A Concise Guide To The Roman Empire【電子書籍】[ James Burrows ]

＜p＞From myth to empire, from gladiators to emperors - this is the story of Rome's astonishing rise, told in a way that will keep you turning the pages.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Two thousand years ago, Rome was the center of the world. Its emperors ruled over glittering cities and distant provinces; its legions marched across continents; its roads, laws, and language bound together an empire of more than sixty million people. Yet Rome was also an empire of contrasts - of opulent villas and squalid slums, of emperors crowned in triumph and assassinated in fear, of slaves in chains and gladiators fighting for their lives in arenas that shook with the roar of the crowd.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book tells the story of how a small city on the banks of the Tiber became history's most influential empire. It explores the vision, ambition, and brutality that forged Rome's power, the battles that shook its foundations, and the ideas that ensured its legacy long outlasted its fall.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞We'll look at．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る