Yale University Press
The Romans and Their World: A Short Introduction
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- Brian Campbell
- Yale University Press
- Paperback
- 9780300220261
- 7.7 X 5 X 1 inches
- 0.84 pounds
- History > Ancient - Rome
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
A lucid survey of Roman history.--Adam Kirsch, New Yorker
One of the great joys of Campbell's unfailingly readable account is the readiness with which it returns to the Roman record, drawing on ancient sources to give a lively and immediate feel for Roman life and culture.--Michael Kerrigan, Scotsman
Author Bio
Brian Campbell was educated at Queen's University Belfast and the University of Oxford and is Professor of Roman History. From 2002 to 2005 he held a Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship to pursue a project on rivers in the ancient world, and in 2005 he was a visiting fellow at All Souls', Oxford. In 2004 he delivered the Broughton Memorial Lecture at the University of North Carolina. He is a member of the AHRC Peer Review College.
Research Interests
His main research interests lie in the area of the Roman army, ancient military writers, Roman imperial politics, and land survey.
Source: Queen's University Belfast
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