Rome category: 2065 books
by Robert Pennell
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
A fascinating look at the history of Ancient Rome from the earliest times to 476 AD, written by eminent American classicist Robert Franklin Pennell.
The History of Ancient Rome
Book V: The Establishment of the Military Monarchy
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
When Sulla died in the year 676, the oligarchy which he had restored ruled with absolute sway over the Roman state; but, as it had been established by force, it still needed force to maintain its ground against its numerous secret and open foes. It was opposed not by any single party with objects...
Growing Up and Growing Old in Ancient Rome
A Life Course Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Throughout history, every culture has had its own ideas on what growing up and growing old means, with variations between chronological, biological and social ageing, and with different emphases on the critical stages and transitions from birth to death.
This volume is the first to highlight the role...
The Byzantine Empire
A Complete Overview Of The Byzantine Empire History from Start to Finish
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2018
Discover The Byzantine Empire History From Start To Finish!
If you asked someone today when the Roman Empire ended, they might tell you 476 CE, the year that the final Roman Emperor in the west died. If you had asked someone at the time though, they might have told you that Rome was still very...
Constructing Autocracy
Aristocrats and Emperors in Julio-Claudian Rome
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2001
Rome's transition from a republican system of government to an imperial regime comprised more than a century of civil upheaval and rapid institutional change. Yet the establishment of a ruling dynasty, centered around a single leader, came as a cultural and political shock to Rome's aristocracy, who...
by AMMIEN MARCELLIN
Language: French
Release Date: October 17, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: October 17, 2018
On avait traversé les hasards d’une lutte interminable, et l’abattement s’emparait des deux partis après cette succession terrible d’efforts et de périls. Mais les sons de la trompette n’avaient pas cessé, les troupes n’étaient pas rentrées dans leurs cantonnements, que déjà le...
by Martin Galinier
Language: French
Release Date: May 27, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: May 27, 2013
Inaugurée en 113 après J.-C., la colonne Trajane, seul élément intact du somptueux Forum de Trajan, est, depuis le XIXe siècle, au centre de débats quant à la lisibilité de ses deux cents mètres de bas-reliefs relatant les guerres daciques. Les qualificatifs à son endroit allant de « sommet...
Pompée
L'anti-César
Language: French
Release Date: February 14, 2013
La première biographie de Pompée, le puissant adversaire de César, dont la défaite marque la fin de la Rome sénatoriale au profit de l'Empire. Tel un Napoléon antique, son ascension est fulgurante et sa chute vertigineuse.
Pompée est sans conteste l'un des hommes les plus célébrés...
Pax Romana
oorlog en vrede in de Romeinse tijd
Language: Dutch
Release Date: April 19, 2017
In zijn nieuwe epos ‘Pax Romana’ laat topauteur Adrian Goldsworthy zien hoe Rome de vrede handhaafde. De Pax Romana is vermaard vanwege een opzienbarend lange periode van vrede en stabiliteit. Maar deze vrede was afgedwongen door oorlog en betekende de facto complete overheersing. De Romeinen...
Sexing the World
Grammatical Gender and Biological Sex in Ancient Rome
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2015
From the moment a child in ancient Rome began to speak Latin, the surrounding world became populated with objects possessing grammatical gender—masculine eyes (oculi), feminine trees (arbores), neuter bodies (corpora). Sexing the World surveys the many ways in which grammatical gender enabled Latin...
The Assassination of Julius Caesar
A People's History of Ancient Rome
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2004
“A provocative history” of intrigue and class struggle in Ancient Rome—“an important alternative to the usual views of Caesar and the Roman Empire” (Publishers Weekly).
Most historians, both ancient and modern, have viewed the Late Republic of Rome through the eyes of its rich nobility—the...
Rome and the Friendly King (Routledge Revivals)
The Character of Client Kingship
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Rome and the Friendly King, first published in 1984, offers a functional definition of what is usually called client kingship – to show what a client king (or ‘friendly king’, to use the Roman term) was in practice.
Each aspect of this complex role is examined over a period of six centuries:...
Rome contemporaine
( Edition intégrale )
Language: French
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Tout chemin, dit-on, mène à Rome. Mais pour nous autres citoyens de Paris, le plus court est celui qui passe par Marseille.
Pourquoi le nom de la Canebière est-il comique à Paris ? D’où vient que Marseille et les Marseillais ont hérité du privilége de nous faire rire, depuis que la Garonne...
by Claude Sintes
Language: French
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Notre monde est confronté aujourd’hui aux pirates somaliens ou nigérians qui attaquent indifféremment les navires de plaisance ou les pétroliers. Les Romains ont connu eux aussi bien des difficultés avec le pirate, ennemi insaisissable dès qu’il était dans son élément, réfractaire à...