Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece

by Robin Waterfield

Book Overview

"Is there anyone on earth who is so narrow-minded or uninquisitive that he could fail to want to know how and thanks to what kind of political system almost the entire known world was conquered and brought under a single empire in less than fifty-three years?" --Polybius, Histories

The 53-year period Polybius had in mind stretched from the start of the Second Punic War in 219 BCE until 167, when Rome overthrew the Macedonian monarchy and divided...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190468882
• ISBN13: 9780190468880
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"