CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 6 lapter or FROM KINGDOM TO EMPIRE 8 Eaeniciapte Upon SEPTAG CHINA FROM EMPIRE TO DUST 17 i BRANS Chapter Three HOW THE ROMANS LIVED 26 Chapter Four p E ROME S LEGACY 35 GLOSSARY 44 FoR MORE INFORMATION 46 INDEX 47
DISCOVERING ANCIENT ROM hen we think of Rome we nat urally visualize the Colosseum the grandest of all Roman build ings We also think of the Forum the first and greatest of all government buildings that contributed to build our approach to modern democracy Yet another image that comes to mind is of the aqueduct sys tem which brought fresh clean water from the countryside But when we think of the Roman people we should perhaps be most impressed by their staying power Rome was a republic for almost five hundred years and then an empire for another five hundred No other people built so much or lasted so long at the top How did they accomplish it This book treats ancient Rome in four distinct chapters The first describes the rise of Rome and the second its fall The tran sition from kingdom to republic and from republic to empire is discussed The third chapter examines how the Romans lived and how they experienced their world And the fourth and final chapter tells how Rome's accomplishments continue to influ ence the world today When all is said and H done the Romans will be revealed for what they really were builders of our world
ODU BP TV The Forum was the center Roman government but it was of E also the center of the Roman world Distances throughout the Roman Empire were measured by the miles that separated locations from the
