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Imperial and Local Citizenship in the Long Second Century CE offers a radical new history of Roman citizenship in the long century before Caracalla's universal grant of citizenship in 212 CE. Earlie……続きを見る

L'ouvrage 'Histoire de l'Empire romain: Res gestae de Marcellin' d'Ammien Marcellin est un texte historique majeur qui offre une vision détaillée de l'Empire romain du quatrième siècle. Rédigé dans ……続きを見る

Julius Caesar has been helmed one of the greatest tragedies of all times--it has it all! Love! Conspiracy! Murder! Betrayal! And if you just don't understand it, then you are not alone. If you have ……続きを見る

The Battle Digest summary includes all the key aspects of the campaign and battle, including maps, images, and lessons learned. During the Second Punic War (218 – 201 B.C.), after Hannibal had been ……続きを見る

Literary evidence is often silent about the lives of women in antiquity, particularly those from the buried cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Even when women are considered, they are often seen thr……続きを見る

From the Gracchi to Nero is an outstanding history of the Roman world from 133 BC to 68 AD. Fifty years since publication it is widely hailed as the classic survey of the period, going through many ……続きを見る

Used as we are to the terminology and conditions of hereditary monarchy and territorial sovereignty, we find it hard to appreciate, or even to express in terms of modern politics the difficulties wh……続きを見る

Libro XIX de Quinto Licinio Cato. Corre el año 57 d. C. cuando el tribuno Cato y el centurión Macro regresan por fin a Roma. Pero el fracaso de su reciente campaña en la frontera oriental conlleva a……続きを見る

Harold Whetstone Johnston's 'The Everyday Life of the Romans' provides readers with a comprehensive and detailed look into the daily lives of the ancient Romans. Through vivid descriptions and metic……続きを見る

A definitive account of the great revolt of Jews against Rome and the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple “A lucid yet terrifying account of the 'Jewish War'ーthe uprising of the Jews in 66 CE, and ……続きを見る

By any metric, Cicero's works are some of the most widely read in the history of Western thought. Natural Law Republicanism suggests that perhaps his most lasting and significant contribution to phi……続きを見る

Greek and Roman traditions dominate classical rhetoric. Conventional historical accounts characterize Roman rhetoric as an appropriation and modification of Greek rhetoric, particularly the rhetoric……続きを見る

Butrint, ancient Buthrotum, has taken many forms in different ages, shaped by the near-constant interaction between the place, its lagoonal landscape and the Mediterranean. Though Butrint does not a……続きを見る

This volume approaches the broad topic of wonder in the works of Tacitus, encompassing paradox, the marvellous and the admirable. Recent scholarship on these themes in Roman literature has tended to……続きを見る

Le origini e la famiglia di Marcellina, la vocazione, la Consacrazione ed il discorso di papa Liberio, la vita monastica. E poi il viaggio a Milano, i rapporti con il fratello Ambrogio, il ritiro in……続きを見る

This volume provides an ambitious synopsis of the complex, colourful world of textiles in ancient Mediterranean iconography. A wealth of information on ancient textiles is available from depictions ……続きを見る

An illuminating reassessment of the architect who****se innovative drawings of ruins shaped the enduring image of ancient Rome Giuliano da Sangallo (1443–1516) was one of the first architects to dra……続きを見る

From the First Samnite War and the eventual conquest of the Italian Peninsula, to the defeat by Hannibal at Lake Trasimene, and final victory over the Gauls at Alesia, Wars of the Republic is a mini……続きを見る

L'avvento di Diocleziano pose fine all'anarchia militare e le sue riforme dettero stabilità all'Impero ma i benefici di questa fase e poi del governo di Costantino non ebbero effetti duraturi. Il pe……続きを見る

Che cosa fece sì che un piccolo insediamento sul Tevere si espandesse al punto da diventare potenza egemone del Mediterraneo e poi di tutta l'Europa occidentale, dell'Africa settentrionale e del Vic……続きを見る

Una piccola religione orientale monoteista, che predicava l'amore per il prossimo e il distacco dalle ricchezze terrene per prepararsi alla vita eterna, sarebbe diventata in meno di quattro secoli l……続きを見る

Augusto realizzò un capolavoro politico-istituzionale con la creazione di un impero vastissimo e a prova di disgregazione. Lo rese possibile con l'incessante richiamo ai valori del passato, una cont……続きを見る

Condottiero, scrittore e oratore di grande eloquenza, Giulio Cesare fu l'uomo che avrebbe provato a sanare decenni di guerre civili con una dittatura in odore di monarchia. Con lui la Repubblica int……続きを見る

Nelle Guerre puniche si fronteggiarono due visioni e due mondi. Cartagine, con modelli militari ellenici, ma dedita più alla navigazione e al commercio che alla guerra, fu poco indulgente con i suoi……続きを見る

A portare alla ribalta sul confine dell'Eufrate l'Impero partico, una realtà che Roma aveva forse in un primo tempo parzialmente sottovalutato, fu la disfatta subita il 9 giugno del 53 a.C. da Marco……続きを見る

“A Cidade Antiga” , obra prima de Fustel de Coulanges, é um profundo estudo do mundo greco-romano desde seus primórdios. A obra relata como se deu o surgimento das cidades da Grécia e da península i……続きを見る

Algeria is a large country, rich in visual remains of its long and complex history. The monuments of the Roman period are particularly impressive. This is partly because they are well-preserved, but……続きを見る

Building in Words explores the relationship between text and architecture in the Roman world from the perspective of architectural process. Ancient Romans frequently encountered buildings under cons……続きを見る

Learn the reasons for the expansion of Rome, rising from a republic to an empire. Study the geographic and political reasons for the growth of the empire, its territories, currency and trade routes.……続きを見る

History has it that the Jewish people have struggled a lot. Their story includes struggles, captivity, and the search of freedom and a home. Interestingly, their story crosses that of the Romans. In……続きを見る