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In this lively and very readable history of the Roman Empire from its establishment in 27 BC to the barbarian incursions and the fall of Rome in AD 476, Kershaw draws on a range of evidence, from Juvenals Satires to recent archaeological finds. He examines extraordinary personalities such as Caligula and Nero and seismic events such as the conquest of Britain and the establishment of a New Rome at Constantinople and the split into eastern and western empires. Along the way we encounter gladiators and charioteers, senators and slaves, fascinating women, bizarre sexual practices and grotesque acts of brutality, often seen through eyes of some of the worlds greatest writers. He concludes with a brief look at how Rome lives on in the contemporary world, in politics, architecture, art and literature.

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Stephen Kershaw is a Classics Tutor for Oxford University Department for Continuing Education, Professor of History of Art for the European Studies Program of Rhodes College and The University of the South, and a Guest Speaker for Swan Hellenic Cruises, and as such he has spent much of the last thirty years travelling extensively in the world of the ancient Romans both physically and intellectually. His Brief Guide to the Greek Myths (2007) and Brief Guide to Classical Civilization (2010) are both published by Constable & Robinson.

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Constable & Robinson Ltd

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First published in the UK by Robinson,

an imprint of Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2013

Copyright Stephen Kershaw, 2013

The right of Stephen Kershaw to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

All rights reserved. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

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ISBN: 978-1-78033-048-8

ISBN: 978-1-78033-049-5 (ebook)

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Uxor venustissima, mater optima, canis fidelissima.

Contents
List of Maps

Genealogy Tables

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KEY BRITTANIAE Britannia Prima Britannia Sec - photo 7

KEY BRITTANIAE Britannia Prima Britannia Secunda Flavia Caesariensis Maxima - photo 8

KEY BRITTANIAE Britannia Prima Britannia Secunda Flavia Caesariensis Maxima - photo 9

KEY BRITTANIAE Britannia Prima Britannia Secunda Flavia Caesariensis Maxima - photo 10

KEY

BRITTANIAE

Britannia Prima

Britannia Secunda

Flavia Caesariensis

Maxima Caesariensis

GALLIAE

Lugdunensis Prima

Lugdunensis Secunda

Belgica Secunda

Belgica Prima

Germania Secunda

Germania Prima

Sequania

VIENNENSIS

Aquitanica Secunda

Aquitanica Prima

Novem Populi

Narbonensis Prima

Viennensis

Narbonensis Secunda

Alpes Maritimae

HISPANIAE

Gallaecia

Tarraconensis

Lusitania

Carthaginiensis

Baetica

Mauretania Tingitana

AFRICA

Mauretania Caesariensis

Mauretania Sitifiensis

Numidia Cirtensis

Numidia Militaris

Proconsularis

Byzacena

Tripolitania

ITALIA

Alpes Graine

Alpes Cottiae

Raetia Prima

Raetia Secunda

Aemilia

Veneria and Histria

Liguria

Flaminia

Corsica

Tuscia and Umbria

Picenum

Sardinia

Campania

Samnium

Lucania and Bruttii

Apulia and Calabria

Sicilia

PANNONIAE

Noricum Ripense

Noricum Mediterraneum

Savia

Pannonia Prima

Pannonia Secunda

Valeria

Dalmatia

MOESIA

Moesiea Prima

Dacia

Praevalitana

Dardania

Epirus Nova

Epirus Vetus

Macedonia

Thessalia

Achaia

Insulae

THRACIAE

Scythia

Moesia Secunda

Thracia

Haemimontus

Rhodope

Europa

ASIANA

Hellespontus

Asia

Lydia

Phrygia Prima

Phrygia Secunda

Caria

Lycia and Pamphylia

Pisidia

PONTICA

Bithynia

Paphlagonia

Galatia

Diospontus

Pontus Polemoniacus

Armenia Minor

Cappadocia

ORIENS

Libya Superior

Libya Inferior

Aegyptus Iovia

Aegyptus Herculia

Thebais

Arabia Secunda

Arabia Prima

Palestina

Phoenicia

Augusta Libanensis

Syria Coele

Augusta Euphratensis

Osrhoene

Mesopotamia

Cicilia

Isauria

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