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Rome’s greatest writings: conquerors, lovers, and the fall of an empire.
The Portable Roman Reader
$39.22
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672 pages
- Release Date
27 January 1977
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Summary
The Romans conquered most of the known world and detailed their conquests in calm, unapologetic histories. They were a supremely urbane people who longed poetically for the farming life. Valuing toughness and practicality in all things, they turned the love poem into a cynical rebuke and wrote tragedies in which the unfathomable actions of gods gave way to the staggering cruelties of man. As the empire slid into decay, Tacitus pulled back the curtain on the perverse intrigues of the emperors,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140150568 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140150560 |
| Author: | Basil Davenport |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Viking Portable Library |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 672 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 27 January 1977 |
| Weight: | 505g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 130mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Portable Library |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
130 × 196 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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