Rome category: 2065 books

"Romulus, first king of Rome, ruled for thirty-seven years (753-716). He found the city needed inhabitants, and to increase their number he opened an asylum, to which many refugees fled. But wives were needed. To supply this want, he celebrated games, and invited the neighboring people, the SABINES,...

This book, like the volume on "Society and Politics in Ancient Rome," deals with the life of the common people, with their language and literature, their occupations and amusements, and with their social, political, and economic conditions. We are interested in the common people of...

Ce volume contient l'histoire de la dernière révolution de la république. C'est une des époques les plus obscures de l'histoire romaine. Vous découvrirez les événements de Rome pendant les deux jours qui ont suivi la mort de César ; la...

Histoire romaine Charles Alfred Alexandre, magistrat (1816-1891) Ce livre numérique présente «Histoire romaine», de Charles Alfred Alexandre, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement...

Ce fut le grand exploit et la fierté des Empereurs romains que d’avoir fondé l’approvisionnement de Rome sur des bases nouvelles et plus sûres. Pour expliquer leur succès, il ne faut certes négliger ni l’acquisition d’importantes nouvelles sources d’approvisionnement (l’Egypte), ni...

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur Kobo. Des Hommes Illustres De La Ville De Rome rassemblent quatre-vingt-six biographies de célèbre personnage étant passé par Rome Une table des matière interactive vous permettra de naviguer facilement à l'intérieur de ce livre.

The condition of the Roman Emperors has never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been sufficiently perceived in what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many facts, either of ancient or modern times, has ever rivalled...

The condition of the Roman Emperors has never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been sufficiently perceived in what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many facts, either of ancient or modern times, has ever rivalled...

The History of Rome by Theodor Mommsen,the German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician, archaeologist and writer generally regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th century.This book is a multi-volume history of ancient Rome.

**The Final Conquest** Following the assassination of Emperor Gaius Caligula in 41 A.D., his uncle, Claudius, assumed the imperial throne. After establishing his legitimacy and stabilizing his position with the Roman Senate and people, he looks to legitimize himself militarily. His eyes turn...

He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome’s first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations, for all of Western history to follow....

Most likely born in the south of modern France on the Mediterranean, Tacitus is one of the most famous Roman historians. Tacitus is best known for The Annals and Histories, covering the history of Ancient Rome in very minute detail, and he also wrote Germania, a fascinating description of the Germanic...

Les Verrines (en latin In Verrem, « Contre Verrès »), sont une série de discours écrits par Cicéron et rédigés en 70 av. J.-C.. Ils étaient destinés à prouver que Caius Licinus Verres avait commis de nombreux vols en Sicile. Contexte Cicéron fut questeur de Lilybée en Sicile. Il a été...

Les Catilinaires (en latin In Catilinam I-IV) sont une série de quatre célèbres discours de Cicéron prononcées en 63 av. J.-C., alors qu’il était consul, pour attaquer Catilina, qui conspirait contre la République romaine lors de la conjuration de Catilina. La première fut prononcée...