The Roman Empire: Second Edition / Edition 2

by Colin Wells

Overview

This sweeping history of the Roman Empire from 44 BC to AD 235 has three purposes: to describe what was happening in the central administration and in the entourage of the emperor; to indicate how life went on in Italy and the provinces, in the towns, in the countryside, and in the army camps; and to show how these two different worlds impinged on each other. Colin Wells’s vivid account is now available in an up-to-date second edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674777705
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	08/11/1995
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Colin Wells is Professor of Classical Studies, Trinity University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

List of Maps and Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

I. The New Order

II. The Sources

III. The Work of Augustus

IV. Italy under Augustus: the Social and Intellectual Climate

V. The Consolidation of the Principate

VI. The Army and the Provinces in the First Century AD

VII. 'Emperors Made Elsewhere than at Rome': Galba to Trajan

VIII. The State of Italy from Petronius to Pliny

IX. The Orderly Government of the Empire: Hadrian to Marcus Aurelius

X.'The Immeasurable Majesty of the Roman Peace'

XI. An Age of Transition: Commodus to Maximinus the Thracian

Maps
Lists of dates:

Reigns of Roman Emperors, Augustus to Diocletian

Greek and Latin Authors Mentioned in this Book

Further Reading

Index of Citations

General Index

Editorial Reviews

Together these five compact volumes [Early Greece by Oswyn Murray, Democracy and Classical Greece by J. K. Davies, The Hellenistic World by F. W. Walbank, The Roman Republic by Michael Crawford, and The Roman Empire by Colin Wells, in addition to the newly published The Later Roman Empire by Averil Cameron] cover much of the history of the classical world, and do so with both ease and authority… For this new series they have been revised or otherwise brought up to date.

Washington Post Book World

When a modest, single volume on the Roman Empire proves informative, provocative, and exciting, the reader gladly acknowledges an exceptional author. Professor Colin Wells is expert in the various aspects of Roman history, he reflects on issues independently and creatively, and he writes elegantly, and sometimes brilliantly.

Classical Outlook - Eleanor G. Huzar

This concise but illuminating history of a government that provided peace and prosperity longer than any other has no equal.

Antioch Review

This book brings together the grand narrative of how the Roman Empire came to be and the social and cultural aspects that made it successful…One of the best renditions of the political history of the empire.

World History Encyclopedia

An admirable volume.

A. T. Kraabel

This is historical writing with a bite usually missing in fast surveys… Novices and advanced students of Roman history alike will be stimulated by this book to think deeply on a grand scale about matters of great importance in ancient history.

History Book Club Review - Thomas R. Martin

This book brings together the grand narrative of how the Roman Empire came to be and the social and cultural aspects that made it successful...One of the best renditions of the political history of the empire.-- "World History Encyclopedia" (1/16/2023 12:00:00 AM)

An admirable volume.--A. T. Kraabel "Religious Studies Review"

This concise but illuminating history of a government that provided peace and prosperity longer than any other has no equal.-- "Antioch Review"

This is historical writing with a bite usually missing in fast surveys... Novices and advanced students of Roman history alike will be stimulated by this book to think deeply on a grand scale about matters of great importance in ancient history.--Thomas R. Martin "History Book Club Review"

Together these five compact volumes [Early Greece by Oswyn Murray, Democracy and Classical Greece by J. K. Davies, The Hellenistic World by F. W. Walbank, The Roman Republic by Michael Crawford, and The Roman Empire by Colin Wells, in addition to the newly published The Later Roman Empire by Averil Cameron] cover much of the history of the classical world, and do so with both ease and authority... For this new series they have been revised or otherwise brought up to date.-- "Washington Post Book World"

When a modest, single volume on the Roman Empire proves informative, provocative, and exciting, the reader gladly acknowledges an exceptional author. Professor Colin Wells is expert in the various aspects of Roman history, he reflects on issues independently and creatively, and he writes elegantly, and sometimes brilliantly.--Eleanor G. Huzar "Classical Outlook"

From the Publisher

An admirable volume.
— A. T. Kraabel

Religious Studies Review

This is historical writing with a bite usually missing in fast surveys...Novices and advanced students of Roman history alike will be stimulated by this book to think deeply on a grand scale about matters of great importance in ancient history.
— Thomas R. Martin

History Book Club Review

When a modest, single volume on the Roman Empire proves informative, provocative, and exciting, the reader gladly acknowledges an exceptional author. Professor Colin Wells is expert in the various aspects of Roman history, he reflects on issues independently and creatively, and he writes elegantly, and sometimes brilliantly.
— Eleanor G. Huzar

Classical Outlook