Download or read book Rome and the Mediterranean 290 to 146 BC written by Nathan Rosenstein and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling account of how Rome became supreme power in Europe and the Mediterranean world. The book highlights the significance of Rome's success in the wars against Pyrrhys, Carhage, the Hellenistic kingdoms and in Spain that led to empire, and it shows how the Republic's success in conquering an empire changed the conquerors.It is unusual in focusing on a discrete, vital period in Roman history rather than attempting to cover all of it or even just the Republic.