30-Second Ancient Rome: The 50 Most Important Achievements of a Timeless Civilization, Each Explained in Half a Minute - Hardcover

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Nicholls, Matthew; Houghton, Luke

 
9781782401315: 30-Second Ancient Rome: The 50 Most Important Achievements of a Timeless Civilization, Each Explained in Half a Minute
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1782401318 ISBN 13: 9781782401315
Verlag: The Ivy Press, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

You know that Rome wasn't built in a day, but just how did a cluster of small hilltop villages expand to become one of the greatest empires in history? Why did Romulus kill his brother Remus? How was a legion organized? Did people really speak Latin? What entertainment could you see at the Colosseum? And what was daily life like for a Roman citizen? This book takes a novel approach to answering all these questions and more. 30-Second Ancient Rome presents a unique insight into one of the most brilliantly governed societies, where military might and expansive empire paved the way for technological advances that helped shape our modern existence. From aqueducts to sewers, from mosaics to medical diagnoses, this is the straightest road toward understanding the 50 key innovations and ideas that developed and defined one of the worlds great civilizations.

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Dr Matthew Nicholls (Reading, UK) read Classics at St John's College Oxford, where he completed his DPhil. He moved on to a junior research fellowship at The Queen's College before taking up a lectureship at the University of Reading, where he is now an associate professor of ancient history.His research interests include books and libraries in the ancient world, from Alexandria and Pergamum in the Greek east to Rome in the west, and he has recently published extensively on a newly discovered text by the Greek medical writer Galen. His other interests include the digital reconstruction of ancient buildings and cities, and travel in the Greco-Roman world.

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You know that Rome wasnt built in a day, but just how did a cluster of small hilltop villages expand to become one of the greatest empires in history? Why did Romulus kill his brother Remus? How was a legion organized? Did people really speak Latin? What entertainment could you see at the Colosseum? And what was daily life like for a Roman citizen? This book takes a novel approach to answering all these questions and more. 30-Second Ancient Rome presents a unique insight into one of the most brilliantly governed societies, where military might and expansive empire paved the way for technological advances that helped shape our modern existence. From aqueducts to sewers, from mosaics to medical diagnoses, this is the straightest road toward understanding the 50 key innovations and ideas that developed and defined one of the worlds great civilizations.

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Verlag
The Ivy Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1782401318
ISBN 13 
9781782401315
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Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
160
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