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The History of Rome: Volume 1 and 2

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The History of Rome: Volume 1 and 2

Author: Cyril Robinson
Publisher: Audio Connoisseur
Genre: history
Date: 2001
Duration: 10 hours and 38 minutes + 8 hours and 11 minutes
Reader: Charlton Griffin
Quality: 32 кбит/c, 22050 Гц, моно
Size: 255 mb
Format: mp3
Language: English

Description: A HISTORY OF ROME is the story of a tiny market town on the Tiber, its rise to world domination, and then its slow, terrible plunge to utter ruin. It is the single greatest event in all human history. Discover the fascinating origin of Rome and its mysterious Etruscan connections, its first faltering steps toward republican government, and its methodical subjugation of surrounding tribes. Slowly, the puritanical Roman Republic asserts control over all of Italy and in the process forges a political unity which proves enduring. That unity is sorely tested as Rome comes into conflict with Carthage and Hannibal, a horrifying ordeal which alters world history for all time. A resurgent Rome is next drawn into the intrigues of the eastern Mediterranean, finally conquering the Greek speaking world...only to end up surrendering itself to a seductive, decadent Hellenistic culture. A century of politcal tension and civil strife ensues. Follow the rise of powerful men like the brothers Tiberius and Caius Gracchus, Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Cicero and the greatest Roman of them all - Julius Caesar. With Caesar's assassination comes renewed civil war. The aristocratic senatorial faction is defeated and the Republican form of government is replaced by dictatorship. Caesar's adopted nephew, Augustus, comes to power as the first Roman Emperor and puts into place the most extraordinary experiment in imperial government ever attempted. In the process, he paves the way for a long period of peace, a golden age, the likes of which has never before been seen. The Empire is ruled by one dynasty after another - some good, some bad - until it reaches its apogee during the age of the brilliant Antonine emperors. But chaos follows with a series of corrupt rulers, and only the strong leadership of Diocletion 85 years later brings stability. Shortly afterward, Constantine's rule promotes the new faith of Christianity and makes it the official religion of the empire. But the downward spiral of decay cannot be reversed. Economic disruptions, plague and barbarian invasions prove too much for Rome, and the western half of the empire descends into a maelstrom of ignorance, dispair and random violence from which it will not emerge for many centuries.

Table Of Contents

1. Land and People
2. The Etruscans and Rome
3. The Republic and its Ordeal
4. The Conquest of Italy
5. City and Culture
6. The First Punic War
7. Between the Wars
8. The Second Punic War
9. The Growth and the Problem of Empire
10. The Constitutional Situation
11. Hellenism at Rome
12. The Gracchi
13. The Rise of Marius
14. The Rise of Sulla
15. The Rise of Pompey
16. The Rise of Cesar
17. Cesar’s Triumph and Death
18. The Triumph of Octavian
19. Life and Letters during the Decline
20. Augustus
21. The Julio-Claudian Dynasty
22. Christianity and its Rivals
23. Year of the Four Emperors
24. The Flavones and a New Start
25. The Empire in the 1st and 2nd Centuries
26. Nerva, Trajan, and Hadrian
27. The Antonine’s
28. The dynasty of the Severy
29. The Anarchy
30. Diocletian
31. The Empire in Decline
32. Epilog

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