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By Michael Burgan
The nice Empires of the earlier set narrates the tales of crucial empires in global background and appears at their effect at the trendy. each one full-color quantity makes a speciality of a particular empire or civilization, exploring its upward thrust and fall, spheres of impression, key occasions, and demanding personalities. Divided into elements, the 1st part narrates the heritage of the empire from its roots to its ultimate loss of life. the second one half explores the tradition, society, and everyday life of the electorate on the peak of the empire. each one beautiful identify good points full-color images and maps, «Connections» packing containers that spotlight the consequences of the empires strategies and associations on todays global, and «In their very own phrases» sidebars that emphasize basic resource records. A chronology, thesaurus, bibliography, up to date additional assets, and a accomplished index whole those volumes, that are ideal for college kids carrying out learn or readers easily drawn to those empires from the prior. record of volumes: Empire of Alexander the good Empire of old Egypt Empire of historical Greece Empire of historic Rome Empire of the Aztecs Empire of the Incas Empire of the Islamic global Empire of the Mongols Empires of old Mesopotamia Empires of historical Persia Empires of Medieval West Africa Empires of the Maya
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Marius was a popularis, one of the politicians who tended to support the interests of the common people. Sulla sided with the optimates, who favored the wealthy and powerful. , after Sulla and his troops left the city, Marius worked with a tribune (an elected leader of the plebeians) to pass a law that made Marius commander, replacing Sulla. Fighting broke out in Rome and Sulla returned to the city with some of his troops. For the first time since the founding of the Republic, the Romans had a civil war.
Rome declared war on Macedonia. Its purpose was to protect its Greek allies, stop Philip’s expansion, and punish him for his earlier alliance with Hannibal. , Rome’s next Greek opponents were the Seleucids. ), the Seleucids tried to expand their territory. e. Roman troops fought in both Greece and Asia Minor, but they did not remain in those regions. With the Greek wars, Rome did not acquire new territory, but it did expect the Greek communities to follow Roman orders. Rome also gained from the slaves and riches its soldiers brought home.
One of the economic problems Rome faced during the third century was inflation—a problem that sometimes worries governments today. Inflation refers to the rising price of goods. If salaries rise at the same rate as prices, inflation is not a problem. But if salaries do not rise, or if they go down, then people cannot afford to buy as much as they could in the past. In Rome, inflation was mostly the result of the government lowering the value of the money people used to by things. At one time, silver coins were made completely of silver.