Dio Chrysostom (surname literally means "golden-mouthed") was part of the Second Sophistic school of Greek philosophers which reached its peak in the early 2nd century. He was considered one of the ……続きを見る
In "Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation," Lafcadio Hearn embarks on a profound exploration of Japanese culture, religion, and aesthetics during the late 19th century. Hearn's unique literary style a……続きを見る
This open access book explores the history of pellagra, a vitamin deficiency disease brought about by a shift in agriculture to maize, and which was first identified in Italy in the 1760s. With a fo……続きを見る
Dionysius of Halicarnassus taught rhetoric in Rome while studying the Latin language, collecting material for a history of Rome, and writing. His Roman Antiquities began to appear in 7 BCE. Dionysiu……続きを見る
著者:Lafcadio Hearn
出版社: Library of America
発売日: 2018年08月14日
Featuring a wide range of writings from Hearn’s time in America, this collection is a stunning showcase of the Greek-Irish author’s uniquely decadent literary flair and keen eye for observation
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Beyond the immeasurable political and economic changes it brought, colonial expansion exerted a powerful effect on Portuguese culture. And as this book demonstrates, the imperial culture that emerge……続きを見る
'That was how things stood in the city at the time. With no one in charge, murders were taking place almost every day and the elections could not be held.' Books 36-40 of the Roman History by Cassiu……続きを見る
著者:Cassius Dio
出版社: Library of Alexandria
発売日: 2021年02月24日
Four hundred and seven small pages, over and above the Epistle Dedicatory, are contained in Volume One. Really, however, this is not the true Dio at all, but merely his shadow, seized and distorted ……続きを見る
著者:Cassius Dio
出版社: Penguin Books Ltd
発売日: 2000年01月01日
Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC-AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savage civil war. This selection from Cassius Dio's Roman History gives the fulles……続きを見る
Primary Accounts of African Civilization: The Meroe, Kush, and Axum is a collection of accounts about African civilizations written by some of the oldest and most prominent historians of antiquity, ……続きを見る
Includes:•Charles River Editors original biography of Nero•Suetonius biography of Nero from The Twelve Caesars•Books LXI-LXII in Cassius Dios Roman History, which discuss Nero•Plutarchs Life of Galb……続きを見る
著者:Cassius Dio
出版社: Seltzer Books
発売日: 2021年08月12日
An historical narrative originally composed in Greek during the reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. According to Wikipedia: "Lucius Cassius D……続きを見る
In the uprisings of the Arab world, Alain Badiou discerns echoes of the European revolutions of 1848. In both cases, the object was to overthrow despotic regimes maintained by the great powers-regim……続きを見る
A memoir of land, family and perseverance from one of the most influential writers in America.
In this moving and surprising book, Joan Didion reassesses parts of her life, her work, her history – a……続きを見る
During late 1891, Hearn obtained a teaching position in Kumamoto, Kyushu, at the Fifth Higher Middle School, where he spent the next three years and completed his book Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (……続きを見る
This comparison of the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to the formation of modern states demonstrates the black contribution to the development of Western civi……続きを見る
On 11 September 1973, President Salvador Allende of Chile, Latin America's first democratically elected Marxist president, was deposed in a violent coup d'état. Early that morning the phone lines to……続きを見る
O pajem de um dos príncipes da coroa portuguesa descobre que está para suceder um assassinato real, mas quando age para o evitar, dá consigo enredado nas malhas do Santo Of&iacu……続きを見る
著者:Lafcadio Hearn
出版社: Library of Alexandria
発売日: 2021年02月24日
'The books which have been written of late years about Japan have either been compiled from official records, or have contained the sketchy impressions of passing travellers. Of the inner life of th……続きを見る
That the history of the invention of a piece of mechanism, and the description of its structure, operation, and uses, should be capable of being rendered the subject matter of a volume, destined not……続きを見る
Vollständige Ausgabe aller erhaltener Texte Cassius Dio Cocceianus aus Nikaia in Bythinien (um 163 - nach 229 n. Chr.) war Sohn eines Senators und selbst römischer Konsul und Senator. Diese Ämter pr……続きを見る
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Weltgeschichte - Frühgeschichte, Antike, Note: 2,1, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (Institut für Geschichte), Veranstaltung: T……続きを見る
Portugal is a terrain particularly propitious for salutary re-evaluations in order that some highly damaging clichés may be challenged. In the Iberian Peninsula, for instance, the first major ruptur……続きを見る
La comprensione delle dinamiche politiche, sociali, economiche e culturali che sono parte attiva nell?evoluzione del Medio Oriente contemporaneo richiede lo studio della storia di quanti ne sono pro……続きを見る
Elle tinha duas envergaduras como esses palhaços que apparecem no circo com um fato de duas côres. A envergadura do beato, do amigo de D. José, do providencial expurgador da impiedade; a envergadura……続きを見る
Scientific Essay from the year 2008 in the subject History - Miscellaneous, grade: A, Technological University of the Philippines (Middle East studies), course: for college papers, 5 entries in the ……続きを見る
著者:Alan Eladio Gómez
出版社: University of Texas Press
発売日: 2016年09月06日
Bringing to life the stories of political teatristas, feminists, gunrunners, labor organizers, poets, journalists, ex-prisoners, and other revolutionaries, The Revolutionary Imaginations of Greater ……続きを見る
US Democracy Promotion in the Middle East seeks to explore the changes in US strategy towards democracy promotion in the Middle East during the Clinton and Bush administrations, with a particular fo……続きを見る