| Description |
267 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Oxford profiles |
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Oxford profiles.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-262) and index. |
| Contents |
Relentless rise to power (396-78 B.C.): Camillus (Marcus Furius Camillus) -- Scipio Africanus (Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus) -- Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato) -- Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) -- Terence (Publius Terentius Afer) -- Gracchi Brothers (Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Gaius Sempronius Gracchus) -- Marius (Gaius Marius) -- Sulla (Lucius Cornelius Sulla) -- More Ancient Romans to Remember -- Prosperity and power (73-30 B.C.): -- Spartacus -- Crassus (Marcus Licinius Crassus) -- Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) -- Caesar (Gaius Julius Caesar) -- Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) -- Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius) -- Catullus (Gaius Valerius Catullus) -- More Ancient Romans to Remember -- Empire emerges (30 B.C.-A.D. 37): Augustus (Gaius Octavius) -- Agrippa (Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa) -- Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) -- Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) -- Livy (Titus Livius) -- Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) -- Tiberius (Tiberius Claudius Nero) -- Livia (Livia Drusilla) -- More Ancient Romans to Remember -- Empire expands (A.D. 37-98): Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus) -- Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) -- Agrippina the Younger (Agrippina Minor) -- Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) -- Vespasian (Titus Flavius Vespasianus) -- Domitian (Titus Flavius Domitianus) -- Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis) -- Tacitus (Publius, or Gaius, Cornelius Tacitus) -- Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus) -- More Ancient Romans to Remember -- Preserving the Roman world (A.D. 98-410): Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) -- Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus) -- Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) -- Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Annius Verus) -- Septimius Severus -- Diocletian (Diocles) -- Constantine the Great (Constantine I) -- Theodosius the Great (Theodosius I) -- More Ancient Romans to Remember -- Appendix 1. Legendary Heroes and Heroines of Early Rome -- Appendix 2. Ancient Roman emperors -- Appendix 3. Julian and Claudian families -- Appendix 4. Timeline of events in the Roman world -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Index of Ancient Romans by profession -- Index -- Maps -- Mediterranean World, 218 B.C.-201 B.C. -- Early Italy and Early Rome, 250 B.C. -- Roman world under Julius Caesar, 49 B.C.-44 B.C. -- Imperial Rome, 27 B.C.-A.D. 408 -- Roman provinces at the height of the empire, A.D. 117 -- World of Ancient Rome, 390 B.C.-A.D. -- Cities in Italy, 396 B.C.-A.D. 408 -- Roman forum, 27 B.C.-A.D. 408. |
| Summary |
A collection of essays on a variety of ancient Romans, including Agrippa, Caligula, and Seneca. |
| Subject |
Rome -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Rome -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Baker, Charles F., III.
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| ISBN |
0195108841 library alkaline paper |
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