Mothering and motherhood in Ancient Greece and Rome

Motherhood played a central role in ancient Greece and Rome, despite the virtual absence of female participation in the public spheres of life. Mothers could wield enormous influence as the reproductive bodies of society and, in many cases, of culture. Yet motherhood and acts of ...

La crisis de la República Romana

crónica de unos años decisivos (60-49 a.C.)

ÍNDICE: Prefacio Prólogo Capítulo I. El marco general de la crisis republicana Capítulo II. De la alianza tripartita (Triunvirato, 60 a.C.) al tribunazo de Clodio (58 a.C) Capítulo III. Los años porteriores hasta la "conferencia" de Luca (55 a.C.) Capítulo IV. La ...

Rome on the Euphrates

the story of a frontier

When Roman legions marched into Asia Minor in 200BC, their plan was to secure a buffer zone between the Mediterranean, which they virtually owned, and the area beyond, which they sought to isolate rather than control. Along the long frontier of the Euphrates in Turkey ...

The late Medieval English Church

vitality and vulnerability before the break with Rome

The later medieval English church is invariably viewed through the lens of the Reformation that transformed it. But in this bold and provocative book historian G. W. Bernard examines it on its own terms, revealing a church with vibrant faith and great energy. Bernard looks ...

Everyday writing in the graeco-roman east

Most of the everyday writing from the ancient world - that is, informal writing not intended for a long life or wide public distribution - has perished. Reinterpreting the silences and blanks of the historical record, leading papyrologist Roger S. Bagnall convincingly argues that ordinary people - from ...

Imperial Rome, AD 284 to 363

the new empire

A distinct perspective on the momentous religious change in the region Diocletian (284-305) and his principal successor, Constantine (306-337), would rule the Roman world for over half a century and Constantine's sons would build on their legacy. Administrative reform encouraged the rise of a ...

Rome and the Mediterranean, 290 to 146 BC

the Imperial Republic

Rome's stunning rise to mastery of the ancient Mediterranean Nathan Rosenstein charts Rome's incredible journey and command of the Mediterranean over the course of the third and second centuries BC. He describes the Republic's great wars - against Pyrrhus, Carthage and Hannibal, and ...

Historia de la Antigua Roma

Sumario: Unidad didáctica 1. Roma y su entorno geográfico. Protohistoria italiana, génesis de una civilización Unidad didáctica 2. Roma, a la conquista del Mediterráneo. Doscientos años de un imperio en construcción Unidad didáctica 3. Roma, del final de la república al principio del imperio. Guerras ...

Urban development and regional identity in the Eastern Roman Provinces, 50 BC-AD 250

Aphrodisias, Ephesos, Athens, Gerasa

Providing a comparative treatment of four cities of the eastern Roman empire in the period 50 BC-AD 250 -- Aphrodisias and Ephesos in Turkey, Athens in Greece and Gerasa in Jordan -- this carefully researched study examines the instrumental factors behind regional and local urban developments and ...

Plautus and roman slavery

This book offers an innovative way of both thinking about the history of Roman slavery and a method for finding and interpreting evidence of slave experience in the Roman world through the work of Plautus, one of the great Roman dramatists. • Ground-breaking new approach to ...

La antigua Roma por cinco dracmas al día

"La antigua Roma por cinco denarios al día" ofrece toda la información necesaria para viajar en el tiempo y visitar Roma en el 200 d.C. Sólo necesitas llevar tu imaginación y un cepillo de dientes. El libro contiene consejos sobre cómo organizar tu viaje ...

El Imperio Romano de Trajano a Marco Aurelio

(Revista Desperta Ferro. Antigua y Medieval, Nº 11, año 2012)

SUMARIO: • Las legiones del siglo II d. C., por Julio Rodríguez González. • Los dioses entran en campaña. Los cultos militares en las legiones del Imperio, por Francisco José Gómez Fernández. • El legionario romano del s. II d.C., por José Sánchez Toledo. • Enemigos de Roma ...

Decadencia y caída del Imperio Romano

Volumen I

El británico Edward Gibbon es uno de los historiadores que mayor influjo ha ejercido y, desde luego, el primero que puede considerarse auténticamente moderno. Su obra The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, publicada en seis volúmenes entre 1776 y 1778 ...

Pompey

leadership, strategy, conflict

Pompey, or Pompey the Great, was one of the best military leaders of the late Roman Republic. His campaigns against the Marians, his battles in Hispania and his defeat of the Mediterranean pirates launched him to political stardom where he became an ally of Julius ...

La rebelión de Espartaco

Tras la muerte de Cornelio Sila, el optimate que se proclamó dictador tras una cruenta guerra civil en los años 80 a.C., la República romana se enfrentó a enemigos mortales tanto en Hispania (Sertorio) como en Asia menor (Mitrídates). Muerto Sila en el año ...

Handbook to roman legionary fortresses

Mike Bishop here provides a handy reference guide to every securely identified Roman legionary fortress. An introductory section details the main building types, the development of fortress plans and construction, their defences and infrastructure. The main body of the book, however, comprises the gazetteer, detailing ...

Roman Centurions, 31 BC-AD 500

the Classical and Late Empire

In the years between 31 BC and AD 500 the Romans carved out a mighty empire stretching from Britain to the deserts of North Africa. The men who spearheaded this expansion were the centurions, the tough, professional warriors who led from the front, exerted savage ...

Arde Roma

la caída del emperador Nerón y su ciudad

El 19 de julio del año 64 d.C, mientras la ciudad de Roma se preparaba para la celebración de los Juegos, se desató un pequeño incendio en una tienda situada a espaldas del Circo Máximo. A lo largo de más de cinco días, el ...

In search of the romans

In Search of the Romans introduces six key areas of the Roman world: history, religion, society, entertainment, Pompeii, and Herculaneum. Each chapter can be read independently, although there are many cross-references and links between each of them. There are also useful Appendices on the city ...

Summoned to the roman courts

famous trials from antiquity

Summoned to the Roman Courts is the first work by Detlef Liebs, an internationally recognized expert on ancient Roman law, to be made available in English. Originally presented as a series of popular lectures, this book brings to life a thousand years of Roman history ...