Rome category: 2065 books

Un volo d’uccello attraverso il tempo: dalle origini e scopi de “L’Arte della Donna”, alle “Lupae” della Roma Imperiale, dai “Verdi Pergolati” della Cina, ai “Mondi Flottanti” del Giappone, dalle puttane dei Templari, allo “Squadrone Volante” di Caterina de’ Medici Reggente...

Epictète fut esclave. Persécuté et régulièrement battu par son maître, il réussit à s'échapper. Puis il enseigna la philosophie au grès de sa route. Libre et fervent représentant de l'art oratoire, il n'a jamais écrit ; mais sa pensée lui a survécu. Le Manuel d'Épictète devint ainsi...

The Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius, which St. Augustine referred to as The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus), is the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety.The protagonist of the novel may in fact be the author himself. His first name is revealed to be Lucius; at the end of the novel, he is revealed...

SACRED MYSTERIES AMONG THE MAYAS AND QUICHES, 11,500 YEARS AGO By Augustus Le Plongeon Synopsis There are authors who attribute the origin of modern Free Masonry to the followers of Pythagoras, because some of the speculations of that Philosopher concerning the meaning of the numbers are to...

"Out of the first six Annals of Tacitus, with his account of German and Life of Agricola." According to Wikipedia: "Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c. AD 56 after 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine...

Roman Antiquities and Ancient Mythology is an overview of Roman culture and mythology, suited for the college or high school reader. The original illustrations and a table of contents are included.

This edition of Epigras by Martial is translated by Henry George Bohn.

Der Kaiser Caligula (37–41 n. Chr.) gilt als Musterfall des römischen Cäsarenwahnsinns: Er trieb Inzest mit seinen Schwestern, wollte sein Pferd zum Konsul machen und plante, seinen Herrschaftssitz von Rom nach Alexandria zu verlegen. Er verfolgte die römischen Senatoren grausam und ohne Anlaß,...

Nero wäre gewiß ein ordentlicher Schauspieler geworden, aber das Schicksal wollte, daß er Kaiser wurde. Seine Versuche, beide Karrieren in exzentrischer Manier miteinander zu verbinden, trugen ihm herbe Kritik ein und kosteten ihn schließlich den Kopf. Jürgen Malitz beschreibt in seiner Biographie...

From renowned and respected author David Shotter, this updated and expanded edition of Roman Britain offers a concise introduction to this period, drawing on the wealth of recent scholarship to explain the progress of the Romans and their objectives in conquering Britain. Key topics discussed...

Only one surviving source provides a continuous narrative of Greek history from Xerxes' invasion to the Wars of the Successors following the death of Alexander the Great—the Bibliotheke, or "Library," produced by Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus (ca. 90-30 BCE). Yet generations of scholars have...

Chi è stato davvero Catilina? Quali gli scopi della sua famosa congiura? In questo volume Massimo Fini ci offre una delle sue originali biografie, autentiche rivisitazioni critiche di personaggi troppo facilmente liquidati dalla storiografia tradizionale. La figura di Catilina che qui viene tratteggiata...

Dopo avere i Cristiani distrutto il Paganesimo ben poteano godersi in santa pace un trionfo che liberati li avea da tutti gli avversari; ma un seme di discordia germogliava nel loro seno; quindi furono più ardenti a cercar la natura del Fondator della Religione, che a porne in pratica le leggi. Ho...