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The Enemies of Rome: The Barbarian Rebellion Against the Roman Empire
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Overview
History is written by the victors, and Rome had some very eloquent historians. Those the Romans regarded as barbarians left few records of their own, but they had a tremendous impact on the Roman imagination. Resisting from outside Rome’s borders or rebelling from within, they emerge vividly in Rome’s historical tradition, and left a significant footprint in archaeology. Kershaw builds a narrative around the lives, personalities, successes, and failures both of the key opponents of Rome’s rise and dominance, and of those who ultimately brought the empire down.
Rome’s history follows a remarkable trajectory from its origins as a tiny village of refugees from a conflict zone to a dominant superpower. But throughout this history, Rome faced significant resistance and rebellion from peoples whom it regarded as barbarians: Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Goths, Vandals, Huns, Picts and Scots.
Based both on ancient historical writings and modern archaeological research, this new history takes a fresh look at the Roman Empire through the personalities and lives of key opponents during the trajectory of Rome’s rise and fall.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781643136899 |
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Publisher: | Pegasus Books |
Publication date: | 02/09/2021 |
Pages: | 508 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.70(d) |
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements xiii
Maps xv
Introduction: What is a Barbarian? xxxi
1 Mythical and Semi-Mythical Resistance: Aeneas to Tarquin the Proud 1
Aeneas: From Barbarian to Trojan-Italian 1
Alba Longa 6
Romulus and Remus 7
The Reign of Romulus (Traditionally 753-715 BC) 11
The Kings of Rome 16
Lars Porsenna versus the Early Heroes of Rome 19
2 Brennus: The Gaul Who Sacked Rome 23
Invasion 24
Wine and Barbarity 26
Clusium 27
Battle of the Allia 30
Brennus' Sack of Rome 31
Brennus' Defeat and Death 35
When Was Rome Sacked? 37
3 The Plebs: Barbarous Insiders and Internal Resistors 41
Struggling for Plebeian Equality in the Fifth Century BC 42
Struggling for Plebeian Equality after Brennus' Sack of Rome 50
4 Pyrrhus of Epirus: Cadmean and Pyrrhic Victories 61
Italy and Epirus 61
Pyrrhus' Rise to Prominence 63
Italy Turns to Pyrrhus; Pyrrhus Turns to Italy 68
Sicily 74
Maleventum/Beneventum and Home 78
5 Hannibal at the Gates 85
Rome and Carthage Before the Wars 86
The First Punic War 90
Hannibal Takes Control 93
The Second Punic War 97
Post-war Hannibal 109
6 Graecia Capta: Resistance in the Greek East - Philip V, Antiochus III and Perseus of Macedon 115
Barbarism in the Greek and Macedonian World 116
Philip V and the First Two Macedonian Wars 118
Antiochus III 'the Great' of Syria 123
Perseus of Macedon: Third Macedonian War 126
146 BC: Carthage (and Corinth) Must Be Destroyed! 129
Captured Greece and the 'De-barbarisation' and Corruption of Rome 131
7 Viriathus: Iberian Shepherd, Hunter and Warrior 135
The Romans in Hispania 135
Viriathus 138
The Fiery War (Second Lusitanian War) Part 1: Viriathus on the Offensive 141
The Fiery War Part 2: Viriathus on the Defensive 148
Betrayal and Death 153
8 Jugurtha: The Struggle to Free Africa from Rome 157
In the Beginning… 157
First Campaigns: Roman Failures 162
Metellus' Campaigns: Indecisive Roman Success 166
Marius versus Jugurtha: Victory for Rome at Last 170
9 The Cimbri and the Teutones: A Germanic Threat to Italy 175
The Cimbri and the Teutones 175
The Germanic Incursions 178
Marius to the Rescue 181
10 The Italian War: Resistance and Rebellion in Italy 187
Unrest in Italy 187
Champions and Opponents of the Italians 189
The Italian ('Social') War 195
Aftermath 198
11 Spartacus: The Gladiator Who Challenged Rome 201
He's Spartacus 202
Slave Revolts Against Rome 207
Spartacus Breaks Out 213
72 BC: Rome Sends in the Consuls; Rome Sends in Crassus 216
73 BC: Spartacus versus Crassus 218
12 Mithridates VI: The 'Poison King' of Pontus 221
Mithridates Becomes King of Pontus 221
Mithridatic Imperialism 223
The First Mithridatic War 226
The Second Mithridatic War 231
The Third Mithridatic War 232
13 The Parthian Shot: Crassus at Carrhae 243
The First Triumvirate 243
Parthia and the Parthians 245
Crassus on the Offensive 247
The Battle of Carrhae 253
14 Vercingetorix: Rebellion in Gaul 259
Rome and the Gauls 259
Vercingetorix's Rebellion 262
Avaricum 266
Gergovia 269
Alesia 272
15 Cleopatra VII: The Whore Queen of Incestuous Canopus 279
The Ptolemies of Egypt 279
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator 281
Cleopatra and Julius Caesar 287
Cleopatra and Mark Antony 291
Cleopatra and Octavian 296
16 Arminius: Bring Me Back My Legions! 303
Augustus versus the Barbarians 303
Germania and Germani 306
Arminius, Varus and the Saltus Teutoburgiensis 313
Arminius versus Germanicus 317
Arminius versus the Germans 323
17 Boudicca: Queen of the Iceni, Scourge of Rome 327
Britannia: A Distant, Mysterious, Barbaric Country 327
British Barbarians Conquered (1) 331
Boudicca's Revolt 335
British Barbarians Conquered (2) 343
18 Judaea Capta: Revolts in Judaea 347
Judaea 347
Barbarian Jews 350
The Great Jewish Revolt 352
Bar Kokhba: The Redemption of Israel 360
19 Decebalus: Genocide in Dacia 365
Domitian and the Chatti 365
Domitian and Decebalus 367
Decebalus and Trajan 369
20 Parthia, Persia and Palmyra 375
The Demise of Parthia 375
Shapur I 'the Great' 381
Zenobia: The Most Lovely and Most Heroic of Her Sex 387
The Barbarisation of the Roman Army 393
Shapur II 'the Great' 399
21 Fritigern: The Gothic Hannibal 403
The 'Barbarian Conspiracy' in Britain 403
Fritigern the Goth: The Hannibal of the North 406
Land for Peace 414
22 Alaric the Goth: Sacker of Rome 417
The Rise of Alaric the (Visi)Goth 417
The Great Invasion 424
Alaric: The Sacker of Rome 427
23 Attila the Hun: Born to Shake the Nations 435
The Huns 435
Attila the Hun 438
Attila versus the Eastern Roman Empire 441
Attila versus the Western Roman Empire 444
24 Barbarian Warlords: Gaiseric and the Fall of Rome 449
Vandalism and the Vandals 449
Into the Roman Empire 456
Gaiseric: Into Africa 460
The Fall of Rome 462
Epilogue 471
Notes 475
Bibliography 535
Index 545