Cambridge illustrated history of the Roman world / edited by Greg Woolf.

Contents:The Romans and their history,The Republic,The Emperors,An imperial people,Rome and Greece,Domination,An imperial metropoluis,The empire of letters,An empire of cities,Knowledge and empire,The god's of empire,The profits of empire,War and peace,Includes Further reading,Chronology,Glossary of terms,Who's who,Notable archaeological sites and museum collections,Latin and Greek authors.

Presents a vision of the Roman civilisation based on the latest research and discoveries. Chapters and double-page spreads, illustrated in colour, give accounts of Roman history and literature, and deal with themes ranging from religion to medicine, and from trade to warfare. Woolf is a contributor to both the Cambridge Ancient History and the APA Classical Atlas projects as well as General Editor of the forth