Editorial: Princeton University Press
Colección: Turning Points in Ancient History
Número de páginas: 328 págs.
Fecha de edición: 02-04-2024
EAN: 9780691219158
ISBN: 978-0-691-21915-8
Precio (sin IVA): 37,44 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 38,94 €
In the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex. The emperor Marcus Aurelius reigned over a vast territory that stretched from Britain to Egypt. The Roman-made peace, or Pax Romana, seemed to be permanent. Then, apparently out of nowhere, a sudden sickness struck the legions and laid waste to cities, including Rome itself. This fast-spreading disease, now known as the Antonine plague, may have been history’s first pandemic. Soon after its arrival, the Empire began its downward trajectory toward decline and fall. In this book, historian Colin Elliott offers a comprehensive, wide-ranging account of this pivotal moment in Roman history.