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In 'Germania', the Roman historian Tacitus presents a meticulous ethnographic study of the diverse tribes inhabiting the region that is now modern-day Germany. Written around AD 98, the text is char……続きを見る

Eutropius' "Abridgement of Roman History" offers an essential survey of Rome's vast political and military narrative from its legendary foundation to the late Empire. Written in a succinct and acces……続きを見る

Filled with drama, passion, and the universal pathos that only a masterpiece can express. The Aeneid is a book for all the time and all people. Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles' mighty fo……続きを見る

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS PROVIDES UNPARALLELED NEW INSIGHT INTO THE FIRST JEWISH REVOLT Dando-Collins details the conflict from both sides of the 7-year campaign. His……続きを見る

Ce guide vivant en 80 mots-clés vise à faire (re)découvrir au lecteur l'Antiquité et surtout à compléter une approche parfois approximative de la Rome antique. En abordant l'histoire, la politique, ……続きを見る

The revered Bible scholar and author of The Historical Jesus explores the Christian culture warsーthe debates over church and stateーfrom a biblical perspective, exploring the earliest tensions evid……続きを見る

Comment Rome est-elle passée d'un million d'habitants à 20 000 ? Que s'est-il passé quand 350 000 habitants sur 500 000 sont morts de la peste à Constantinople ? On ne peut plus faire l'histoire de ……続きを見る

THIS NOVELLA DIVES INTO A CREATIVE HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF GAIUS OCTAVIUS AND HIS RISE TO POWER AS GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR OCTAVIANUS - AUGUSTUS CAESAR, AND THE INSTABILITY OF ROMAN SOCIETY THAT PROPELLE……続きを見る

The Journal of Roman Pottery Studies continues to present a range of important new research in the field by both established and early career scholars. Volume XVIII has a strong theme on pottery pro……続きを見る

The Barbarians Speak re-creates the story of Europe's indigenous people who were nearly stricken from historical memory even as they adopted and transformed aspects of Roman culture. The Celts and G……続きを見る

This is the first book to present an analysis of images of working people in Roman society and to interpret their meaning and significance. What did work mean to the Romans? Numerous incidental illu……続きを見る

The Imperial Women of Rome explores the constraints and activities of the women who were part of Rome's imperial families from 35 BCE to 235 CE, the Roman principate. Boatwright uses coins, inscript……続きを見る

The story of Sosipatra of Pergamum (4th century C.E.) as told by her biographer, Eunapius of Sardis in his Lives of the Philosophers and Sophists, is a remarkable tale. It is the story of an elite y……続きを見る

‘Vijanden van Rome’ van de bekende historicus Philip Matyszak portretteert de vijanden van Rome, van Hannibal tot Cleopatra en Attila de Hun. Een prachtig overzicht met tal van illustraties. De beke……続きを見る

Early in the third century, a small group of Greek Christians began to gain prominence and legitimacy as intellectuals in the Roman Empire. Examining the relationship that these thinkers had with th……続きを見る

A portrait of history’s first complex Christian society as seen through the lens of Christian philanthropy and gift giving As the Roman Empire broke down in western Europe, its prosperity moved deci……続きを見る

The text was born only to highlight the need, which has grown over time, to identify a precise line of study and recovery on an aspect of Lodi still unknown to many: its underground paths. To this e……続きを見る

La prima impresa estera militare che Traiano intraprese, nel 101 d.C., fu quella di conquistare la Dacia per porre fine all’erogazione dei fondi che Roma si vedeva costretta a versare annualmente, i……続きを見る

La prima impresa estera militare che Traiano intraprese, nel 101 d.C., fu quella di conquistare la Dacia per porre fine all’erogazione dei fondi che Roma si vedeva costretta a versare annualmente, i……続きを見る

An informative and accessible guide to the Roman world. Grant is 'justly recognised as an expert and civilized guide to the ancient world' THE ECONOMIST The Romans changed the Western world and thei……続きを見る

With the full panorama of her life forever lost, Cleopatra touches us in a series of sensational images: floating through a perfumed mist down the Nile; dressed as Venus for a tryst at Tarsus; unfur……続きを見る

Come fu possibile la costruzione e il mantenimento secolare di un impero che annoverava popoli diversissimi, frontiere estese lungo 17.000 chilometri, e la cui sicurezza era fornita solo da una tren……続きを見る

Otre 200 mappe e grafici originali a colori accompagnano la storia dell'Impero romano, che il libro esamina a partire dalle guerre puniche, per giungere fino all'età di Giustiniano. Le mappe e l'and……続きを見る

‘Wie is wie in de klassieke oudheid’ geeft een alfabetisch overzicht van bekende figuren uit de oudheid. Het is daarmee een handig naslagwerk voor professionals, studenten en geïnteresseerde leken. ……続きを見る

In this highly original work, Christopher Kelly paints a remarkable picture of running a superstate. He portrays a complex system of government openly regulated by networks of personal influence and……続きを見る

Nero fiddled while Rome burned. As catchy as that aphorism is, it’s sadly untrue, even if it has a nice ring to it. The one thing Nero is well-known for is the one thing he actually didn’t do. But f……続きを見る

The dean of business historians continues his masterful chronicle of the transforming revolutions of the twentieth century begun in Inventing the Electronic Century. Alfred Chandler argues that only……続きを見る

Is our Greek and Roman heritage merely allusive and illusory? Or were our founders, and so our republican beginnings, truly steeped in the stuff of antiquity? So far largely a matter of generalizati……続きを見る

The Roman emperor Nero is remembered by history as the vain and immoral monster who fiddled while Rome burned. Edward Champlin reinterprets Nero's enormities on their own terms, as the self-consciou……続きを見る

Did the ancient Greeks and Romans use psychoactive cannabis? Scholars say that hemp was commonplace in the ancient world, but there is no consensus on cannabis usage. According to botany, hemp and c……続きを見る