69 A.D.

the year of four emperors

The Year of Four Emperors, so the ancient sources assure us, was one of the most chaotic, violent and frightening periods in all Roman history: a time of assassinations and civil wars, of armies so out of control that they had no qualms about occupying ...

Sectes religieuses

en Grèce et à Rome dans l'Antiquité Païenne

Ce livre propose d'étudier les principales sectes païennes (hors christianisme) de l'Antiquité gréco-romaine. La secte se définit comme un groupe religieux qui éclôt et se développe en marge de la religion ou des religions dominantes, voire contre elles, L'Antiquité païenne a bien ...

A brief history of the romans

How did a single village in Italy grow to become a world-class imperial power? This introduction, a new and shorter version of the authors' "The Romans: From Village to Empire", is an inviting guide to the stages of Rome's remarkable political and military evolution ...

Atila

el Rey bárbaro que desafió a Roma

Durante veinte cruciales años a comienzos del siglo V, Atila tuvo el destino del imperio romano y el futuro de toda Europa en sus manos. El decadente imperio, que dominaba el mundo occidental desde su doble capital de Roma y Constantinopla, estaba amenazado por tribus ...

Artillería y poliorcética en el mundo grecorromano

INDICE: Introducción. Fuentes para el estudio de la maquinaria bélica. La maquinaria bélica en el mundo grecorromano. La poliorcética grecorromana. La maquinaria bélica en Hispania. La artillería en la guerra naval. Las armas incendiarias. La arqueología experimental. Conclusiones. Apéndices documentales. Bibliografía. Índice de figuras.

Caesar`s legacy

Civil War and the emergence of the Roman Empire

In April 44 BC the eighteen-year-old Gaius Octavius landed in Italy and launched his take-over of the Roman world. Defeating first Caesar's assassins, then the son of Pompey the Great, and finally Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, he dismantled the old Republic, took ...

From roman provinces to medieval kingdoms

From a prestigious figure in late antique and medieval studies, this collection of essays by leading scholars provides a thorough reassessment of the medieval era which questions how, when and why the Middle Ages began, and how abruptly the shift from Roman Empire to Barbarian ...

Un parti hispanique à Rome?

ascension des élites hispaniques et pouvoir politique d'Auguste à Hadrien (27 av.J.-C. - 138 ap.J.-C.)

Au terme d'un demi-siècle de guerres civiles, l'Empire romain connaît, avec la mise en place du principat par Auguste, deux siècles de stabilité et de paix intérieure. Cette période se caractérise par une volonté d'intégration des provinces conquises sous la République. Dans ...

Ancient tyranny

This book examines the autocratic rulers and dynasties of classical Greece and Rome and the changing concepts of tyranny in political thought and culture. It brings together historians, political theorists and philosophers, all offering new perspectives on the autocratic governments of the ancient world. The ...

Historiography at the end of the Republic

provincial perspectives on Roman rule

This study of six historians from the edges of the Roman world at the end of the Republic - the author of "I Maccabees", "Posidonius", "Diodorus Siculus", "Pompeius Trogus", "Nicolaus of Damascus", and "Memnon of Heraclea" - combines discussion of their biographical details, the intellectual and elite ...

Spectacular power in the greek and roman city

This study of the visible representation of power and prestige, in both Greek and Roman polities of the ancient world, demonstrates the importance of crowds' aesthetic and emotional judgement upon leaders and their ambitious claims for immediate and lasting significance. The spectacular rhetorics of a ...

Christians at Rome in the first two centuries

from Paul to Valentinus

Investigating the rise and shape of the earliest churches in Rome, Lampe integrates history, archaeology, theology, and social analysis. He also takes a close look at inscriptional evidence to complement the reading of the great literary texts: from Paul's letter to the Romans to ...

Manuel d'épigraphie romaine

Ce manuel d'Epigraphie romaine - dont le titre précise qu'il a voulu intégrer l'apport des inscriptions rédigées en grec dans la partie orientale du monde romain - s'efforce de faire le point des acquis de la discipline depuis la parution du Cours d ...

Cenas reales y presuntas

la casuística de las comidas romanas

Publicado originalmente como ensayo en 1839, Cenas reales y presuntas es un irónico y divertido relato de la evolución de las costumbres gastronómicas de la Antigua Roma. Thomas de Quincey, uno de los grandes prosistas de la literatura inglesa moderna, despliega en estas páginas una ...

The governor and his subjects in the later roman empire

INDICE: The position of the governor in administration, A.D. Governors : their position, titles and ranks. The governor's office.The governor's role in jurisdiction and taxation. Governors and higher authorities. The governor as judge : competence versus corruption. Governors' competence in law. Provincials' expectations ...

Une éducation grecque

rites de passage et construction des genres dans le roman grec ancien

Le roman grec suscite depuis trente ans un intérêt croissant parmi les spécialistes de l#Antiquité, mais sa légitimité en tant que source historique est encore discutée. Comment en effet extraire des données historiques de fictions en prose qui, composées par des Grecs vivant dans ...

Calígula

Calígula, emperador romanao del 37 al 41 de nuestra era, fue considerado como el prototipo de la maldad de los Césares romanos: insestuoso, quiso hacer cónsul a su caballo y planeaba trasladar la capital del Imperio a Alejandría. "Sin motivo alguno", persiguió con saña a ...

Sexual morality in ancient Rome

Traditionally, scholars have approached Roman sexuality using categories of sexual ethics drawn from contemporary, Western society. In this book Dr Langlands seeks to move away from these towards a deeper understanding of the issues that mattered to the Romans themselves, and the ways in which ...

The Cambridge companion to Herodotus

Herodotus' Histories is the first major surviving prose work from antiquity. Its range of interests is immense, covering the whole of the known world and much beyond, and it culminates in a detailed account of the Persian Wars of the early fifth century BC. Moreover ...

A companion to the Roman Republic

This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican history as it is currently practiced. Highlights recent developments, including archaeological discoveries, fresh approaches to textual sources, and the opening up of new areas of historical study. Retains the drama of the Republic's ...