Rome category: 2065 books

You know that Rome wasn’t built in a day, but just how did a cluster of small hilltop villages expand to become one of the greatest empires in history? Why did Romulus kill his brother Remus? How was a legion organized? Did people really speak Latin? What entertainment could you see at the...

“Hidden talent counts for nothing.” - Nero. Strategy Six Pack 12 presents six historical texts spanning two millennia and three continents. Ancient Rome and the Americas get two books each: Mary Platt Parmele’s A Short History of Rome is paired with Jacob Abbott’s biography of...

"Rome and the Literature of Gardens" explores the garden as a powerful locus of transformation and transgression in the "De Re Rustica" of Columella, the "Satires" of Horace, the "Annals" of Tacitus, and the "Confessions" of Saint Augustine. In keeping...

Rome is an empire with a bad reputation. From its brutal games to its depraved emperors, its violent mobs to its ruthless wars, its name resounds down the centuries like a scream in an alley. But was it as bad as all that? Join the historian Jerry Toner on a detective's hunt to discover the extent...

Préface de l'éditeur Chap. I. Commencements de Rome. Ses guerres. Chap. II. De l’art de la guerre chez les Romains. Chap. III. Comment les Romains purent s’agrandir. Chap. IV. 1. Des Gaulois. 2. De Pyrrhus. 3. Parallèle de Carthage et de Rome. 4. Guerre d’Annibal. Chap....

Les succès de la conquête romaine sont généralement associés à la valeur des armées de Rome et les sources antiques ont amplement contribué à en donner prioritairement cette image. Cependant la tradition littéraire témoigne, dès la fondation de la Cité, de multiples tractations diplomatiques...

Sous le signe de Vénus À Rome, l'amour est omniprésent. Des scènes amoureuses, des plus délicates aux plus érotiques, ornent les demeures particulières. Bien des œuvres littéraires ont pour principal ressort les relations entre les hommes et les femmes et les Romains ont même créé...

The Flavians have arisen. Following the death of Emperor Nero, four men battled to become 'Caesar' in what was now called The Year of the Four Emperors. Flavius Vespasian, the fearsome general previously in command of the furious onslaught against the rebellion in Judea, emerged victorious. As emperor,...

In this book Duncan Campbell explores the course of the wars that ensued as successive emperors sought to extend the empire, from Claudius' conquest of Britannia, Domitian's campaigns on the Rhine and the Danube, through Trajan's Dacian Wars and Parthian War, to Marcus Aurelius' Marcomannic Wars,...

In The Restoration of the Roman Forum in Late Antiquity, Gregor Kalas examines architectural conservation during late antiquity period at Rome's most important civic center: the Roman Forum. During the fourth and fifth centuries CE—when emperors shifted their residences to alternate capitals and Christian...

Het Romeinse Rijk was een lange tijd oppermachtig: geen andere staat ooit heeft over alle landen rond de Middellandse Zee geheerst. De Romeinen vormden niet alleen een politieke en militaire grootmacht, maar waren hun tijd ook ver vooruit op het gebied van retoriek, wetgeving, literatuur, wegenbouw...

Histoire de Jules César, écrit par Napoléon III, Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (1808 – 1873). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale (Tomes 1 et 2) et comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mise en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique....

This book is about Hannibal Barca (c. 247 BCE–c. 183 BCE) who was a general of the Carthaginian army during the Second Punic War. He was born into a Carthaginian military family and made to swear hostility toward Rome. Hannibal was known for leading the Carthaginian army and a squad of elephants...

While the importance of migration in contemporary society is universally acknowledged, historical analyses of migration put contemporary issues into perspective. Migration is a phenomenon of all times, but it can take many different forms. The Roman case is of real interest as it presents a situation...