Empire of the Eternal City: A Brief History of Ancient Rome
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Empire of the Eternal City: A Brief History of Ancient Rome
14.99 €
The history of Ancient Rome spans 13 centuries. The legendary state fell in 476, when the last Roman emperor was overthrown, who, by bitter irony, shared the same name as the city's founder. However, the history of Rome did not end there. Roman culture, having absorbed the achievements of other great powers, provided the medieval West and East with knowledge in all areas of life for many centuries. The famous researcher Ross King takes the reader through the intricate and dramatic history of the Eternal City, which gave rise to a powerful empire in which treachery and cruelty coexist with greatness and exploits.
"Indeed, if a large part of the world became Rome under Augustus and his successors, then in many ways we became Romans too. In many places and in many ways, culturally, legally and politically, the orbis Romanus lives on. Claudian's proud boast, "There will be no end to the power of Rome," can be read not as a statement made at a time when the empire was on the verge of collapse, but as a prophecy of a future in which Roman culture, politics, and thought would live and flourish for thousands of years to come." (Ross King)
"Indeed, if a large part of the world became Rome under Augustus and his successors, then in many ways we became Romans too. In many places and in many ways, culturally, legally and politically, the orbis Romanus lives on. Claudian's proud boast, "There will be no end to the power of Rome," can be read not as a statement made at a time when the empire was on the verge of collapse, but as a prophecy of a future in which Roman culture, politics, and thought would live and flourish for thousands of years to come." (Ross King)
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