Ｙ．Ａ - Rome 2

A compilation of the recorded life, times, and influence of a Roman legend, Cincinnatus and the Citizen-Servant Ideal captures the essence of human virtue as it was embodied in the Roman Republics e……続きを見る

WHEN the Emperor Diocletian, towards the end of the third century A.D., set himself to reorganize the government of the known world, his stout heart may well have quailed before the magnitude of the……続きを見る

Pietro e Paolo sono considerati i fondatori del Cristianesimo. In realtà loro fondarono una setta giudeo-cristiana. Il vero fondatore del Cristianesimo, così come lo conosciamo, fu l'imperatore Cost……続きを見る

Chi era veramente Spartaco? Come ha fatto, partendo da un esiguo gruppo di schiavi, a formare un esercito capace di misurarsi con le temibili legioni romane? Qual era lo scopo della sua rivolta? Il ……続きを見る

**A striking, nuanced biography of Neroーthe controversial populist ruler and last of the Caesarsーand a vivid portrait of ancient Rome “Exciting and provocative . . . Nero is a pleasure to read.”ー……続きを見る

Quelle importance les Romains accordaient-ils à la présence de l’eau, et jusqu’à quel point celle-ci jouait-elle un rôle dans leur vie quotidienne　? C’est à ces questions que répond cet ouvrage, en……続きを見る

Did the ancient Greeks and Romans have conspiracy theories? Did they come close to an industrial revolution? Did they drink beer? In a series of fast-paced essays, Insane Emperors, Sunken Cities, an……続きを見る

While copious amounts have been written about the Roman army, most study has focussed on the later Republic or the Imperial period when the legionary system was already well-developed. Here Dr Jerem……続きを見る

The author of Rome Is Burning separates fact from fiction as he examines the life of an ancient Roman figure made famous in the TV miniseries I Claudius. Liviaーwife of the first Roman emperor, Caes……続きを見る

The battle of Zama, fought across North Africa around 202 BC, was the final large-scale clash of arms between the world's two greatest western powers of the time – Carthage and Rome. The engagement ……続きを見る

La fascination publique pour César semble éternelle. Personnalité hors norme, faiseur de mondes, il a suscité une littérature immense souvent bien éloignée de la réalité du personnage. L'historien Y……続きを見る

“Before abandoning archaeology for politics, Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817–94) carried out major excavations in Mesopotamia between 1845 and 1851, uncovering important evidence of ancient Assyrian c……続きを見る