Rome category: 2065 books

Extrait : I. Rome fut d’abord soumise à des rois. L. Brutus fonda la liberté et le consulat. Les dictatures étaient passagères ; le pouvoir décemviral ne dura pas au delà de deux années, et les tribuns militaires se maintinrent peu de temps à la place des consuls. La domination de Cinna,...

In de eerste eeuw van onze jaartelling werd het Romeinse rijk omsloten door de Atlantische Oceaan in het westen, de Rijn en de Donau in het noorden, de Eufraat in het oosten en de Sahara in het zuiden. In lange, meedogenloze campagnes hadden onverschrokken Romeinse soldaten dat rijk stukje bij beetje...

Op 8 november 63 v.Chr. sprak Cicero in de senaat van Rome de beroemde woorden: ‘Hoe lang, in hemelsnaam, Catilina, zul je nog misbruik maken van ons geduld?’ Catilina wilde volgens Cicero, na twee mislukte campagnes voor het consulaat, een coup plegen. De senaat, die hem al tijdens zijn verkiezingscampagne...

The Law of the Twelve Tables (Latin: Leges Duodecim Tabularum or, informally, Duodecim Tabulae) was the ancient legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law. The Law of the Twelve Tables formed the centrepiece of the constitution of the Roman Republic and the core of the mos maiorum (custom...

Roman Britain is vividly portrayed in this fascinating and authentically detailed story about a year in the life of an ordinary woman and her family. The year is AD 133. Hadrian is Emperor of Rome and all its vast empire, including Britannia. The greater part of that island has long been under imperial...

A fascinating look at the religion of the second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, who claimed direct contact with several gods in the Roman pantheon. Also included are 4 other essays on ancient Roman religion.

HISTORY OF JULIUS   CÆSAR By by Emperor of the French Napoleon III VOLUME I. 1866   CONTENTS   BOOK I. ROMAN HISTORY BEFORE CÆSAR CHAPTER I. ROME UNDER THE KINGS. CHAPTER II. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONSULAR REPUBLIC (244-416)....

"To teach correct Latin and to explain the poets" were the two standard duties of Roman teachers. Not only was a command of literary Latin a prerequisite for political and social advancement, but a sense of Latin's history and importance contributed to the Romans' understanding of their own cultural...

In Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire, William Johnson examines the system and culture of reading among the elite in second-century Rome. The investigation proceeds in case-study fashion using the principal surviving witnesses, beginning with the communities of Pliny and Tacitus...

The Metamorphoses or Golden Ass of Apuleius (ca. 170 CE) is a Latin novel written by a native of Madauros in Roman North Africa, roughly equal to modern Tunisia together with parts of Libya and Algeria. Apuleius’ novel is based on the model of a lost Greek novel; it narrates the adventures of a...

One of the most remarkable trends in the humanities and social sciences in recent decades has been the resurgence of interest in the history, theory, and practice of rhetoric: in an age of global media networks and viral communication, rhetoric is once again "contagious" and "communicable" (Friedrich...

Sappho, a towering figure in Western culture, is an exemplary case in the history of classical receptions. There are three prominent reasons for this. Firstly, Sappho is associated with some of the earliest poetry in the classical tradition, which makes her reception history one of the longest we...

When we are confronted with a work of art, what is its effect on us? In contrast to post-Enlightenment conceptions, which tend to restrict themselves to aesthetic or discursive responses, the ancient Greeks and Romans often conceived works of art as having a more dynamic effect on their viewers, inspiring...

The first and only monograph available on the subject, The Roman City and its Periphery offers a full and detailed treatment of the little-investigated aspect of Roman urbanism – the phenomenon of suburban development. Presenting archaeological and literary evidence alongside sixty-three...