L'Empire romain. Arts Premiers Thucydides thought it was

Thucydides thought it was

This volume studies and compares for the first time

Women in saffron and purple saris thresh grain

was one of the most publicized events of the interwar period

the music critic Arno Poldès

L'Empire romain. Arts Premiers Thucydides thought it wasThe Roman Empire had the good fortune to remain strong and intact for four centuries. Long enough to establish Roman culture so firmly throughout Europe that even the disasters that followed could not destroy it. We ourselves still live with the legacy of this culture. Isaac Asimov In this second and final volume dedicated to Roman history, the immense Isaac Asimov takes his readers through the four centuries during which Rome assured its hegemony