The legacy of past civilizations is still with us today. In Ancient Rome, readers discover the history and impressive accomplishments of the ancient Romans, including their military power and feats of engineering. Engaging text provides details on the civilization's history, development, daily life, culture, art, technology, warfare, social organization, and more. Well-chosen maps and images of artifacts bring the past to life. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Part of a series, this visual guide to Ancient Rome gives an insight into the lives of the people that lived in ancient Rome.
Paul A. Zoch presents, in contemporary language, the history of Rome and the stories of its protagonists?such as Romulus and Remus, Horatius, and Nero-which are so often omitted from more specialized studies.
In the sheer scope, the Roman epoch is unsurpassed in history. What has endured to our own time is its great legacy to Western civilization-in law, language, architecture, and the...
Offering an overview of all facets of ancient Roman society, this volume includes chapters devoted to the economy & social system, art & architecture, & the everyday life of the inhabitants.
The roar of frenzied spectators inside the Coliseum during a battle between gladiators. A crowd of onlookers gathered around a slave driver. The wondrous plenty of banquets where flamingos are...
A Daily Life Encyclopedia James W. Ermatinger ... This was usually with the abbreviation AVC meaning either A(nno) V(rbis) C(onditae) or A(b) V(rbe) C(ondita), both meaning the year from Rome's foundation, said to have begun in 753 BCE.
72; Ramage 1991 : 103). The coin hails Sulla as imperator, and the following coin (doc. 1 1 .47) has him as imperator for a second time. This coin type forms the bulk of Sulla's coinage. Obverse: Bust of the goddess Roma.
Traces the political and military history of Roman Republic and Empire, from the Italian Iron Age to the last emperor in 476 A.D., examining the link between political institutions and military campaigns, the rise of Christianity, the ...
Explores the rise and fall and spheres of influence, society and daily life, key events, and important figures of the Roman Empire.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.