Rome, Birth of an Empire. From Romulus to Pompey. 753–70 BC
Belin| N° d'inventaire | 31398 |
| Format | 17 x 24 |
| Détails | 800 p., paperback |
| Publication | Paris, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782410029796 |
When does the history of Rome begin? Ancient authors, such as Titus Livius or Dionysius of Halicarnassus, state that the Urbs was founded on April 21, 753 BC by Romulus. He is said to have traced the founding furrow on that day on the Palatine Hill.
Over the next seven centuries, this city in Latium, which experienced both royalty and republic, imposed itself on neighboring communities, then on Italy, and finally on the Mediterranean world. Continuously marked by war, this period ended with the census of 70 BC, which recorded for the first time all the free men of the peninsula as Roman citizens. By extending their civic status to conquered communities, the Romans affirmed their claim to the universality and eternity of their domination. The consequences of the conquest were profound: the control of vast territories offered the economy of Rome and the conquered regions considerable opportunities for development, and it played a major role in the evolution of the social order, institutions, and republican political practices.
From the wars against the Etruscans to the clashes with Carthage, from the early days of royalty to the establishment of the republic, Stéphane Bourdin and Catherine Virlouvet retrace the main stages in the establishment of the most enduring political entity in history. It remains, even today, a reference in contemporary thought.
Nearly two hundred iconographic documents and around forty original maps shed light on this history of the first Roman centuries, informed by the latest archaeological discoveries and the most recent works.
The volumes in this series aim to encompass, over a very long period, the main civilizations that are at the source of our contemporary world.
By placing the history of mankind in a time span of several millennia, this collection allows, through the strangeness and the unexpectedness of an immersion in this past that is both unknown and distant, a salutary distance and step back, in the face of the permanent flow of information of a present increasingly cut off from its deep roots.
Joel Cornette
When does the history of Rome begin? Ancient authors, such as Titus Livius or Dionysius of Halicarnassus, state that the Urbs was founded on April 21, 753 BC by Romulus. He is said to have traced the founding furrow on that day on the Palatine Hill.
Over the next seven centuries, this city in Latium, which experienced both royalty and republic, imposed itself on neighboring communities, then on Italy, and finally on the Mediterranean world. Continuously marked by war, this period ended with the census of 70 BC, which recorded for the first time all the free men of the peninsula as Roman citizens. By extending their civic status to conquered communities, the Romans affirmed their claim to the universality and eternity of their domination. The consequences of the conquest were profound: the control of vast territories offered the economy of Rome and the conquered regions considerable opportunities for development, and it played a major role in the evolution of the social order, institutions, and republican political practices.
From the wars against the Etruscans to the clashes with Carthage, from the early days of royalty to the establishment of the republic, Stéphane Bourdin and Catherine Virlouvet retrace the main stages in the establishment of the most enduring political entity in history. It remains, even today, a reference in contemporary thought.
Nearly two hundred iconographic documents and around forty original maps shed light on this history of the first Roman centuries, informed by the latest archaeological discoveries and the most recent works.
The volumes in this series aim to encompass, over a very long period, the main civilizations that are at the source of our contemporary world.
By placing the history of mankind in a time span of several millennia, this collection allows, through the strangeness and the unexpectedness of an immersion in this past that is both unknown and distant, a salutary distance and step back, in the face of the permanent flow of information of a present increasingly cut off from its deep roots.
Joel Cornette