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  • Man of High Empire

    The Life of Pliny the Younger

    de Roy K. Gibson ...
    Pliny the Younger (c. 60-112 C.E.)--senator and consul in the Rome of emperors Domitian and Trajan, eyewitness to the eruption of Vesuvius in 79, and early 'persecutor' of Christians on the Black Sea--remains Rome's best documented private individual between Cicero and Augustine. No Roman writer, not even Vergil, ties his identity to the regions of Italy more successfully than Pliny. His ... Leer más

    $18.09 USD

  • Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger

    An Introduction

    de Roy K. Gibson, Ruth Morello ...
    This is the first general introduction to Pliny's Letters published in any language, combining close readings with broader context and adopting a fresh and innovative approach to reading the letters as an artistically structured collection. Chapter 1 traces Pliny's autobiographical narrative throughout the Letters; Chapter 2 undertakes detailed study of Book 6 as an artistic entity; while Chapter ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

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  • The Prince

    de Niccol� Machiavelli, Maurizio Viroli ...
    Traducido por Peter Bondanella ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    Based upon Machiavelli's first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe, The Prince analyses the usually violent means by which men seize, retain, and lose political power. This fluent new translation is accompanied by comprehensive notes and an introduction that dispels some of the myths associated with Machiavelli, and considers the true purpose of The ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Blood in the Arena

    The Spectacle of Roman Power

    de Alison Futrell ...
    "Fresh perspectives [on] the study of the Roman amphitheater . . . providing important insights into the psychological dimensions" of gladiatorial combat ( Classical World).From the center of Imperial Rome to the farthest reaches of ancient Britain, Gaul, and Spain, amphitheaters marked the landscape of the Western Roman Empire. Built to bring Roman institutions and the spectacle of Roman power to ... Leer más

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  • The Beginnings of Rome

    Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c.1000–264 BC)

    de Tim Cornell ...
    Series series The Routledge History of the Ancient World
    Using the results of archaeological techniques, and examining methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of the rise of Rome.The Beginnings of Rome offers insight on major issues such as:Rome’s relations with the Etruscansthe conflict between patricians and plebeiansthe causes of Roman imperialismthe growth of slave-based economy.Answering the need for raising ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • Rome Is Burning

    Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty

    de Anthony A. Barrett ...
    Series series Turning Points in Ancient History
    Drawing on new archaeological evidence, an authoritative history of Rome’s Great Fire—and how it inflicted lasting harm on the Roman EmpireAccording to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his majestic imperial capital on the night of July 19, AD 64 and fiddled while the city burned. It’s a story that has been told for more than two millennia—and it’s likely that almost none of it is true. ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

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  • The Roman Republic

    de Matthew Dillon, Christopher Matthew ...
    Series series Religion & Classical Warfare
    Essays exploring the role religion played in ancient Roman warfare, including destroying enemies' gods, wartime ceremonies, and live burials.Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Romans were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Mars, god of War) or ... Leer más

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  • Galerius and the Will of Diocletian

    de William Lewis Leadbetter ...
    Series series Roman Imperial Biographies
    Drawing from a variety of sources - literary, visual, archaeological; papyri, inscriptions and coins – the author studies the nature of Diocletian’s imperial strategy, his wars, his religious views and his abdication. The author also examines Galerius’ endeavour to take control of Diocletian’s empire, his failures and successes, against the backdrop of Constantine’s remorseless drive to power.The ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

  • Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture

    Edición de Jonathan Edmondson, Alison Keith ...
    Series Libro 46 - Phoenix Supplementary Volumes
    Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture investigates the social symbolism and cultural poetics of dress in the ancient Roman world in the period from 200 BCE-400 CE. Editors Jonathan Edmondson and Alison Keith and the contributors to this volume explore the diffusion of Roman dress protocols at Rome and in the Roman imperial context by looking at Rome's North African provinces in particular, ... Leer más

    $37.99 USD

  • Rome, the Greek World, and the East

    Volume 1: The Roman Republic and the Augustan Revolution

    de Fergus Millar ...
    Series series Studies in the History of Greece and Rome
    Fergus Millar is one of the most influential contemporary historians of the ancient world. His essays and books, including The Emperor in the Roman World and The Roman Near East, have enriched our understanding of the Greco-Roman world in fundamental ways. In his writings Millar has made the inhabitants of the Roman Empire central to our conception of how the empire functioned. He also has shown ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Rome, the Greek World, and the East

    Volume 2: Government, Society, and Culture in the Roman Empire

    de Fergus Millar ...
    Series series Studies in the History of Greece and Rome
    Fergus Millar is one of the most influential contemporary historians of the ancient world. His essays and books, above all The Emperor in the Roman World and The Roman Near East, have transformed our understanding of the communal culture and civil government of the Greco-Roman world. This second volume of the three-volume collection of Millar’s published essays draws together twenty of his classic ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome

    Edición de Paul Erdkamp ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
    Rome was the largest city in the ancient world. As the capital of the Roman Empire, it was clearly an exceptional city in terms of size, diversity and complexity. While the Colosseum, imperial palaces and Pantheon are among its most famous features, this volume explores Rome primarily as a city in which many thousands of men and women were born, lived and died. The thirty-one chapters by leading ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD