Adrian Goldsworthy: 29 books

Adrian Goldsworthy portretteert keizer Augustus in een ontwapenende biografie. Meedogenloos en menselijk. Gul en gewelddadig. Poëzieliefhebber en politicus. Keizer Augustus was een vat vol tegenstrijdigheden. Maar het opvallendst van alles is het feit dat hij naar de achtergrond van de geschiedenis...

In zijn nieuwe epos ‘Pax Romana’ laat topauteur Adrian Goldsworthy zien hoe Rome de vrede handhaafde. De Pax Romana is vermaard vanwege een opzienbarend lange periode van vrede en stabiliteit. Maar deze vrede was afgedwongen door oorlog en betekende de facto complete overheersing. De Romeinen...

As Adrian Goldsworthy writes in the introduction to this book, “in his fifty-six years, Caesar was at times many things, including a fugitive, prisoner, rising politician, army leader, legal advocate, rebel, dictator . . . as well as husband, father, lover and adulterer.” In this landmark biography,...

In AD 200, the Roman Empire seemed unassailable. Its vast territory accounted for most of the known world. By the end of the fifth century, Roman rule had vanished in western Europe and much of northern Africa, and only a shrunken Eastern Empire remained. What accounts for this improbable decline? Here,...

A definitive history of the great commanders of ancient Rome, from bestselling author Adrian Goldsworthy.   “In his elegantly accessible style, Goldsworthy offers gripping and swiftly erudite accounts of Roman wars and the great captains who fought them.  His heroes are never flavorless and generic,...

In 'De Muur van Hadrianus' schrijft oudhistoricus Adrian Goldsworthy over de Romeinse limes in Groot-Brittannië. Keizer Hadrianus besloot in het jaar 122 tijdens een rondreis door het rijk dat de noordgrens in Brittania versterkt moest worden. De 117 kilometer lange Muur van Hadrianus strekte zich...

Caesar Augustus’ story, one of the most riveting in western history, is filled with drama and contradiction, risky gambles and unexpected success. He began as a teenage warlord, whose only claim to power was as the heir of the murdered Julius Caesar. Mark Antony dubbed him “a boy who owes everything...

'[A] Jane Austen-meets-Bernard Cornwell novel' Daily Mail Raw recruits march under the summer sun. But on distant shores a terrible event is about to sing its siren's song to the true soldier gentlemen of Britain. For it is 1808, and the Peninsular War is about to erupt . . . Meet the...

From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, a definitive history of Hadrian's Wall Stretching eighty miles from coast to coast across northern England, Hadrian's Wall is the largest Roman artifact known today. It is commonly viewed as a defiant barrier, the end of the empire, a place where...

Gripping, authentic novel set in Roman Britain from bestselling historian, Adrian Goldsworthy. AD 98: VINDOLANDA. A FORT ON THE EDGE OF THE ROMAN WORLD. The bustling army base at Vindolanda lies on the northern frontier of Britannia and the entire Roman world. In just over twenty years...

From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, a profoundly authentic, action-packed adventure set on the northern frontier of the Roman Empire. AD 100: VINDOLANDA. A FORT ON THE EDGE OF THE ROMAN WORLD. Flavius Ferox, Briton turned Roman centurion, is charged with keeping Rome's empire...

The renowned archeologist’s classic guide to twelve centuries of ancient military development, beautifully presented in colorful illustrations and diagrams. Generations of archeologists have been inspired by Peter Connolly’s beautifully rendered, highly detailed illustrations of ancient...

Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great were two of the greatest generals Rome had ever produced. Together they had brought vast stretches of territory under Roman dominion. In 49 BC they turned against each other and plunged Rome into civil war. Legion was pitched against legion in a vicious battle for...

From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, a profoundly authentic, action-packed adventure set in Roman Britain. AD 100: BRITANNIA. THE EDGE OF THE ROMAN WORLD. Flavius Ferox is the hardbitten centurion charged with keeping the peace on Britannia's frontier with the barbarian tribes...