The Cambridge Ancient History
Plates to Volumes VII, Part 2 and VIII

An authoritative selection of illustrations for early Rome and the development of the city of Rome, Italy and the Western Mediterranean.

Christopher Smith (Edited by)

9780521252553, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 9 May 2013

208 pages, 353 b/w illus.
25.5 x 18 x 3.4 cm, 0.95 kg

The Cambridge Ancient History is the most authoritative history of the ancient world. This volume is the partner to the volume of plates illustrating the Hellenistic East and provides an authoritative selection of illustrations for the early history of Rome and the development of the city of Rome, as well as all the regions of Italy and the West, including North Africa, Spain, Sicily and Gaul. It covers a period in which Rome began to expand westwards and illustrates both Rome's own transformation and the impact on the West, including the consequences of the Punic Wars and the destruction to Carthage. All aspects of material culture are considered, with a particular focus on the development of coinage, as well as monumental building, the archaeology of naval and land warfare and the fascinating mixtures of languages and scripts represented in epigraphy. This will become a standard reference work for the period.

Introduction Christopher Smith
1. Early Rome Christopher Smith
2. The city of Rome in the Early and Middle Republic Christopher Smith
3. The transformation of central Italy Christopher Smith
4. Umbria and Picenum Guy Bradley
5. Samnium and the Samnites S. P. Oakley
6. Southern Italy Alastair Small
7. Sicily c.300 BC–133 BC R. J. A. Wilson
8. Carthage and her neighbours R. J. A. Wilson
9. Iberia S. J. Keay
10. Gaul Greg Woolf
11. Northern Italy Jonathan Williams.

Subject Areas: Classical Greek & Roman archaeology [HDDK], Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]