater than war / The Pax Romana
  • Part one. Republic. The rise of Rome
  • War
  • Friends and rivals
  • Traders and settlers
  • 'How much did you make?'- Government
  • Provincials and Kings
  • Part two. Principate. Emperors
  • Rebellion
  • Resistance, rioting and robbery
  • Imperial governors
  • Life under Roman rule
  • The army and the frontiers
  • Garrisons and raids
  • Beyond the Pax Romana
  • Conclusion. Peace and war.