The Origins of Rome

by: Bloch, R.

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The origins of Rome

Author: Raymond Bloch

Summary:Examines the many theories that have been advanced concerning the beginnings of this city on the Italian peninsula, and then offers his own interpretation. Describes the migration, the economic, and the strategic factors that caused Rome to rise to a position of supreme importance

Series:
Ancient peoples and places (Praeger), v. 15

212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Contents:
Current ideas and new theories
Peoples and civilizations of prehistoric Italy
The distribution of peoples in ancient Italy
The lengend of the origins of Rome: its formation and value
Latium and the site of Rome
The site of Rome: archaeology and first human settlements
The birth of Rome and early developments in the second half of the eighth century B.C
Rome from about 700 to the beginning of the fifth century B.C
Etruscan Rome: from about 550 to about 475 B.C
Culture in Tarquinian Rome
The language, law and religion of primitive Rome
The religion of Rome in the first centuries
Conclusion

The Origins of Rome

by: Bloch, R.

• Thames and Hudson, London, 1960

Price: 31,70 EURO

1 copy in stock