TY - BOOK AU - Morley,Neville TI - The Roman Empire : roots of imperialism SN - 9780745328706 U1 - 937 PY - 2010/// CY - London, New York, New York PB - Pluto Press, Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan KW - Imperialism KW - Rome KW - Civilization KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [136]-156) and index; Introduction : 'Empire without end' -- 'Carthage must be destroyed' : the dynamics of Roman imperialism -- 'They make a desert and call it peace' : the nature of Roman rule -- 'The emporium of the world' : the economic impact of empire -- 'They call it "civilisation"' : the dynamics of cultural change -- Envoi : 'decline and fall' ER -