Why we're all Romans : the Roman contribution to the Western world /

Why we're all Romans : the Roman contribution to the Western world /

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Author / Creator:Richard, Carl J.
Imprint:Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield : Distributed by National Book Network, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 301 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Subject:
Civilization, Modern -- Roman influences.
Civilization -- Influence.
Civilization, Modern -- Roman influences.
Rome -- Civilization -- Influence.
Rome -- History.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic book.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11221281
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ISBN:9780742567801
074256780X
9780742567788
0742567788
1282561901
9781282561908
9786612561900
6612561904
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:This engaging yet deeply informed work not only examines Roman history and the multitude of Roman achievements in rich and colorful detail but also delineates their crucial and lasting impact on Western civilization. Noted historian Carl J. Richard arguesthat although we Westerners are "all Greeks" in politics, science, philosophy, and literature and "all Hebrews" in morality and spirituality, it was the Romans who made us Greeks and Hebrews. As the author convincingly shows, from the Middle Ages on, most Westerners received Greek ideas from Roman sources. Similarly, when the Western world a.
Other form:Print version: Richard, Carl J. Why we're all Romans. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield : Distributed by National Book Network, 2010

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