The Rise of Rome: The Making of the W- 9780812978155, Anthony Everitt, paperback

Brand new product\nFree UK standard delivery 2-3 days from despatch\nTracked secure courier\nPlease check delivery times at top of listing\nBookCurl is a family bookseller - thank you for your business\n\nNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR\n\nFrom Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian, comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian backwater to the greatest empire the world has ever known. \n  \n Emerging as a market town from a cluster of hill villages in the eighth and seventh centuries B.C., Rome grew to become the ancient world\u2019s preeminent power. Everitt fashions the story of Rome\u2019s rise to glory into an erudite page-turner filled with lasting lessons for our time. He chronicles the clash between patricians and plebeians that defined the politics of the Republic. He shows how Rome\u2019s shrewd strategy of offering citizenq