01534    a2200337   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001500151072001700166072001700183072001600200072001500216072001400231072001700245072001700262072002100279072002100300072001500321100001800336245005000354250000600404260003200410300001000442520072900452999001501181140822920X20250317100414.0250312042009GB                   eng    a9781408229200  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 48.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aNHC2thema7 aNKD2thema7 a1QBAR2bisac7 a1QBCB2bisac7 a1QBA2bisac7 aHBLA12bic7 aHDDK2bic7 a1QDAR2bisac7 a1QDAZ2bisac7 aHIS0020002bisac7 aSOC0030002bisac7 a9372bisac1 aNeil Faulkner10aRomebEmpire of the Eagles, 753 BC – AD 476  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20091105  a378 p  bThe Roman Empire is widely admired as a model of civilisation. In this compelling new study Neil Faulkner argues that in fact, it was nothing more than a ruthless system of robbery and violence. War was used to enrich the state, the imperial ruling classes and favoured client groups. In the process millions of people were killed or enslaved. Within the empire the landowning elite creamed off the wealth of the countryside to pay taxes to the state and fund the towns and villas where they lived. The masses of people slaves, serfs and poor peasants were victims of a grand exploitation that made the empire possible. This system, riddled with tension and latent conflict, contained the seeds of its own eventual collapse.  c2689d2689