02242nam a22002897a 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023020001800064040003400082050002000116082001100136100004000147245003600187250002000223264003900243300003400282336002600316337002800342338002700370490002600397500002000423505073600443520068901179650003101868650002501899650002801924pucpr20240916164314.0150211s1949 fri 001 0 eng  a9780140201963 apucprbengcpucprdpucprerda00aDG77bB37R 1949002913.371 aBarrow, R.H (Reginal Haines), 1983-14aThe Romans :cR. H. Barrowhtxt aFirst published aNew York :bPenguin Group ,c1949. a223 p.bmaps ; c20 cm.fbook 2rdacontentatextbtxt 2rdamediaaunmediadedbn 2rdacarrieravolumebnc 0aPelicans Books, A196. aIncludes index. aContents : I (a) What Manner of Men? 9 -- (b) “The Old Ways” 14 -- II (a) Kings, Republic, Empire 27 -- (b) From the Seven Hills to the Roman Orb 29 -- (c) From City – state to Republic in Ruins 43 -- III (a) The New Ways and the Old 59 -- (b) Cicero 69 -- IV (a) Restoration and the Augustan Principate: Vergil and Horace and Livy 79 -- (b) The First and Second Centuries A . D . 88 -- V What the Romans Wrote About 112 -- VI The Roman Partial Genius 127 -- VII The Roman Attitude to Religion and Philosophy 141 -- VIII The Age of Crisis and Rescue : Diocletian and Constantine -- IX Christianity and the Roman Empire 175 -- X The Fifth Century 188 -- XI Roman Law 205 -- Epilogue 215 -- Table of Dates 217 -- Index 221 --  aRome has never died: what made her immortal? By sheer force of character she won her place in the Mediterranean world; by that character she left an impression on the new nations of Europe, which arose from her empire. What was Roman character? What was the essence of Roman achievement, and how did the Romans help to fashion the foundations of European civilization? Many of the problems of the Roman world are our problems today and some of the solutions they proposed are peculiarly modern. This book is written from the point of view that the study of the past is of vital importance for the understanding of ourselves, and the Roman genius is an important part of this study -- 00aRomexCivilization.2Local 0aRomexEmpire.2Local 0aAntique history.2Local