Rome - Empire of the Eagles

Many people admire the Roman Empire as a model of civilization. In this work, Neil Faulkner argues that the Roman Empire was actually based on a brutal mechanism of robbery and violence. War; It was used to enrich the state, the ruling class and its favorite partisan groups, and it was also enslaved in these wars.

In the Roman Empire, the state and the landowning ruling class drew surplus from the countryside in the form of taxes and rent to finance their armies, cities and property. The masses—slaves, serfs, poor peasants—were victims of the exploitation that sustained the empire. This system, riddled with tensions and latent conflicts, carried the seeds of its own inevitable end from the very beginning. Empire of the Eagles tells with impressive mastery the story of how a small community became one of the most important empires in world history and drowned in the sea of violence and blood it created. While doing this, it does not shy away from showing the victims' stories the respect they deserve.
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 352

Year of Print: 2015


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Yordam Kitap

First Print Year: 2015

Language Turkish