The Quest series is a course for history at Key Stage 3 that offers a progressive approach designed to appeal to pupils through: a narrative style with carefully controlled language level; a visual layout; character guides to the toics, highlighting issues and raising questions; and a continuous timeline reinforcing the chronology of events. Focusing specifically on the Roman world, this guide provides resource material to accompany the pupil's book.
Includes an account of political and military developments, and including sections on social, economic an cultural life, this book presents a survey of the Roman world at a time when the Principate was established, and the Pax Romana ...
An accessible introduction to these centuries of change, this book will also be useful as context for those studying later developments in Roman history.
This volume provides a detailed examination of nearly 1,400 years of Roman history, from the foundation of the city in the eighth century BC until the evacuation of Roman troops from Alexandria in AD 642 in the face of the Arab conquests.
This papyrus letter (illustrated and translated in Rowlandson 1998, 326–27, Doc. 6.259, Pl. 41; P.Corn. inv. I 11), dated July 7, 59 CE, was written by the woman Thermouthis to her husband Nemesion, a tax collector in Philadelphia (east ...
Focuses on the changing relationship between warfare and the Roman citizenry
Book accompanies 5 exhibitions. Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-255) and index. This wide-ranging study features contributions by an international team of distinguished scholars.
It is largely thanks to Zvi Yavetz that the Roman plebs has become "Salonfahig." In numerous important studies Yavetz has focused his - and our - attention on the problem of the relationship between the ruler and the masses of the ruled.
The book approaches labour not only as an economic phenomenon, but gives attention also to work as social and cultural phenomenon.
A lively and comprehensive overview of Roman slavery, ideal for introductory-level students of the ancient Mediterranean world.
Goodman presents a lucid and balanced picture of the Roman world examining the Roman empire from a variety of perspectives; cultural, political, civic, social and religious.