Breve historia de Cleopatra

Conozca la vida y obra de la última reina de Egipto, que ascendió al trono en el año 51 a. C. con tan sólo dieciocho años de edad. Mujer ambiciosa y de extraordinaria inteligencia y belleza, dedicó su vida a tratar de salvar Egipto de ...

From Rome to Byzantium AD 363 to 565

the transformation of Ancient Rome

The Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome is a chronological history of Rome and the Roman world in eight volumes. From the city's first settlement to the collapse of the western empire and the emergence of Byzantium some 1,500 years later, each volume encapsulates ...

Warships of the Ancient World

3000-500 BC

The world's first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated. A wide variety of galleys and other types of warships were built by successive civilisations, each with ...

Jeroglíficos

Prólogo general y Libros I-V

La única e indiscutible concepción de los jeroglíficos hasta fines del siglo XVIII estaba fundada en la traducción que había hecho Ficino de Plotino, quien aseguraba que los egipcios, bien por medio de la ciencia o de forma casual, habían llegado a un método mediante ...

Roman historiography

Roman Historiography: An Introduction to its Basic Aspects and Development presents a comprehensive introduction to the development of Roman historical writings in both Greek and Latin, from the early annalists to Orosius and Procopius of Byzantium. Provides an accessible survey of every historical writer of ...

Los mesopotámicos

¿Mesopotámicos? ¡No existen! Sumerios, acadios, asirios, hurritas, sirios…, sí. Pero en el país del Tigres y del Éufrates nunca nadie se identificó como mesopotámico. Mientras el término Mesopotamia para designar la cuenca hidrográfica formada por los dos ríos está consagrado por el uso y el ...

The Roman Empire at bay

AD 180-395

The Roman Empire at Bay is the only one volume history of the critical years 180-395 AD, which saw the transformation of the Roman Empire from a unitary state centred on Rome, into a new polity with two capitals and a new religion-Christianity. The book ...

Frontiers of the Roman Empire = Grenzen des Römischen Reiches = Frontières de l'Empire Romain

the african frontiers = die Grenzen in Afrika = les frontières africaines

The frontiers of the Roman Empire form the largest surviving monument of one of the world's greatest states, and stretch for around 7500 km through 20 countries. The remains of these have been studied for many centuries. Inscriptions, sculpture, weapons, pottery and artefacts created ...

Ad Orientem: del final del Paleolítico en el norte de España a las primeras civilizaciones del Oriente Próximo

Estudios en homenaje al profesor Juan Antonio Fernández-Tresguerres Velasco

Libro que nace como homenaje al profesor Juan Antonio Fernández-Tresguerres Velasco fallecido en mayo de 2011 y que ha sido uno de los arqueólogos de mayor proyección internacional. Los estudios desarrollados en esta obra van desde el final del Paleolítico en el norte de España ...

Un episodio de la historia del paganismo en el siglo II d.C.

Alejandro de Abonuteico

INDICE: 1. Un episodio de la historia del paganismo en el siglo II d.C.: Alejandro de Abonuteico. 2. Alejandro de Abonuteico y el neopitágorismo. 3. Alejandro de Abonuteico y Franz Cumont en perspectiva. 4. Los dos Alejandros de F. Cumont. 5. Tematización bibliográfica actualizada ...

Niños en la Antigüedad

estudios sobre la infancia en el Mediterráneo antiguo

El volumen aborda varias cuestiones relacionadas con la infancia en diferentes culturas del Mediterráneo antiguo. Se propone una reflexión sobre el papel que los menores tuvieron en sus respectivas sociedades, siendo incluso contemplados como verdaderos objetos activos dentro de su ámbito vital. Varios especialistas españoles ...

Mercenaries in the Classical World

to the death of Alexander

Mercenaries were a significant factor in many of the wars of the Classical world, being employed in large numbers by many states. By far the most famous were Xenophon's 'Ten Thousand', who had to cut their way out of the Persian Empire after the ...

Ancient perspectives

maps and their place in mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome

"Ancient Perspectives" encompasses a vast arc of space and time - Western Asia to North Africa and Europe from the third millennium BCE to the fifth century CE - to explore mapmaking and worldviews in the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In each society ...

Luxor and its temples

This work, while aimed at a general audience, is by no means a dreary introductory textbook. Blackman perceptively answers the reader's most pressing questions about life in ancient Thebes, providing not only an informative text but also an engaging story. Topics covered include life ...

Approaches to healing in roman Egypt

The purpose of this study is to examine the healing strategies employed by the inhabitants of Egypt during the Roman period, from the late first century BC to the fourth century AD, in order to explore how Egyptian, Greek and Roman customs and traditions interacted ...

Macedonian armies after Alexander 323-168 BC

The death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC threw the Macedonians into confusion; there was no capable heir, and no clear successor among the senior figures in Alexander's circle. Initial attempts to preserve the unity of Alexander's conquests gave way to a ...

Historia de Grecia antigua

Desde la antigüedad, la Historia de Grecia ha despertado el interés y la curiosidad por ser el alba de nuestra cultura y civilización. Las artes, las ciencias y las formas políticas han encontrado allí su origen. Este libro pretende familiarizar al lector con todas estas ...

Expedition to disaster

the athenian mission to Sicily 415 BC

The Athenian expedition to conquer Sicily was one of the pivotal events of the classical period. At this time (415 BC), Athens was locked in a decades-long struggle with Sparta for mastery of the Greek world. The expedition to Sicily was intended to give Athens ...

Greek and roman dress from A to Z

Who dressed as a woman in an attempt to commit adultery with Julius Caesar's wife? How did the ancient Greeks make blusher from seaweed? Just how does one wear a toga? If, as many claim, the importance of clothes lies in their detail, then ...

Greek and roman dress from A to Z

Who dressed as a woman in an attempt to commit adultery with Julius Caesar's wife? How did the ancient Greeks make blusher from seaweed? Just how does one wear a toga? If, as many claim, the importance of clothes lies in their detail, then ...