by Michael Grant · Orion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781842120378
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«The World of Rome» is the historical essay by Michael Grant, published by Orion in paperback (321 pages, in English).
A historical work covering the Roman Empire from 133 BC to 217 AD, when Rome reached its greatest expansion. Michael Grant analyses the republic, the power of dictators, slavery, civilized life and the Pax Romana, as well as the corruption and decline of the empire, without requiring the reader to have prior knowledge of ancient languages or history.
Part of the History of Civilization series; the edition includes bibliography and index.
Suitable for university students and readers interested in the history of Rome, with no need for prior training in classical languages.
Michael Grant was an English classicist, Professor of Humanity at the University of Edinburgh, numismatist, and author of numerous books on ancient history. His 1956 translation of Tacitus's Annals of Imperial Rome remains a standard of the work. Having studied and held a number of academic posts in the United Kingdom and the Middle East, he retired early to write full-time. He once described himself as "one of the very few freelancers in the field of ancient history: a rare phenomenon". As a populariser, his hallmarks were his prolific output and his unwillingness to oversimplify or talk down to his readership. He published over 70 works.
