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ROMAN, OR FOURTH GREAT EMPIRE. Early constitution — Patricians — Plebeians — Invasion of Gaul — Punic wars — Hannibal — Wars with Alexander's successors — Roman character impaired — Gracchi — Marius — Sylla— Pompey — Julius Caesar — Augustus — Universal empire — Peace throughout the Roman world 127 CHAPTER XVIII.
The Christian faith of the late Roman Empire continued to evolve during the Middle Ages and remains a major facet of the religion and the psyche of the modern Western world. [1] [2] Ancient Roman architecture, largely indebted to ancient Greek architecture of the Hellenistic period, has influenced the architecture of the Western world ...
I. History of Roman law and its descent into English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and other modern law -- II. Manual of Roman law illustrated by Anglo-American law and the modern codes -- III. Subject-guides to the texts of Roman law, to the modern codes and legal literature Subjects: Roman law; Civil law; Law; Law
The Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire, written by Matthew Bunson in 1994 and published by Facts on File, is a detailed depiction of the history of the Roman Empire. This work, of roughly 494 pages (a 2002 revised version contains 636 pages) stores more than 2,000 entries.
The history of Rome includes the history of the city of Rome as well as the civilisation of ancient Rome. Roman history has been influential on the modern world, especially in the history of the Catholic Church, and Roman law has influenced many modern legal systems. Roman history can be divided into the following periods:
Characters and Events of Roman History from Caesar to Nero (1909). The Women of the Caesars (1911). Between the Old World and the New, a novel (1914). Ancient Rome and Modern America, a comparative study of morals and manners (1914). A Short History of Rome (with Corrado Barbagallo) translated in two volumes by George Chrystal (1918).
Today, the only surviving portion of the Roman History is the part from 69 BC to 46 AD. Ammianus Marcellinus, in his 31 book history sometimes translated as The Roman History or The Roman Empire, described the time from the reign of Nerva to the Battle of Adrianople, though the first thirteen books are lost. Bringing into the remaining books ...
The Search for Ancient Rome (French: À la recherche de la Rome antique, lit. 'In Search of Ancient Rome') is a 1989 illustrated monograph on the archaeology and history of the rediscovery of the ancient city of Rome. Written by French historian Claude Moatti, and published by Éditions Gallimard as the 56th volume in the "Découvertes" collection.