War and Imperialism in Republican Rome 327-70 B.C - Brossura

Harris, William V.

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ISBN 10: 0198148666 ISBN 13: 9780198148661

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 1985

Riassunto

Between 327 and 70 B.C. the Romans expanded their empire throughout the Mediterranean world. This highly original study looks at Roman attitudes and behavior that lay behind their quest for power. How did Romans respond to warfare, year after year? How important were the material gains of military success--land, slaves, and other riches--commonly supposed to have been merely an incidental result? What value is there in the claim of the contemporary historian Polybius that the Romans were driven by a greater and greater ambition to expand their empire? The author answers these questions within an analytic framework, and comes to an interpretation of Roman imperialism that differs sharply from the conventional ones.

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Recensione:

Marks a major advance in our understanding of Roman imperialism. (Times Literary Supplement)

Contenuti:

• Roman attitudes towards war; Economic motives for war and expansion; Expansion as a Roman aim; Annexation; Imperialism and Self-Defence; Additional Notes

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0198148666
• ISBN 13: 9780198148661
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 310