TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beard,Mary
TI  - SPQR: a history of ancient Rome 
SN  - 9781846683817
U1  - 937 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Profile Books
KW  - Rome
KW  - History
KW  - Kings, 753-510 B.C
KW  - Republic, 510-30 B.C
KW  - Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
KW  - Rome (Empire)
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-562) and index; Prologue : the history of Rome -- Cicero's finest hour -- In the beginning -- The kings of Rome -- Rome's great leap forward -- A wider world -- New politics -- From empire to emperors -- The home front -- The transformations of Augustus -- Fourteen emperors -- The haves and have-nots -- Rome outside Rome -- Epilogue : the first Roman millennium
N2  - A prominent classicist explores ancient Rome and how its citizens adapted the notion of imperial rule, invented the concepts of citizenship and nation, and made laws about those traditionally overlooked in history, including women, slaves, and criminals
ER  -