{"id":55132,"date":"2026-09-01T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=55132"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:59:08","slug":"edward-j-watts-the-romans-a-2000-year-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=55132","title":{"rendered":"Edward J. Watts, \u201eThe Romans: A 2,000-Year History\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An acclaimed scholar tells the full, breathtaking history of Rome, from its emergence in the Iron Age to the capture of Constantinople in the thirteenth century<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we think of \u201cancient Romans\u201d today, many picture the toga-clad figures of Cicero and Caesar, presiding over a republic, and then an empire, before seeing their world collapse at the hands of barbarians in the fifth century AD. 

The Romans <\/em>does away with this narrow vision by offering the first comprehensive account of ancient Rome over the course of two millennia. Prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts recounts the full sweep of Rome\u2019s epic past: the Punic Wars, the fall of the republic, the coming of Christianity, Alaric\u2019s sack of Rome, the rise of Islam, the Battle of Manzikert, and the onslaught of the Crusaders who would bring about the empire\u2019s end. Watts shows that the source of Rome\u2019s enduring strength was the diverse range of people who all called themselves Romans. This is the Rome of Augustus, Marcus Aurelius, and Constantine, but also Charlemagne, Justinian, and Manuel Comnenus\u2014and countless other men and women who together made it the most resilient state the world has ever seen.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Objavljeno: 2025.
ISBN: 9781541619821
720 str.
Basic Books<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Op\u0161irnije: https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/edward-j-watts\/the-romans\/9781541619821\/?lens=basic-books<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":55135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knjige","category-novosti"],"acf":{"facebook_opis":"\u201eThe Romans: A 2,000-Year History\u201c Edwarda J. 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