{"product_id":"2940170721085","title":"The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire","description":"Emerging as a market town from a cluster of hill villages in the eighth \u003cbr\u003eand seventh centuries B.C., Rome grew to become the ancient world's \u003cbr\u003epreeminent power. Everitt fashions the story of Rome's rise to glory \u003cbr\u003einto an erudite book filled with lasting lessons for our time. He\u003cbr\u003e chronicles the clash between patricians and plebeians that defined the \u003cbr\u003epolitics of the Republic. He shows how Rome's shrewd strategy of \u003cbr\u003eoffering citizenship to her defeated subjects was instrumental in \u003cbr\u003eexpanding the reach of her burgeoning empire. And he outlines the \u003cbr\u003ecorrosion of constitutional norms that accompanied Rome's imperial \u003cbr\u003eexpansion, as old habits of political compromise gave way, leading to \u003cbr\u003eviolence and civil war. In the end, unimaginable wealth and power \u003cbr\u003ecorrupted the traditional virtues of the Republic, and Rome was left \u003cbr\u003etriumphant everywhere except within its own borders.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Everitt \u003cbr\u003epaints indelible portraits of the great Romans-and non-Romans-who left \u003cbr\u003etheir mark on the world out of which the mighty empire grew: \u003cbr\u003eCincinnatus, Rome's George Washington, the very model of the patrician \u003cbr\u003ewarrior\/aristocrat; the brilliant general Scipio Africanus, who turned \u003cbr\u003eback a challenge from the Carthaginian legend Hannibal; and Alexander \u003cbr\u003ethe Great, the invincible Macedonian conqueror who became a role model \u003cbr\u003efor generations of would-be Roman rulers. Here also are the intellectual\u003cbr\u003e and philosophical leaders whose observations on the art of government \u003cbr\u003eand \"the good life\" have inspired every Western power from antiquity to \u003cbr\u003ethe present: Cato the Elder, the famously incorruptible statesman who \u003cbr\u003espoke out against the decadence of his times, and Cicero, the consummate\u003cbr\u003e orator whose championing of republican institutions put him on a \u003cbr\u003ecollision course with Julius Caesar and whose writings on justice and \u003cbr\u003eliberty continue to inform our political discourse today.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRome's decline and fall have long fascinated historians, but the story \u003cbr\u003eof how the empire was won is every bit as compelling. With \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Rise of Rome\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e one of our most revered chroniclers of the ancient world tells that \u003cbr\u003etale in a way that will galvanize, inform, and enlighten modern listeners.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115586896112,"sku":"2940170721085","price":22.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170721085_p0.jpg?v=1763815286","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170721085","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}