Rome category: 2065 books

The Handbook is intended to survey the landscape of contemporary research and chart principal directions of future inquiry. Its aim is to bring to bear upon Roman legal study the full range of intellectual resources of contemporary legal history, from comparison to popular constitutionalism, from...

Our Law and its philosophy have been conceived for an economic world where the main source of wealth was material. Although this world no longer exists, its laws are still alive and slow down the development of modern economies. Patent law strikingly shows this fact. Invented mainly during the industrial...

In queste pagine leggerete tutti gli eventi relativi alla campagna per la conquista della Gallia orchestrata da Giulio Cesare con l'esercito Romano. In realtà il 'De bello Gallico' è molto di più: un vero e proprio trattato sulla geografia, sulla politica, sugli usi e costumi di un popolo considerato...

PLUTARCO DI CHERONEA VITE PARALLELE DEMOSTENE E CICERONE

L'Occidente, e non solo, deve molto alla civiltà romana. I mezzi e i modi con cui Roma affermò la sua supremazia nel corso dei primi secoli rivestono ancora oggi un valore esemplare. Rappresentano infatti una miniera inesauribile a cui attingere gli strumenti utili per comprendere la politica degli...

Julius Caesar has been helmed one of the greatest tragedies of all times--it has it all! Love! Conspiracy! Murder! Betrayal! And if you just don't understand it, then you are not alone. If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then we can help you out. Our books and apps have...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Index CONTENTS BOOK I Preface The Education of the Architect The Fundamental Principles of Architecture The Departments of Architecture The Site of a City The City Walls The Directions of the Streets; with Remarks on...

By the Roman age the traditional stories of Greek myth had long since ceased to reflect popular culture. Mythology had become instead a central element in elite culture. If one did not know the stories one would not understand most of the allusions in the poets and orators, classics and contemporaries...

A.H. Allcroft's A History of Sicily is one of the most comprehensive works on the ancient history of Sicily, making it a must read for anyone interested in antiquity.

Roman Imperialism covers the many influences that caused the transition from the Roman Republic towards imperial expansion. A table of contents is included

Within the whole range of history there is no more momentous and puzzling problem than that connected with the fate of Roman Law after the downfall of the Roman State. How is it that a system shaped to meet certain historical conditions not only survived those conditions, hut has retained its vitality...

Claudian, the Latin poet of great affairs, flourished during the joint reigns of the brothers Honorius, the Emperor in the West, and Arcadius, ruler in the East. Though a pagan, he became a professional court-poet, composing for Christian rulers panegyrics that have given us important knowledge of...

This book analyzes the fortifications of Hasmonaean and Herodian Judaea from the middle of the second century BC, when the Maccabees rebelled against their Seleucids overlords and established an independent state, until the end of the Jewish-Roman War in AD 73.

The Roman army of the early empire is one of the most instantly recognizable armies and enjoys a reputation for excellence. This and their many famous campaigns against a wide range of colorful foes makes this one of the most popular periods for wargamers. Covering the period from 27BC to AD284, Daniel...