The Penguin historical atlas of ancient Rome /
Historical atlas of ancient Rome.
Chris Scarre ; [illustration Ralph Orme ; cartography Andrea Fairbrass ... [et al.] ; index Jean Cox, Barry Haslam].
- London : Penguin Books, 1995.
- 144 p. : ilus. ; 25 cm.
"Rulers of Rome, 753 BC-AD 565": p. 136-137. "Published simultaneously in Penguin Books"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (page 138) , index, and timeline from 800 BC to 363 AD.
Part I From City to Empire: The Origins of Rome; The Unification of Italy; The Wars with Carthage; Rome's Conquest of the East; The Over-Mighty Generals; Caesar's Conquest of Gaul; Crossing the Rubicon; The Civil Wars; Shades of the Departed. Part II The Imperial Regime: The New Order; The City of Rome under Augustus; Claudius and the Conquest of Britain; Nero and the Year of the Four Emperors; The Western Provinces; Three Western Cities; Vespasian and the Jewish War; Trajan's Wars; The Roman Army. Part III The Imperial Peace: Hadrian's Travels; The Eastern Provinces; Three Eastern Cities; Writing and Literacy; Trade and Transport; The Roman Amphitheatre; Roman Spain; Guarding the Frontiers. Part IV The Troubled Century: The Year of the Six Emperors; The Parthian Wars; The City of Rome under the Severans; Mystery Cults; Roman Africa; Three African Cities; The Empire at Bay; The West Breaks Away; The Rise and Fall of Palmyra. Part V Restoration and Fall: Diocletian and the Division of Power; The Spread of Christianity; Constantine the Great; Technology and Engineering; A Fragile Prosperity; The Fall of the Western Empire; The Inheritors.
This atlas traces the rise and fall of the first great multinational state - the Roman Empire. It examines its provinces and cities, its trade and economy, its armies and frontier defences, follows its foreign wars and internecine struggles, and charts its transformation into a Christian theocracy.