The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 8: Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 B.C.

The Cambridge Ancient History, 2nd edition #13

by A.E. Astin (Editor), Frank William Walbank (Editor), M.W. Frederiksen (Editor)

Volume VIII begins immediately prior to the Second Punic War and concludes with the Roman destruction of the Greek city of Corinth in 133 B.C. This period marks Rome's expansion, from an Italian power, into the effective ruler of the Mediterranean world. The volume deals with the Second Punic War, the first Roman involvement across the Adriatic, conquests in Cisalpine Gaul, Spain and Africa in the west, and then to in the east with Macedonia, the Seleucid empire, and finally the Greeks.

Interspersed with these themes are chapters on the Seleucids and their rivals, the Greeks of Bactria and India, the internal political life of Rome, and developments in Rome's relationships with her allies and neighbors in Italy. Two concluding chapters explore the interactions, both intellectual and material, between the Roman and Italian tradition, and the Greek world.

Genres: History, Ancient History, Nonfiction

650 pages, Hardcover

First published December 7, 1989

Reviews

[Mateusz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another volume read in an ambitious plan to read the Cambridge Ancient History as a whole. Excellent background resource, if someone wants to delve in depth in a particular topic from this era - this would be a starting point, a map to start exploring.