From the Gracchi to Nero

H.H. Scullard (1903-1983) taught at King's College London, where he became Professor of Ancient History, from 1935 to 1970. He wrote several books on Roman history, and was the first editor of the Oxford Classical Dictionary.

• PrefacesForeword to the Routledge Classics edition1. Rome at the Cross-Roads2. The Gracchi3. The Rise and Fall of Marius4. The Rise and Fall of Sulla5. The Rise of Pompey6. Pompey and Caesar7. The Domination of Caesar8. The Second Triumvirate9. Economic and Social Life in Italy and theIXProvinces in the Late Republic10. Art, Literature and Thought in the Late Republic11.The Augustan Principate12. Frontiers and Provinces13. Tiberius and Gaius14. Claudius and Nero15. Economic and Social Life in the Early Empire16. Art, Literature and Religion in the Julio-Claudian Period.BibliographyIndex

'Many things made and make From the Gracchi to Nero a great book: The lengthy chronological table in the front is ideal for study. Scullard's presentation is balanced and unprepossessing. The work breathes an air of confident, competent scholarship, and the extensive notes give a veritable snapshot of a great generation of English scholarship on Rome ...'– John Noël Dillon, University of Exeter, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewPraise for the previous edition:'Still the best introduction to Roman history.'– Miriam Griffin, University of Oxford'The fundamental modern work of reference for teachers, sixth-formers and university students still ... the best and most reliable modern account of the period.' – Tim Cornell, University of Manchester'The most balanced, succinct account of the two most turbulent and written-about centuries of Roman history – the single best introduction to that period for students.' – G.H.R. Horsley, University of New England