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ANCIENT ROME
A New History
David Potter
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Greek and Latin,
University of Michigan
352 pages
194 illustrations, 106 in color
paperback
ISBN 978-0-500-28786-6
2009 publication
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HIGHLIGHTS
Chapter timelines are carefully designed and color-coded to help students keep track of chronology.
Easy to follow chapter summaries aid student comprehension.
Boxes encourage students to think critically about the evidence for Roman history: a box on Delos and the Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade shows how visual evidence can enrich understanding of Roman history; a box on the Reformed Roman Army uses diagrams to aid student understanding. Other boxes address areas of particular interest and debate: for example, Marriage and Divorce in Early Italy, Sappho and Catullus, Roman Gladiators. Boxes also feature contemporary sources and allow students to see the different ways in which events and actions can be interpreted, such as Cato and Varro on Slavery and the Rural Economy.
Full-color maps include Caesar's Wars, The Conquest of Britain, The Wars of Succession in AD 193, and the Fall of the Western Empire.
Full-color battle plans include, for example, the key battles of the Second Punic War.
A wide array of illustrations: works of art, archaeological remains, reconstructions of monuments and settlements, and images of key documents and inscriptions.
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Book overview
Table of Contents
Sample chapter
Highlights
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Student website
Instructor resources
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