HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
Cover: The Origin of Empire: Rome from the Republic to Hadrian, from Harvard University PressCover: The Origin of Empire in HARDCOVER

The Origin of Empire

Rome from the Republic to Hadrian

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$35.00 • £25.95 • €31.50

ISBN 9780674659674

Publication Date: 06/03/2019

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448 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

25 illus., 16-page color insert

History of the Ancient World

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David Potter is the author of Constantine the Emperor and The Victor’s Crown: A History of Ancient Sport from Homer to Byzantium. He is the Francis W. Kelsey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Roman History and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan.

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