The Romans : an introduction to their history and civilisation / by Karl Christ ; translated from the German by Christopher Holme.

Translation of: Die Römer.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-283) and index.

The Romans: a changing concept -- The people and their city -- the ages of roman history -- Foundation and early republic -- Legend and tradition -- Archaic society and economy -- The struggle of the orders -- Expansion of Roman rule in Italy -- System of Roman rule: colonisation -- the classical republic -- Social structure and constitution -- Expansion in the Mediterranean area -- Crisis and fall of the Republic -- Imperium Romanum -- The principate established and institutionalised -- Pax Augusta: a world empire -- Society, politics and economics -- The basic social structure; principles, domus pricipis; the senatorial order,; the equestrian order; the municipal aristocracy; the free citizens: the Roman army; the freed slaves; integration policies; economic organization and development -- Ways of life -- Occupations and means of livelihood -- Woman in the family and society -- Education -- Housing -- Clothing -- Food and meals -- the games -- Baths -- Life-styles -- Disposal and rememberance of the dead -- Roman law -- Literature, art, science and technology, religion -- Beginnings of Roman literature -- Roman historians -- Roman poetry -- Peaks of Latin prose -- Post-Augustan literature -- Evolutiion of Roman art -- Science and technology -- Roman religion -- Imperium Romanum and Christianity -- The empire of late antiquity -- The age of the severans and the crisis of empire -- Government and organisation -- Diocletian's tetrarchic system; the empire of Constantine the Great; social and economic structure -- State and religion -- Literature and art -- Introductory; Literature; Art -- Fall of the western Roman empire -- The Roman tradition.