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Across the Roman Empire, ubiquitous archaeological, art historical, and literary evidence attests to the significance of bathing for Romans' routines and relationships. Public baths were popularly viewed as necessities of daily life and important social venues. Given the importance of bathing to the...

The Moving City: Processions, Passages and Promenades in Ancient Rome focusses on movements in the ancient city of Rome, exploring the interaction between people and monuments. Representing a novel approach to the Roman cityscape and culture, and reflecting the shift away from the traditional study...

This carefully crafted ebook: “Myths And Legends Of Ancient Greece And Rome - Unabridged” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. A comprehensive collection of all the major and minor gods of Rome and Greece, with descriptions of festivals and retellings...

Cet ouvrage examine les relations complexes entre la personne impériale - et les empereurs successifs - et la Ville de Rome, en tant que ville, espace et capitale, pendant les deux premiers siècles du Principat. Nicole BELAYCHE a rassemblé sur cette question une « équipe » de chercheurs, français...

With the abolition of the Macedonian monarchy the supremacy of Rome not only became an established fact from the Pillars of Hercules to the mouths of the Nile and the Orontes, but, as if it were the final decree of fate, it weighed on the nations with all the pressure of an inevitable necessity, and...

Livys History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita Libri ), of which only one third of 142 books remain, stands as one of the greatest historical works not only of Rome, but in all of history. This edition includes all suriving books, with a table of contents to navigate through the over 2,000 pages.

CONTENTS   BOOK III. CHAPTER I. POLITICAL CAUSES OF THE GALLIC WAR. CHAPTER II. STATE OF GAUL IN THE TIME OF CÆSAR. CHAPTER III. CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE HELVETII. CHAPTER IV. CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARIOVISTUS. CHAPTER V. WAR AGAINST THE BELGÆ CHAPTER VI. WAR OF THE...

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Histories is a multi-volume work written by Polybius who was taken as a hostage to Rome after the Roman defeat of the Achaean League, and there he began to write an account of the rise of...

The Coming of Rome, first published in 1979,examines some basic features of Roman Britain: the cities, the towns, and the monuments of an urban culture. J.S. Wacher considers the evidence, mainly from inscriptions, of the people who inhabited or visited Britain during approximately the first two centuries...

The Spaniards in Rome: From Marius to Domitian, first published in 1990, examines the expansion and revitalisation of the Roman aristocracy in the later Republic and early Empire, focusing specifically on the political careers of men from the provinces of the Iberian Peninsula. The indigenous...

An extraordinary eBook. Over 800 pages, 42 full-color illustrations, out of the text, of Tancredi Scarpelli, Italian illustrator, 30 full-color illustrations, out of the text, of great painters, various illustrations black and white in the text. All the texts of this eBook are free available on the...

Their Greatest Hour: Rome, Carthage, and the Second Punic War is a unique look at one of the greatest conflicts in antiquity. Hannibal's audacious march through the Alps and his unchecked ravaging of Italy for nearly sixteen years against vastly superior forces, boggles the mind. Even the sheer scope...

Xavier Darcos évoque ce qui le touche, l'étonne ou l'enchante dans l'antiquité romaine, tout en cherchant des échos actuels car il est difficile d'aimer une époque sans la comparer à la sienne. " Ce ne sont pas les guides de Rome qui manquent ! Mais je ne rivalise pas avec eux :...

The Aventine—one of Rome’s canonical seven hills—has long been identified as the city’s plebeian district, which housed the lower orders of society and served as the political headquarters, religious citadel, and social bastion of those seeking radical reform of the Republican constitution....