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1. Conquest
Christopher Kelly
in The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
‘Conquest’ looks at the brutal process of imperial establishment and expansion, and at the Romans' sense of their own imperial mission. The Roman Republic began to expand outside Italy in ...
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4. History wars
Christopher Kelly
in The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
‘History wars’ uses the literature of the second century AD to recover a sense of how those who were conquered sought to establish an identity in a new imperial world. Conquest by Rome had ...
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3. Collusion
Christopher Kelly
in The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
‘Collusion’ examines the workings of the empire from the point of view of the privileged elites in the cities of the Mediterranean. The Roman empire was run by a very small provincial ...
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5. Pharaoh: Alexander and Egypt
Hugh Bowden
in Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction
‘Pharaoh: Alexander and Egypt’ chronicles Alexander's journey into Egypt, which was the first of the major Near Eastern kingdoms to come under his control. Egypt had a system of government ...
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3. Warrior: Alexander’s army
Hugh Bowden
in Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction
‘Warrior: Alexander's Army’ describes Alexander's military campaigning, which he continued throughout his reign and for which he is perhaps most famous. The title of ‘Undefeated’ is ...
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Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction
Hugh Bowden
Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction demonstrates the profound influence the legends of Alexander's life have had on our historical understanding of him by focusing ...
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Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction
Peter Sarris
After surviving the 5th-century fall of the western European Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire flourished as one of the most powerful economic, cultural, and military forces in Europe for ...
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3. From antiquity to the Middle Ages
Peter Sarris
in Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction
‘From antiquity to the Middle Ages’ describes the key challenges to Roman power in the east and west. The emergence of the post-Roman successor kingdoms in the 5th century constituted a ...
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4. Byzantium and Islam
Peter Sarris
in Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction
By the end of the 7th century, a new superpower was applying pressure on the East Roman Empire. ‘Byzantium and Islam’ describes the rise of Arab power and the evolution of Islam. The ...
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The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
Christopher Kelly
The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction covers the history of the empire from Augustus (the first Emperor) to Marcus Aurelius, describing how the empire was formed, how it ...
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4. Commander: Alexander and the Greeks
Hugh Bowden
in Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction
‘Commander: Alexander and the Greeks’ describes what is known about Alexander's treatment of the Greek cities. The narrative accounts of Alexander's life tell us a great deal about how ...
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2. Constantinople the ruling city
Peter Sarris
in Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction
Constantinople had become the sole imperial capital in the east by the reign of Theodosius I (378–95). ‘Constantinople, “the ruling city”’ describes the transformation of the small ...
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5. Strategies for survival
Peter Sarris
in Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction
‘Strategies for survival’ outlines the effectiveness, pragmatism, and creativity of Byzantine statecraft from the 7th century through to the early 10th century, which saw the empire’s ...
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6. King of the world: Alexander and Persia
Hugh Bowden
in Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction
‘King of the World: Alexander and Persia’ examines where the title ‘King of the World’ to describe Alexander came from and his image as a ‘King of the World’. It first appears in the ...
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