دانلود کتاب The Roman Republic and the Hellenistic Mediterranean: From Alexander to Caesar
by Joel W. Allen
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عنوان فارسی: جمهوری روم و مسیحیت مدیترانه: از اسکندر به سزار |
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The Roman Republic and the Hellenistic Mediterranean: From Alexander to Caesar offers great insight into a momentous era with chapters on Alexanders in Asia and Italy; Mediterranean Cosmopolitanism; The Path of Pyrrhus; The Three Corners of Sicily; The Expanding Roman Horizon; Hercules and the Muses; The Corinth-Carthage Coincidence; The Movements of the Gracchi; The New Men of Rome and Africa; The Conspiracies of Cicero and Catiline; The World According to Pompey; Roman Alexanders; and more. It also looks at the phenomenon of excessive violence, particularly in the cases of Marius, Sulla, and Mithridates. The final chapter covers the demise of Cleopatra and examines how the seeds planted by Octavian, Octavia, and Antony sprouted into full Hellenistic trappings of power for the centuries that followed.
• Situates the development of Rome, after the death of Alexander the Great, in the context of significant contemporaneous regimes in Asia Minor, the Levant, and Egypt
• Provides students with insight into how various societies respond to contact and how that contact can shape and create larger communities
• Highlights the interconnectedness of Mediterranean cultures
• Strikes a balance between political, geopolitical, and cultural inquiries
• Considers how modes of international diplomacy affect civilizations
• Includes helpful pedagogical features, such as sources in translation, illustrations, and further readings
Roman Republic and the Hellenistic Mediterranean is an excellent book for undergraduate courses on the Roman Republic, the Hellenistic World, and the ancient Mediterranean.