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Propelled to power by the age of 17 by an ambitious mother, self-indulgent to the point of criminality, inadequate, paranoid and the perpetrator of heinous crimes including matricide and fratricide,……続きを見る

This work gives students of all levels access to a comprehensive collection of primary sources on the early history of Italy, from the early expansion of Roman power to the first emmergence of Italy……続きを見る

The Colloquia are manuals written to help ancient Greeks and Romans get around in each other's languages; they contain examples of how to conduct activities like shopping, banking, visiting friends,……続きを見る

How did Ancient Greek express that an event occurred at a particular time, for a certain duration, or within a given time frame? The answer to these questions depends on a variety of conditions - th……続きを見る

In this book, Robert L. Kelly challenges the preconceptions that hunter-gatherers were Paleolithic relics living in a raw state of nature, instead crafting a position that emphasizes their diversity……続きを見る

In The Wars of the Jews Flavius Josephus gives us valuable insight into the first Jewish Roman War and the rebellions that followed thereafter. Josephus having been an agent for both sides of the co……続きを見る

I suppose that by my books of the Antiquity of the Jews, most excellent Epaphroditus, have made it evident to those who peruse them, that our Jewish nation is of very great antiquity, and had a dist……続きを見る

Caesar portrayed his invasion of Gaul as being a defensive pre-emptive action, most historians agree that the wars were fought primarily to boost Caesar's political career and to pay off his massive……続きを見る

Julius Caesar provides a history of the Civil War against Pompey and the Optimates, describing the events that led up to war and the actions he was required to take to secure victory. This edition p……続きを見る

One of the most devastating weapons of the Middle Ages, the crossbow probably originated in the Western Roman Empire early in the fourth century, its design perhaps suggested by the balista, an anci……続きを見る

The only full treatise on architecture and its related arts to survive from classical antiquity, the De Architectura libri decem (Ten Books on Architecture) is the single most important work of arch……続きを見る

A fresh look at the multicultural influences on Quintus Ennius and his epic poem, the Annals. Quintus Ennius, often considered the father of Roman poetry, is best remembered for his epic poem, the A……続きを見る

This is a new critical edition, with translation and commentary, of the Scholia in Apocalypsin, which were falsely attributed to Origen a century ago. They include extensive sections from Didymus th……続きを見る

The fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453 marked the end of a thousand years of the Christian Roman Empire. Thereafter, world civilisation began a process of radical change. The West came t……続きを見る

The author here reassesses the concept of ‘masculinity’, and argues that it cannot be seen as an absolute standard, but only as the product of perpetual conflict between competing and unstable model……続きを見る

The legacy of Rome is still very much with us in Europe. It forms part of our cultural backdrop, and is enshrined in the European mind, whether through classical literature, education and jurisprude……続きを見る

The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. The work, written in AD 121 during the reign……続きを見る

King Agamemnon returns victorious from the Trojan War, where dark foreshadowings develop. 続きを見る

Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ……続きを見る

"Sei mir gegrüßt, Natur, du Mutter aller Dinge, und nimm es gütig auf, dass unter den Quiriten ich allein es bin, der dich in allen deinen Werken verherrlicht hat." Gaius Plinius Secundus Gaius Plin……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Kulturgeschichte des Altertums" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Die "Kulturgeschichte des Altertums" ist……続きを見る

"Das höchste Ziel eines Menschen sollte es sein, durch innere Gelassenheit glücklich zu sein. Es kommt nicht auf die Dinge, sondern auf die Einstellung zu ihnen an." Aus Senecas Gesamtwerk enthält d……続きを見る

Aus dem Zeitalter der Antike sind in Europa zahlreiche bedeutende Persönlichkeiten hervorgegangen, deren Wirkung zu deren Lebzeiten und darüber hinaus, nicht nur auf historischer, sondern auch auf e……続きを見る

"Sueton schrieb mit der gleichen Ungehemmtheit, mit der die Caesaren lebten." Hieronymus Den Kern der überlieferten Teile der Lebensbeschreibungen des römischen Historikers Sueton (1./2. Jh. n. Chr.……続きを見る

Die philosophischen Schriften des griechischen Universalgelehrten Plutarch von Chaeronea (45-125 n. Chr.), meist unter dem Namen Moralia zusammengefasst, stellen eines der letzten großen Dokumente d……続きを見る

Erst seit 200 Jahren ist Caesars Bericht vom Gallischen Krieg die klassische Schullektüre in Deutschland. Mag für die Einführung dieser Tradition die Bewunderung für den Strategen und Sprachkünstler……続きを見る

Wir leben in einer Zeit, "in der wir weder unsere Fehler, noch die Heilmittel dagegen ertragen können", schreibt T. Livius Patavinus (um 59 v. Chr. - um 17 n. Chr.) im Proömium seines monumentalen W……続きを見る

Die Kelten gelten heute oft als ebenso geheimnisvolles Barbarenvolk Alteuropas, das man gerne als die eigenen Ahnen ansieht. Sehr oft verbindet man sie auch mit einem ganz speziellen, angeblich sehr……続きを見る

Von Cornelius Nepos, dem Biographen, dem Catull seine Gedichtsammlung widmete, ist leider nur ein kleiner Ausschnitt seines Werkes erhalten geblieben. Die Lebensbeschreibung griechischer Feldherren,……続きを見る

A History of Seafaring in the Classical World, first published in 1986, presents a complete treatment of all aspects of the maritime history of the Classical world, designed for the use of students ……続きを見る