Rome category: 2065 books

The Roman engineer Vitruvius is the author of the celebrated treatise ‘De architectura’, a handbook for ancient architects. Vitruvius studied Greek philosophy and science and gained experience in the course of his professional work. Appointed to be an overseer of imperial artillery and military...

This groundbreaking study traces the development of Roman architecture and its sculpture from the earliest days to the middle of the 5th century BCE. Existing narratives cast the Greeks as the progenitors of classical art and architecture or rely on historical sources dating centuries after the fact...

The resurgence of interest in Cicero's political philosophy in the last twenty years demands a re-evaluation of Cicero's ideal statesman and its relationship not only to Cicero's political theory but also to his practical politics. Jonathan Zarecki proposes three original arguments: firstly,...

Expanding the discussion of religious participation of women in ancient Rome, Celia E. Schultz demonstrates that in addition to observances of marriage, fertility, and childbirth, there were more--and more important--religious opportunities available to Roman women than are commonly considered. Based...

The rugged, parched landscape and fierce inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula resisted Rome’s best generals for two centuries. Roman Spain tells the story of this conquest, making use of the latest archaeological evidence to explore the social, religious, political and economic implications of the...

Edition Complète de " Pensées pour moi-même - Marc Aurèle  ", entièrement relu, revu et corrigé avec mise en page étudiée et table des Matières pour navigation aisée. Les Pensées pour moi-même...

This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Cicero's Philippic IIsections 44–50 (… viri tui similis esses) and 78 (C. Caesari ex Hispania redeunti…)–92, and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of sections 100–119, giving...

Corpus césarien Jules César, homme politique, général et écrivain latin de la Rome antique (100–44 av JC) Ce livre numérique présente «Corpus césarien», de Jules César, édité en texte intégral....

Un récit incluant les dernières découvertes sur les Etrusques. Une nouveauté dans ce domaine peu connu de l'Antiquité. Apparus au VIIIe siècle avant Jésus-Christ, les Etrusques dominent presque toute l'Italie avant de se fondre dans le moule imposé par Rome. Lorsque, à la Renaissance,...

Néron, l'empereur esthète et criminel. Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus est né le 15 décembre 37 à Antium et mort le 9 juin 68 à Rome. Plus connu sous le nom de Néron, il est le cinquième et dernier empereur romain de la dynastie julio-claudienne. Prince poète, chanteur et musicien, organisateur...

Serving the Byzantine Emperor Justinian during the 6th century A. D., Belisarius defeated a superior Persian force that threatened to extinguish Constantinople; his small army next drove the Vandals out of the ancient Roman provinces of North Africa and forced the Visigoths to retreat from Italy, returning Rome to the Emperor for the final time.

The Lost History of Peter the Patrician　is an annotated translation from the Greek of the fragments of Peter’s History, including additional fragments which are now more often considered the work of the Roman historian Cassius Dio's so-called Anonymous Continuer. Banchich’s annotation helps...

Colleagues, friends and students pay tribute to Brian Hartley's contribution to Roman archaeology and particularly to samian studies with essays on: Stanwick and Melsonby ( L Fitts ); Tacitus on Agricola ( R H Martin ); Agricola and Roman Scotland ( G Maxwell ); Cameleon and Flavian troop-movements...

Depuis la nuit des temps, Néron est considéré comme le monstre absolu, mais est-ce vrai ? Voilà la question que se pose le livre 2 des questions d'Aurélien "Néron ? Et si c'était un brave type ?" . Historien du 22ème siècle (capable de voyager dans le temps), Aurélien essaye de...