Introduction: The Path to Empire

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps ix
4. Note on the abbreviations in the text xiv
5. Introduction: The Path to Empire 1
6. Part I: War (264–201 BC)
7. 1. The Invasion of Sicily (264 BC) 15
8. 2. War by Land and Sea (263–241 BC) 21
9. 3. Rome and Italy (240–217 BC) 35
10. 4. Hannibal 49
11. 5. Cannae (216 BC) 59
12. 6. Victory (201 BC) 67
13. Part II: Empire (200–146 BC)
14. 7. Macedon 81
15. 8. Victory in the East 87
16. 9. The Home Front 101
17. 10. Carthage Must be Destroyed (146 BC) 116
18. Part III: Revolution (146–88 BC)
19. 11. Tiberius Gracchus and the Sovereignty of the People 125
20. 12. Gaius Gracchus and the Rise of the Contractors 138
21. 13. A Critic’s View 146
22. 14. Marius: Politics and Empire 155
23. 15. Civil Wars (91–88 BC) 167
24. Part IV: Dictatorship (88–36 BC)
25. 16. Sulla Triumphant 181
26. 17. Sulla’s Rome 193
27. 18. Sulla’s Legacies 198
28. 19. Politics in a Post-Sullan World 215
29. 20. 63 BC 225
30. 21. Law and Disorder 237
31. 22. Pompey and Caesar 256
32. 23. Caesarians and Pompeians 270
33. Part V: Monarchy (36 BC–AD 138)
34. 24. Imperator Caesar Augustus 287
35. 25. The Augustan Empire 304
36. 26. Eccentricity and Bureaucracy 321
37. 27. Three Murders and the Emergence of an Imperial Society 339
38. 28. Dynasties Come and Go 359
39. 29. Reimagining Rome 371
40. 30. The View from Tivoli 387
41. 31. What Happened 400
42. Notes on Sources 402
43. List of Illustrations 417
44. Acknowledgements 419
45. Index 421