TWO VOLUME SET. RARE comprehensive monograph on ancient Rome from about the year 266 B.C. down to 133 B.C., and the economic, political, social and religious effects the Punic Wars had on Roman life. The author - Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1889-1975) was a major British historian, philosopher of history, research professor of international history at the London School of Economics and the University of London, author of numerous books and a leading specialist on international affairs between the years 1918-1950. Both volumes contain 6 maps (map 2 in both vols. consists of two parts) and chronological tables for the years 431-264 and 266-125 B.C. [BOTH VOLUMES]:245x175mm. [XII+643] + [X+752] pages. Brown cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Pink dust-jacket covered with transparent plastic jacket. Jacket rubbed. Jacket spine edges wrinkled. Spine edges bumped. Pages slightly yellowing. [VOL.I]: Jacket rear side wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare two volume history of the crucial period of the formation of Roman empire and its expansion, written by one of 20th-century leading historians, is in good condition.