Rome category: 2065 books
by Robert Pennell
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
We have learned the probable origin of the LATINS; how they settled in Latium, and founded numerous towns. We shall now examine more particularly that one of the Latin towns which was destined to outstrip all her sisters in prosperity and power. Fourteen miles from the mouth of the Tiber, the monotonous...
Rome et l'Occident
Gouverner l'Empire (IIe siècle av. J.-C. - IIe siècle ap. J.-C.)
Language: French
Release Date: July 10, 2019
Cet ouvrage collectif étudie les relations multiformes qui se sont établies entre Rome et l’Occident depuis la création des provinces d’Hispanie en 197 av. J.-C. jusqu’à la mort de l’empereur Commode en 192 ap. J.-C. L’espace pris en considération comprend les îles de la Méditerranée...
Rome devant la défaite
(753-264 avant J.-C.)
Language: French
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Les cinq premiers siècles de l’histoire de Rome sont présentés par les auteurs antiques comme un mouvement de conquête inexorable de l’Italie, ponctué de multiples victoires, au point que la suprématie romaine a été conçue a posteriori de façon déterministe. Cette vision traditionnelle...
by Patrick N Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Hannibal is “an exciting biography of one of history’s greatest commanders…a thrilling page-turner” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about the brilliant general who successfully crossed the Alps with his war elephants and brought Rome to its knees, and who is still regarded today as one of...
The Twelve Caesars
The Dramatic Lives of the Emperors of Rome
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
An unforgettable depiction of the Roman empire at the height of its power and reach, and an elegantly sensational retelling of the lives and times of the twelve Caesars
One of the them was a military genius, one murdered his mother and fiddled while Rome burned, another earned the nickname...
by Richard A. Gabriel
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
The Romans' destruction of Carthage after the Third Punic War erased any Carthaginian historical record of Hannibal's life. What we know of him comes exclusively from Roman historians who had every interest in minimizing his success, exaggerating his failures, and disparaging his character. The charges...
Maximinus Thrax
From Common Soldier to Emperor of Rome
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
The first full-length biography of the half-barbarian emperor.
Maximinus was a Thracian tribesman of frightening appearance and colossal size” who could smash stones with his bare hands and pull fully laden wagons unaided. Such feats impressed the emperor Severus who enlisted Maximinus...
by Anthony Everitt
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
“A fascinating insight into the mind of the Roman emperor.”—Sunday Telegraph (London)
Born in A.D. 76, Hadrian lived through and ruled during a tempestuous era, a time when the Colosseum was opened to the public and Pompeii was buried under a mountain of lava and ash. Acclaimed author...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
There's much to learn about Ancient Rome, aside from their myths and architecture. In this book, you will learn about their humanity and how their societies operated. Can you see traces of Rome in your present-day community? Read the contents of this book and ponder. What is your answer?
Ancient Rome
From Romulus and Remus to the Visigoth Invasion
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Echoes of ancient Roman concepts of governance, law, and society still ring throughout the world today. A stranger to neither war nor wealth, ancient Rome was shaped as much by strife as it was by prosperity. The expansion of the Roman Empire was buoyed by this culture’s tendency to embrace traditions...
Summary and Analysis of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Based on the Book by Mary Beard
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of SPQR tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Mary Beard’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.
This short...
The Reach of Rome
A Journey Through the Lands of the Ancient Empire, Following a Coin
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
In this unconventional and accessible history, Italian best-seller Alberto Angela literally follows the money to map the reach and power of the Roman Empire. To see a map of the Roman Empire at the height of its territorial expansion is to be struck by its size, stretching from Scotland to Kuwait,...
by Mary Platt Parmele
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
A Short History of Rome traces the rise and fall of Rome, its conquests, cruelty and excess, its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia.
Gladiators
Deadly Arena Sports of Ancient Rome
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
A history of gladiators-with an added bite!
It’s hard for modern readers to truly grasp the spectacle that was arena sports in ancient Rome, which pitted man against man and man against beast in mortal combat. Our modern games of football and hockey, or even boxing and MMA, truly pale in...