xiii, 366 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 22 cm
CONTENT
The whole story -- Empires of the mind -- Rulers of Italy -- Imperial ecology -- Mediterranean hegemony -- Slavery and empire -- Crisis -- At heaven's command? -- The generals -- The enjoyment of empire -- Emperors -- Resourcing empire -- War -- Imperial identities -- Recovery and collapse -- A christian empire -- Things fall apart -- The roman past and the roman future
SUBJECT
Imperialism -- History -- To 1500
Rome -- History -- Empire
30 B.C.-476 A.D
Rome -- Politics and government -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D