ABSTRACT

Including an account of political and military developments, and including sections on social, economic an cultural life, this book presents a survey of the Roman world at a time when the Principate was established, and the Pax Romana consolidated.

part 1|122 pages

The Founding of the Principate

chapter 1|38 pages

Augustus Princeps

chapter 2|35 pages

Italy

chapter 3|21 pages

The Provinces

chapter 4|19 pages

The Frontiers and Beyond

chapter 5|9 pages

The Literature of the Augustan Age

part 2|75 pages

The Julio-Claudian Emperors

chapter 1a|24 pages

Tiberius

chapter 2a|10 pages

Gaius

chapter 3a|18 pages

Claudius

chapter 4a|23 pages

Nero

part 3|70 pages

The Italian Emperors

chapter 1b|13 pages

Anarchy

chapter 2b|11 pages

Vespasian

chapter 3b|3 pages

Titus

chapter 4b|12 pages

Domitian

chapter 5b|16 pages

Flavian Frontiers

chapter 6b|10 pages

The Economic Life of the Empire

chapter 7b|5 pages

Literature Between A.D. 50 and 100

part 4|65 pages

The Non-Italian Emperors

chapter 1c|6 pages

Nerva

chapter 2c|21 pages

Trajan

chapter 3c|24 pages

Hadrian

chapter 4c|7 pages

The Rise of Christianity