"Neil Faulkner's dynamic and provocative new history proves that there is a fresh, exciting new perspective to be found... the narative is compelling." History Today May 2008 "The Roman Empire is widely admired as a model of civilization. However, in this grand scholarly narrative neil Faulkner challenges this view" - NADFAS Review, December 2008 (readership 294,000) The Roman Empire is widely admired as a model of civilisation. In this compelling new study Neil Faulkner argues that in fact, it was nothing more than a ruthless system of robbery and violence. War was used to enrich the state, the imperial ruling classes and favoured client groups. In the process millions of people were killed or enslaved. Within the empire the landowning elite creamed off the wealth of the countryside to pay taxes to the state and fund the towns and villas where they lived. The masses of people - slaves, serfs and poor peasants - were victims of a grand exploitation that made the empire possible. This system, riddled with tension and latent conflict, contained the seeds of its own eventual collapse.
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Rome as it really was! Neil Faulkner has given us a clear, lucid, and objective appraisal of Rome, sans rosy glasses or sugar coating. A masterful work, beautifully written and thoroughly compelling and convincing! Prof. Faulkner sees through pro-Roman propaganda and portrays the predatory nature of the militaristic and imperialistic force that was Rome, backed by carefully documented research, and analyzes the contributions of the Romans to Western Civilization in a new light. This book should be required reading in every course on Rome, Western Civilization, or Classical Studies at the graduate, undergraduate, and even high school level. Don't be mislead by the notion that the book presents a "socialist" perpective. This is not a work pushing any kind of ideology; it is a sober, clear, and incisive analysis of the history of Rome from a modern scholarly perspective, and additionally it reads as fluidly as a novel, a most unusual characteristic for a serious scientific tome. Reading this book will change your views of the Roman Republic as well as the Roman Empire forever. Very highly recommended!!!
The Roman Empire is widely admired as a model of civilisation. In this compelling new study Neil Faulkner argues that in fact, it was nothing more than a ruthless system of robbery and violence. War was used to enrich the state, the imperial ruling classes and favoured client groups. In the process millions of people were killed or enslaved. Within the empire the landowning elite creamed off the wealth of the countryside to pay taxes to the state and fund the towns and villas where they lived. The masses of people - slaves, serfs and poor peasants - were victims of a grand exploitation that made the empire possible. This system, riddled with tension and latent conflict, contained the seeds of its own eventual collapse.
Description "Neil Faulkner's dynamic and provocative new history proves that there is a fresh, exciting new perspective to be found... the narative is compelling." History Today May 2008 "The Roman Empire is widely admired as a model of civilization. However, in this grand scholarly narrative neil Faulkner challenges this view" - NADFAS Review, December 2008 (readership 294,000) A thrilling and often corruscating fusion of narrative with scholarship. The Romans have rarely before seemed quite so terrifying.Tom Holland, author of Rubicon the Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic (2004). In this dramatically provocative new account the Roman Empire is a bloodthirsty capitalist superstate whose plutocratic stakeholders bled dry untold millions of slaves and serfs, and ethnically cleansed millions more, only to implode exhausted by its merciless policy of ruthless expansionism. Dr Faulkner, for whom Augustus was 'a truly disgusting man', never sits on the fence - this unashamedly partisan book is a must for anyone who wants to be challenged and outraged by our familiar image of Rome's contribution to world history.Guy de la Bedoyere, co-presenter of Channel 4's Time Team'. The Roman Empireis widely admired as a model of civilisation. In this compelling new study Neil Faulkner argues that in fact it was a ruthless system of robbery and violence. War was used to enrich the state, the imperial ruling classes and favoured client groups. In the process millions of people were killed or enslaved. Within the empire the state and the landowning elite creamed off taxes and rents from the countryside to fund their army, their towns, and their villas. The mass of people - slaves, serfs, poor peasants - were the victims of the exploitation that made the empire possible. This system, riddled with tension and latent conflict, contained the seeds of its own eventual collapse from the outset. Voir l'ensemble des
Titre: Rome Empire of the Eagles, 753 BC ?? AD 476
Auteur: Dr Neil Faulkner
Editeur: Routledge
Reliure : Relie
Marque : Brand Routledge
Langue : Anglais
Publier en : Anglais
Languages d'origine : Anglais
Edition : 1
Format : Relie
Date de parution : 18/01/2008
Dimensions : 23,39 x 16,00 x 3,20
Nombre de pages : 400 pages
Information Complementaire : Used Book in Good Condition
Mot Clef : Militarism - Rome - History Rome - History Rome - History - Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D Violence - Rome - History History Ancient Rome History European history BCE to c 500 CE General World history Geschichte Altertum Ancient Rome Classical history classical civilisation European history History World Militarism Rome Violence Ancient History Ancient - Rome History - General History Ancient
Classement : Livres anglais et étrangers > Subjects > History > Ancient > Rome
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