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049 _aCARIBET
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100 1 _aBarrow, R.H (Reginal Haines), 1983-
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245 1 4 _aThe Romans :
_cR. H. Barrow
_htxt
250 _aFirst published
264 _aNew York :
_bPenguin Group ,
_c1949.
300 _a223 p.
_bmaps ;
_c20 cm.
_fbook
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediaded
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
490 0 _aPelicans Books, A196.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 _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 --
520 _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 --
650 0 0 _aRome
_xCivilization.
_9161717
_2Local
650 0 _aRome
_xEmpire.
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650 0 _aAntique history.
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_c6
_hDG77
_kGeneral
_mB37R 1949
999 _c250089
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