Sidgwick & Jackson, 4th edition, 1987

This celebrated work on Roman culture and civilization has been acknowledged as a masterpiece since its original publication in 1912. It has since been through many editions and revisions and few books have so successfully conveyed the scope and sweep of a period and yet retained such a scrupulous concern for scholastic accuracy Stobart measures the achievements of the Romans not so much by their military success and imperial expansion, but by their cultural and political contribution to the welfare of mankind...