A brief history of the Romans /
- xxi, 330 pages : illustrations, maps ;
Abridgement of: The Romans, from village to empire. New York : Oxford University Press, 2004
1. Early Italy -- 2. Rome's first centuries -- 3. Rome and Italy in the fourth century -- 4. The beginnings of a Mediterranean empire -- 5. Italy and empire -- 6. Italy threatened, enfranchised, divided -- 7. The domination of Sulla and its legacy -- 8. End of the republic : Caesar's dictatorship -- 9. Augustus and the transformation of the Roman world -- 10. The early principate (A.D. 14-69) : the Julio-Claudians, the Civil War of 68-69, and life in the early empire -- 11. Military expansion and its limits : the empire and the provinces (69-138) -- 12. Italy and the provinces : civil and military affairs (138-235) -- 13. The third and fourth centuries : changes and continuities