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184 BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (151 words) |
 | Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC |
 | Decades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC - 180s BC - 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC |
 | Cato the Elder is elected censor along with Lucius Valerius Flaccus, and initiates a number of unpopular reforms and crackdowns. |
| Powell's Books - The Roman World 44 BC-Ad 180 (Routledge History of the Ancient World) by Martin Goodman (205 words) |
 | The Roman World 44 BC-AD 180 explores the central period of the Roman Empire from Julius Caesar to Marcus Aurelius. |
 | Goodman examines the Roman world from an unusual and illuminating angle, focusing on the perspective of its subject peoples and its fringe areas, rather than from the Emperor's household, thereby giving a balanced view of the Roman world in its entirety. |
 | Outlining the major aspects of Roman rule and culture as well as the marginal, The Roman World 44 BC-AD 180 offers a stimulating and provocative addition to the study of the Roman world in this period, and will be of vital interest to anyone concerned with the origins of Western civilization. |