Rome category: 2065 books
Cato the Younger
Life and Death at the End of the Roman Republic
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2019
Marcus Porcius Cato ("the Younger") is most famous for being Julius Caesar's nemesis. His sustained antagonism was in large part responsible for pushing the Romans towards civil war. Yet Cato never wanted war even though he used the threat of violence against Caesar. This strategic gamble misfired...
by Jordanes, Priscus, and Proper
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Attila, also known as Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire, which stretched from the Ural River to the Rhine River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea. During his reign he was one of the most feared enemies of the Western...
Empire State
How the Roman Military Built an Empire
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
The armed forces of Rome, particularly those of the later Republic and Principate, are rightly regarded as some of the finest military formations ever to engage in warfare. Less well known however is their use by the State as tools for such nonmilitary activities in political, economic and social...
by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Elizabeth Robins Pennell (February 21, 1855 – February 7, 1936) was an American writer who, for most of her adult life, made her home in London. A recent researcher summed her up as "an adventurous, accomplished, self-assured, well-known columnist, biographer, cookbook collector, and art critic";...
by Ettore Pais
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Taken from the author's lectures, this volume maintains a critical approach to the origins and appreciation of Roman history and its direct indebtedness to its Greek roots. To substantiate his interpretation, Pais delves into Roman excavations, Pompeian frescos, ancient legends, and myths of Rome’s origins and cults as well as topography of early Rome.
The Roman Empire in Context
Historical and Comparative Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2010
Through a series of original essays by leading international scholars, The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives offers a comparative historical analysis of the Roman empire’s role and achievement and, more broadly, establishes Rome’s significance within comparative...
TV antiquity
Swords, sandals, blood and sand
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
TV antiquity explores representations of ancient Greece and Rome throughout television history. The first comprehensive overview of the ‘swords and sandals’ genre on the small screen, it argues that these shows offer a distinct perspective on the ancient world. The book traces the historic development...
by Pierre RENUCCI
Language: French
Release Date: May 13, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: May 13, 2015
La première biographie d'une figure de proue de l'histoire antique.
Malheur au vaincu ! La vie et la personnalité de Marc Antoine (83-30 avant J.-C.) ont été dépréciées avant d'être occultées, alors qu'il s'agit d'un acteur essentiel de la Rome antique au tournant de son histoire.
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Les membres des associations romaines
Le rang social des collegiati en Italie et en Gaules, sous le Haut-Empire
Language: French
Release Date: May 27, 2013
Entre le début de notre ère et les années 260, l’appartenance à une association professionnelle, cultuelle ou funéraire a présidé à la définition du rang social de nombreux habitants de l’Italie et des Gaules romaines. Aussi ce livre porte-t-il au jour la place que les membres des associations...
by Aurelius Victor
Language: French
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Des césars est une œuvre de l'historien et homme politique romain Aurelius Victor (v. 327 - v. 390). Extrait : Vers l’an sept cent vingt-deux de la fondation de la ville, on reprit, à Rome, l’usage d’obéir entièrement à un seul chef. Octavien,...
Hibera in terra miles
Les armées romaines et la conquête de l'Hispanie sous la république (218-45 av. J.-C.)
Language: French
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Les guerres constantes menées par Rome dans la péninsule ibérique aux deux derniers siècles avant notre ère ont la réputation d'avoir particulièrement contribué à fragiliser le régime républicain en déstabilisant le système de recrutement traditionnel des armées et en révélant les...
L'individu dans la famille à Rome au ive siècle
D'après l'oeuvre d'Ambroise de Milan
Language: French
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Le but de cette étude est de s’interroger sur la liberté de l’individu dans sa famille à la fin du ive siècle, quand l’église triomphante a pu influencer les moeurs et les lois, par l’action notamment d’un personnage puissant et actif tel qu’Ambroise, évêque de Milan. La nouvelle...
The Pope's Army
The Papacy in Diplomacy and War
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2019
For much of its 2,000-year history, the Roman Catholic Church was a formidable political and military power, in contrast to its pacifist origins and its present concentration on spiritual matters. The period of political and military activism can be dated to roughly between 410, when Pope Innocent...
Fighting Hydra-like Luxury
Sumptuary Regulation in the Roman Republic
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
From the Old Testament to Elizabethan England, luxury has been morally condemned. In Rome, sumptuary laws (laws controlling consumption) seemed the only weapon to defeat 'hydra-like luxury', the terrible monster that was weakening even the strongest citizens.
The first Roman sumptuary law,...