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From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome 133 BC to AD 68 5th Edition
Author(s): H. H. Scullard (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 29 July 1982
- Edition: 5th
- Language: English
- Print length: 528 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415025273
- ISBN-13: 9780415025270
Book Description
Scullard’s clear and comprehensive narrative covers the period from 133 BC to 69 AD, exploring the decline and fall of the Republic, and the establishment of the Pax Romana under the early Principate. More than forty years after its first publication this masterful survey remains the standard textbook on the central period of Roman history.
Editorial Reviews
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‘Still the best introduction to Roman history.’ – Miriam Griffin, University of Oxford
‘The fundamental modern work of reference for teachers, sixth-formers and university students still … the best and most reliable modern account of the period.’ –Tim Cornell, University of Manchester
‘The most balanced, succinct account of the two most turbulent and written-about centuries of Roman history – the single best introduction to that period for students.’ – G.H.R. Horsley, University of New England
