Acknowledgements
Introduction: ‘Empire Without End’
1. ‘Carthage Must Be Destroyed’: The Dynamics of Roman
Imperialism
2. ‘They Make a Desert and Call It Peace’: The Nature of Roman
Rule
3. ‘The Emporium of the World’: The Economic Impact of Empire
4. ‘They Called it “Civilisation”’: The Dynamics of Cultural
Change
Envoi: ‘Decline and Fall’
Further Reading
Index
Neville Morley is Professor of Ancient Economic History and Historical Theory at the University of Bristol. He is the author of The Roman Empire: Roots of Imperialism (Pluto, 2010), Trade in Classical Antiquity (2007) and Antiquity and Modernity (2008).
'Not just an acute analysis of the development of one of the most
influential of all the world's historical empires, but also a
mature reflection on the power and pitfalls of self-justification
through appeal to an imagined past'
*Professor Paul A. Cartledge, A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek
Culture, Faculty of Classics, Clare College, Cambridge*
'A well-written, eminently readable discussion of Roman expansion
in the Mediterranean'
*CHOICE*
'How do empires grow, how are they ruled, do they exploit their
subjects or civilize them? Morley's book weaves together modern
theories of imperialism with the story of Europe's first, and
greatest, empire'
*Gregory Woolf, Professor of Ancient History, St. Andrews
University*
'A thoughtful and clever re-assessment of Roman imperial
achievement. Morley provocatively challenges conventional views on
the dynamics of empire. This book should be read by those
interested in ancient history and by those who watch for the rise
and fall of superstates in the twenty-first century'
*Christopher Kelly, Cambridge University*
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