Roman Empire : A Very Short Introduction (Record no. 51613)
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| fixed length control field | 01537 a2200205 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20251009192903.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780192803917 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 937.06 KEL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kelly, Christopher |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Roman Empire : A Very Short Introduction |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Oxford |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Oxford University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2006 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 153 |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
| Title | Very Short Introductions |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from drizzle-soaked northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates in Syria, and from the Rhine to the North African coast. It was, above all else, an empire of force - employing a mixture of violence, suppression, order, and tactical use of power to develop an astonishingly uniform culture.<br/><br/>This Very Short Introduction covers the history of the Empire from Augustus (the first Emperor) to Marcus Aurelius, describing how the empire was formed, how it was run, its religions and its social structure. It examines how local cultures were "romanised" and how people in far away lands came to believe in the emperor as a god. The book also examines how the Roman Empire has been considered and depicted in more recent times, from the writings of Edward Gibbon, to the differing attitudes of the Victorians and recent Hollywood blockbuster films. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History of Italy |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Empire 31 B.C.-476 A.D. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Ancient Italy |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Roman Empire |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
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