A chronology of the Roman Empire

Ed. Timothy Venning ; Introduction by John F. Drinkwater. This work provides, for the first time, a chronological reference for the entire Roman state and its neighbours. Events of each year are covered in detail listing the elected consuls, major battles as well as political and ...

The tyrants of Syracuse

war in Ancient Sicily.Volume I: 480-367 B.C.

This is the story of one of the most important classical cities, Syracuse, and its struggles (both internal and external) for freedom and survival. Situated at the heart of the Mediterranean, Syracuse was caught in the middle as Carthage, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Athens and then ...

Life, death, and entertainment in the Roman Empire

Life, Death, and Entertainment gives those with a general interest in Roman antiquity a starting point, informed by the latest developments in scholarship, for understanding the extraordinary range of Roman society. Family structure, slavery, gender identity, food supply, religion, and entertainment---all crucial parts of the ...

Theatrum Pompei

forma y arquitectura de la génesis del modelo teatral de Roma

Este libro se preocupa fundamentalmente de la forma del teatro construido por Gn. Pompeyo Magno. Forma, en sentido clásico, esencia y abastracción a partir de una materialidad de base, agente vivo de un concepto, posterioy aglomerado descriptivo de su contiene y revelador de la expresión ...

The navies of Rome

Both welcome and useful. (...) This is a narrative history as well as a focused study of the development of the ships, officers, and crews and the overall naval establishment. Recommended. CHOICE The Roman Navy was the most powerful maritime force ever to have existed. It ...

Cladius Caesar

image and power in the Early Roman Empire

The story of Claudius has often been told before. Ancient writers saw the emperor as the dupe of his wives and palace insiders; Robert Graves tried to rehabilitate him as a far shrewder, if still frustrated, politician. Josiah Osgood shifts the focus off the personality ...

Money in classical antiquity

This is the first book to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the impact of money on the economy, society and culture of the Greek and Roman worlds. It uses new approaches in economic history to explore how money affected the economy in antiquity and demonstrates ...

Romans, narnarians, and the transformation of the Roman World

Eds. Ralph W. Mathisen, Danuta Shanzer. One of the most significant transformations of the Roman world in Late Antiquity was the integration of barbarian people into the social, cultural, religious, and political milieu of the Mediterranean world. The nature of these transformations was considered at ...

El viaje y sus riesgos

los peligros de viajar en el mundo greco-romano

A pesar de la abrumadora cantidad de referencias que demuestran de manera irrefutable la presencia de viajeros griegos y romanos en los más remotos confines del mundo, a pesar de la existencia de embajadas y contactos internacionales frecuentes desde los orígenes del Estado y, a ...

From Alexander to Jesus

Scholars have long recognized the relevance to Christianity of the many stories surrounding the life of Alexander the Great, who claimed to be the son of Zeus. But until now, no comprehensive effort has been made to connect the mythic life and career of Alexander ...

The Poison King

the life and legend of mithradates Rome's deadliest enemy

Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against poison. His life inspired Mozart's first opera, while for centuries poets and playwrights recited bloody, romantic tales of his victories, defeats, intrigues, concubines, and mysterious death. But until now no modern ...

Paul

a brief history

Seesengood traces the life and impact of Paul -one of Christianity#s most influential figures- through the major periods Christian history. Exploring the changing interpretations of Paul and his work, the author throws new light on his writings and on religious history. Offers a unique ...

Teodosio

último emperador de Roma, primer emperador católico

Teodosio I (nacido en el año 346 y muerte en 395) fue el último emperador romano que gobernó todo el Imperio unido. De origen hispano, era un noble militar perteneciente a una rica familia de la aristocracia. El año 379 ascendió de forma meteórica y ...

Adriano

la biografía de un emperador que cambió el curso de la historia

El reinado del emperador Adriano (76-138 d.C.), entre los años 117 y 138 d.C., marcó un hito en la historia del Imperio Romano. La presente obra, «que deja obsoletos todos los trabajos realizados anteriormente sobre Adriano» (Times Literary Supplement), es la primera exposición ...

Alexander the Great

a Life in Legend

Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) precipitated immense historical change in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. But the resonance his legend achieved over the next two millennia stretched even farther#across foreign cultures, religious traditions, and distant nations. This engaging and handsomely illustrated book ...

Al Oeste del Eden

las primeras sociedades agrícolas en la Europa mediterranea

Se ha adoptado como modelo de expansión una perspectiva regional: el origen y expansión de las primitivas sociedades agrícolas en un área del Viejo Mundo compuesta por la Europa mediterránea y el Próximo Oriente.

La técnica en el Mundo Antiguo

una introducción

Entendida como el conjunto de «todo tipo de artefactos, sistemas, procedimientos y acciones humanas que se aplican en la obtención y transformación de materiales, así como la producción de nuevos artefactos con el fin de su aprovechamiento», la técnica es un ámbito de conocimiento capital ...

Augustan Rome, 44 BC to AD 14

the restoration of the Republic and the establishment of the Empire

The reign of Augustus, the first of the Roman emperors, has been seen, both by contemporaries and over the centuries that have followed, as a pivotal moment in the history of Rome. The final stage in the move to monarchical government and the structures he ...

Augustine's manichaean dilemma

1. Conversion and apostasy, 373-388 C.E.

Augustine of Hippo is history's best-known Christian convert. The very concept of conversio owes its dissemination to Augustine's Confessions, and yet, as Jason BeDuhn notes, conversion in Augustine is not the sudden, dramatic, and complete transformation of self we likely remember it to ...

Grandes asedios de las legiones romanas

Una lectura amena y didáctica que te entretiene con los detalles, orígenes e historias que se desarrollaron a través de los principales asedios. Aparte del texto,trae una colección extensa de láminas con mapitas, croquis y dibujos de diferentes asedios así como su explicación