"Volume IX of the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History has for its main theme the process commonly known as the ""Fall of the Roman Republic."" Chapters 1-12 supply a narrative of the period from 133 B.C. to the death of Cicero in 43 B.C., with a prelude analyzing the situation and problems of the Republic from the turning-point year 146 B.C. Chapters 13-19 offer analysis of aspects of Roman society, institutions and ideas during the period."
Edited by:
J. A. Crook,
Andrew Lintott,
Elizabeth Rawson
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 320mm,
Width: 184mm,
Spine: 76mm
Weight: 1.458kg
ISBN: 9780521256032
ISBN 10: 0521256038
Series: The Cambridge Ancient History 14 Volume Set in 19 Hardback Parts
Pages: 920
Publication Date: 25 April 1994
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of maps; List of text figures; Preface; 1. The crisis of the Republic: sources and source-problems; 2. The Roman empire and its problems in the late second century; 3. Political history, 146–95 BC; 4. Rome and Italy: the Social War; 5. Mithridates; 6. Sulla; 7. The rise of Pompey; 8a. Lucullus, Pompey and the East; 8b. The Jews under Hasmonean rule; 8c. Egypt, 146–31 BC; 9. The Senate and the populares, 69–60 BC; 10. Caesar, Pompey and Rome, 59–50 BC; 11. Caesar: civil war and dictatorship; 12. The aftermath of the Ides; 13. The constitution and public criminal law; 14. The development of Roman private law; 15. The administration of the empire; 16. Economy and society, 133–43 BC; 17. The city of Rome and the plebs urbana in the late Republic; 18. The intellectual developments of the Ciceronian age; 19. Religion; Epilogue; Stemmata; Chronological table.
Reviews for The Cambridge Ancient History
"""The new CAH IX is a welcome achievement, a readable and reliable political narrative with significant thematic contributions that mark major progress in sophistication and incisiveness of thought."" The Classical Journal"
