The Roman World - A Sourcebook, 2001, 272 p., br. -

The 40 documents in this sourcebook introduce readers to the essential primary material of Roman history from the Twelve Tables (c. 451 BC) to the later Roman empire (c. 476 AD). They talk about the structure of Roman society, slavery, the position of women and the nature of family life, farm-management and agricultural practices, scientific and medical knowledge, political and religious life, the military, and the non-Roman world beyond the frontiers.