In the name of Rome : the men who won the Roman Empire /
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Author / Creator: | Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith. |
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Imprint: | London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, c2003. |
Description: | 415 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5037067 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. 'The Shield and Sword of Rome': Fabius and Marcellus
- 2. A Roman Hannibal: Scipio Africanus
- 3. The Conqueror of Macedonia: Aemilius Paullus
- 4. 'Small Wars': Scipio Aemilianus and the fall of Numantia
- 5. 'A person devoted to war': Caius Marius
- 6. General in exile: Sertorius and the Civil War
- 7. A Roman Alexander: Pompey the Great
- 8. Caesar in Gaul
- 9. Caesar against Pompey
- 10. An Imperial 'Prince': Germanicus beyond the Rhine
- 11. Imperial Legate: Corbulo and Armenia
- 12. A Young Caesar: Titus and the Siege of Jerusalem, AD 70
- 13. The last great conqueror: Trajan and the Dacian Wars
- 14. A Caesar on campaign: Julian in Gaul, AD 356-60
- 15. One of the last: Belisarius and the Persians
- 16. Later years: The legacy of Roman generals.