Ancient Rome - Softcover

Dunstan, William E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742568334 ISBN 13: 9780742568334

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010

Synopsis

Ancient Rome masterfully synthesizes the vast period from the second millennium BCE to the sixth century CE, carrying readers through the succession of fateful steps and agonizing crises that marked Roman evolution from an early village settlement to the

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Review:

An excellent text: thorough and readable, balanced and inclusive. The strength of the book lies in Professor Dunstan's adept mingling of political and military history with cultural, social, and literary histories of Rome. An undergraduate text cannot divorce one for the rest if students are to gain a through understanding of the Roman world.--William J. O'Neal, University of Toledo

Will Dunstan's texts are always a pleasure to read and his Ancient Rome is enjoyable as well. The book is a delightful balance between the coverage of topics required of a text and the human elements of history included in the narrative that make history fun to explore.--Richard Cusimano, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

About the Author:

William E. Dunstan is a visiting scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and teaches at North Carolina State University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0742568334
• ISBN 13: 9780742568334
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 632