{"product_id":"9780199972173","title":"Rome: An Empire's Story","description":"The very idea of empire was created in ancient Rome and even today traces of its\u003cbr\u003e monuments, literature, and institutions can be found across Europe, the Near East,\u003cbr\u003e and North Africa--and sometimes even further afield.In Rome, historian Greg Woolf\u003cbr\u003e expertly recounts how this mammoth empire was created, how it was sustained in\u003cbr\u003e crisis, and how it shaped the world of its rulers and subjects--a story spanning a\u003cbr\u003e millennium and a half of history. The personalities and events of Roman history have\u003cbr\u003e become part of the West's cultural lexicon, and Woolf provides brilliant retellings\u003cbr\u003e of each of these, from the war with Carthage to Octavian's victory over Cleopatra,\u003cbr\u003e from the height of territorial expansion under the emperors Trajan and Hadrian to\u003cbr\u003e the founding of Constantinople and the barbarian invasions which resulted in Rome's\u003cbr\u003e ultimate collapse. Throughout, Woolf carefully considers the conditions that made\u003cbr\u003e Rome's success possible and so durable, covering topics as diverse as ecology,\u003cbr\u003e slavery, and religion. Woolf also compares Rome to other ancient empires and to its\u003cbr\u003e many later imitators, bringing into vivid relief the Empire's most distinctive and\u003cbr\u003e enduring features.As Woolf demonstrates, nobody ever planned to create a state that\u003cbr\u003e would last more than a millennium and a half, yet Rome was able, in the end, to\u003cbr\u003e survive barbarian migrations, economic collapse and even the conflicts between a\u003cbr\u003e series of world religions that had grown up within its borders, in the process\u003cbr\u003e generating an image and a myth of empire that is apparently indestructible. Based on\u003cbr\u003e new research and compellingly told, this sweeping account promises to eclipse all\u003cbr\u003e previously published histories of the empire.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077749293296,"sku":"9780199972173","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780199972173_p0.jpg?v=1763673562","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780199972173","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}