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2015

Format:	Book
Author:	Beard, Mary, 1955- author.
Title:	SPQR : a history of ancient Rome / Mary Beard.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2015] ©2015
Description:	606 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Summary:	A prominent classicist explores ancient Rome and how its citizens adapted the notion of imperial rule, invented the concepts of citizenship and nation, and made laws about those traditionally overlooked in history, including women, slaves, and criminals.
Subjects:	Rome -- History -- Kings, 753-510 B.C. Rome -- History -- Republic, 510-30 B.C. Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Other Title:	Senatus populusque Romanus History of ancient Rome
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-562) and index.
Contents:	Prologue : the history of Rome -- Cicero's finest hour -- In the beginning -- The kings of Rome -- Rome's great leap forward -- A wider world -- New politics -- From empire to emperors -- The home front -- The transformations of Augustus -- Fourteen emperors -- The haves and have-nots -- Rome outside Rome -- Epilogue : the first Roman millennium.
LCCN:	2015036060
ISBN:	9780871404237 0871404230
Other Number:	902661394
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Control Number:	549956
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Call Number:	937 Beard

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