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Author Holland, Tom, Dr., author.

Title Pax : war and peace in Rome's Golden Age / Tom Holland.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2023.
©2023
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3091481~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction-NEW  937.01 HOL    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction-NEW  937.01 HOL    DUE 05-11-24
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Description xx, 452 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
Contents Dramatis personae -- Timeline -- Preface -- Part One. War: The sad and infernal gods ; Four emperors ; A world at war -- Part Two. Peace: Sleeping giants ; The universal spider ; The best of emperors ; I build this garden for us.
Summary "Beginning in 69AD, the so-called Year of the Four Emperors and spanning to 138AD, the death of Hadrian, Pax presents a narrative history of Rome at the height of its power. From the gilded capital to the barbarous realms beyond the frontier, historian Tom Holland offers a tour of the most famous episodes in Roman history"-- Publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-432) and index.
Subject Rome -- History -- Flavians, 69-96.
Rome -- History -- Antonines, 96-192.
Genre History.
ISBN 9780465093533 (hardcover)
0465093531 (hardcover)
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