The Common People of Ancient Rome - Couverture souple

Abbott, Frank Frost

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1406503541 ISBN 13 : 9781406503548

Editeur : Dodo Press, 2006

Synopsis

Large Format for easy reading. A history of Ancient Rome from the 19th Century American writer of history and biographies for children.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

How the armies of Rome mastered the nations of the world is known to every reader of history, but the story of the conquest by Latin of the languages of the world is vague in the minds of most of us. If we should ask ourselves how it came about, we should probably think of the world-wide supremacy of Latin as a natural result of the world-wide supremacy of the Roman legions or of Roman law. But in making this assumption we should be shutting our eyes to the history of our own times. A conquered people does not necessarily accept, perhaps it has not commonly accepted, the tongue of its master. In his "Ancient and Modern Imperialism" Lord Cromer states that in India only one hundred people in every ten thousand can read and write English, and this condition exists after an occupation of one hundred and fifty years or more.

Biographie de l'auteur

Frank Frost Abbott (March 27, 1860 – July 23, 1924) was an American classical scholar. Born in Redding, Connecticut, he taught at the University of Chicago, then moved to Princeton University in 1907. He died in Montreux, Switzerland. In addition to various works on Roman history and government, several of which have been reprinted, he also translated Alberico Gentili's Hispanicae Advocationis Libri Dvo ("Two Books of Advocacy in the Service of Spain").

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dodo Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1406503541
• ISBN 13: 9781406503548
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
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• Personne responsable: non disponible