Ancient Rome by Simon Baker
Focusing on the six turning points that helped shape Roman history, this book charts the rise and fall of the world's first superpower - a political machine unmatched in its brutality and its lust for power. It also looks at the characters of some of the most powerful rulers in history: men such as Pompey, Caesar, Augustus, Nero and Constantine.
Praise for "Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire": "This is a history of Rome that combines vivid drama and a gripping storyline with a keen alertness to bigger historical questions, and to the challenges of drawing a clear narrative thread out of the evocative, but complicated and diverse, ancient evidence" - Mary Beard, from the foreword. "Lively and well-researched: an excellent read" - Peter Heather, author of "The Fall of the Roman Empire".
Simon Baker read Classics at Oxford University. In 1999 he joined the BBC's award-winning History Unit where he has worked on Timewatch and a wide range of programmes about the classical world. He is the Development Producer on the BBC One series Ancient Rome - The Rise and Fall of an Empire. This is his second book. Mary Beard is a Professor of Classics at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Newnham College. She has written widely on the history and culture of the ancient (and modern) world. Her most recent books are The Parthenon and (with Keith Hopkins) The Colosseum. She is Classics Editor of the Times Literary Supplement and her major study of the Roman Triumph will be publishes by Harvard University Press in 2007.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780563493600 |
| ISBN 10 | 0563493607 |
| Title | Ancient Rome |
| Author | Simon Baker |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2006-09-14 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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