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SPQR a history of ancient Rome

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Norton & Company 2015Description: 606p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 978-1846683817
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 937 BEA
Summary: Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today.
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Book Book UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 937 BEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 008316

Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-562), chronology, and index.

Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today.

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