Rome category: 2065 books
by A. H. J. Greenridge
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2017
The period of Roman history on which we now enter is, like so many that had preceded it, a period of revolt, directly aimed against the existing conditions of society and, through the means taken to satisfy the fresh wants and to alleviate the suddenly realised, if not suddenly created, miseries of...
by Robert Pennell
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2018
So far as we know, the early inhabitants of Italy were divided into three races, the IAPYGIAN, ETRUSCAN, and ITALIAN. The IAPYGIANS were the first to settle in Italy. They probably came from the north, and were pushed south by later immigrations, until they were crowded into the southeastern corner...
by Edmond About
Language: French
Release Date: December 27, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: December 27, 2013
Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique, à été relu et corrigé.
Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.
Extrait :
Ceci n’est ni un pamphlet ni même un livre politique. Si le lecteur y cherchait des considérations générales sur...
by A.H.J. Greenridge
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
The period of Roman history on which we now enter is, like so many that had preceded it, a period of revolt, directly aimed against the existing conditions of society and, through the means taken to satisfy the fresh wants and to alleviate the suddenly realised, if not suddenly created, miseries of...
Soldier of Rome: The Sacrovir Revolt
The Artorian Chronicles, #2
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
It has been three years since the wars against Arminius and the Cherusci. Gaius Silius, Legate of the Twentieth Legion, is concerned that the barbarians-though shattered by the war-may be stirring once again. He also seeks to confirm the rumors regarding Arminius' death. What Silius does not realize...
The Fragility of Power
Statius, Domitian and the Politics of the Thebaid
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2018
Statius' narrative of the fraternal strife of the Theban brothers Eteocles and Polynices has had a profound influence on Western literature and fascinated generations of scholars and readers. This book studies in detail the poem's view of power and its interaction with historical contexts. Written...
by James Mace
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
In 29 A.D., Emperor Tiberius Caesar, living in self-imposed exile on the Isle of Capri, entrusts his Praetorian Prefect, Lucius Aelius Sejanus, with the administration of the vast Roman Empire. Under Sejanus' iron fist, and unbeknownst to Tiberius, the ranks of the Senate and equites are subsequently...
L’Agonie d’une République
La violence à Rome au temps de César
Language: French
Release Date: March 8, 2019
« La République est morte », écrit Cicéron à son ami Atticus près de quinze ans avant que César ne tombe sous les dagues des conjurés. Un siècle. Telle fut la durée de l’agonie de la République romaine qui succomba sous les coups d’ambitieux dictateurs et chefs militaires, avides d’exercer...
The Complete Marcus Aurelius: The Meditations
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2013
Marcus Aurelius was Emperor of Rome from 161 AD until 180 AD, and is remembered as the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and also one of the most important of the "Stoic" school of philosophers.
"Meditations" was originally titled "To Myself", and was...
by Philip Matyszak
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
When, after a brutal civil war, the dictator Sulla took power in Rome (82 BC), among the many who refused to accept his rule was a young army officer called Quintus Sertorius. Sertorius fled, first to Africa and then to Spain, where he made common cause with the native people who had been savagely...
Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives
A Selection of Eight Lives
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 1999
Marcus Cato Sulla Aemilius Paullus Pompey The Gracchi Marius Julius Caesar Anthony 'I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest.' In the...
by Tacitus
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2010
The Agricola is both a portrait of Julius Agricola - the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus' well-loved and respected father-in-law - and the first detailed account of Britain that has come down to us. It offers fascinating descriptions of the geography, climate and peoples of the country,...
by Anthony Birley
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2005
One of the most controversial of all works to survive from ancient Rome, the Augustan History is our main source of information about the Roman emperors from 117 to 284 AD. Written in the late fourth century by an anonymous author, it is an enigmatic combination of truth, invention and humour. This...
Hannibal
A History of the Art of War Among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 B.C., With a Detailed Account of the Second Punic War
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2012
Hannibal was one of the greatest military commanders in history. During the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, he led a ragtag army out of Iberia, on an epic march over the Pyrenees and Alps, and down into northern Italy. There he won three dramatic victories – at Trebia, Trasimene, and...