Paul J. Burton

Rome and the Third Macedonian War

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Produktbeschreibung

The historian Polybius recognised the significance of Rome's victory in the Third Macedonian War: it effectively made Rome an almost global power beyond compare. Paul J. Burton provides a very readable full-length narrative of the war and its aftermath, the first in English. Aimed at students, scholars and military history enthusiasts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781107506961
• ISBN-10: 1107506964
• Artikelnr.: 58503591

Autorenporträt

Paul J. Burton is a senior lecturer in Roman History in the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra. He is the author of Friendship and Empire: Roman Diplomacy and Imperialism in the Middle Republic (353-146 BC) (Cambridge, 2011) and the editor of Culture, Identity and Politics: Papers from a Conference in Honour of Erich Gruen, Antichthon 37 (2013). He has written numerous articles and chapters on Roman foreign policy, diplomacy and imperialism, ancient international law, and the Classical Tradition.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Rome and Macedon
3. The Last Years of Philip V
4. The Reign of Perseus
5. The Causes of the Third Macedonian War
6. The Third Macedonian War
7. Aftermath
Conclusion.