What made Virgil special was the artisanship behind his work (which was political, but gracefully and passionately evoked the soul) and the way in which he shaped his borrowed material to his and Augustus's and Rome's purposes.
Der deutsche Historiker Theodor Mommsen erhielt 1902 als erster Deutscher den Nobelpreis für Literatur für die Veröffentlichung seiner mehrbändigen Darstellung der Römischen Geschichte.
En La vida cotidiana en Roma, Miguel Ángel Novillo López, haciendo uso de su rigor como historiador y empleando un estilo ágil y ameno, aúna la magnífica historia de la vida cotidiana en la antigua Roma combinando y analizando para ello una gran variedad de fuentes y materiales de diversa naturaleza.
Fortsetzung von Band I - Das mittlerweile jugendliche "Keltenkind" Velent folgt seinem Lehrmeister, dem hünenhaften Schmied Degenar, in den römischen Marktort Mattiacum an der Logana (Lahn).
Un texto fascinante y equilibrado que estudia detenidamente cómo Roma se convirtió en la primera aldea global y, a su vez, la forma en que la urbe y su imperio constituyeron el primer fenómeno de globalización.
Featuring over 130 colour maps of ancient physical and human landscapes spanning Britain to India and deep into the Sahara, this atlas is a compact kaleidoscope of peoples, migrations, empires, strife, cultures, cities and travels from Greece's Bronze Age to Rome's fall in the West.
Featuring over 130 colour maps of ancient physical and human landscapes spanning Britain to India and deep into the Sahara, this atlas is a compact kaleidoscope of peoples, migrations, empires, strife, cultures, cities and travels from Greece's Bronze Age to Rome's fall in the West.
A provocative account of Jewish encounters with the public baths of ancient RomePublic bathhouses embodied the Roman way of life, from food and fashion to sculpture and sports.
For over three centuries, the inhabitants of North Britain faced the might of Rome, resulting in some of the most extraordinary archaeology of the ancient world.
Timeless political wisdom from ancient history's greatest statesmanMarcus Cicero, Rome's greatest statesman and orator, was elected to the Roman Republic's highest office at a time when his beloved country was threatened by power-hungry politicians, dire economic troubles, foreign turmoil, and political parties that refused to work together.
The eighteen papers collected in this volume - fifteen of which are published in English for the first time - explore the transformations of religious practices between the third and the fifth centuries in the Western part of the Roman Empire.
Die griechische Geisteswelt hat sich in Abhängigkeit vom Alten Testament entwickelt, wobei die Offenbarung mitunter verfälscht wurde – so die Sicht der Kirchenväter.
The Histories of Polybius is one of antiquity's most ambitious works of historical explanation, tracing Rome's rise to Mediterranean supremacy between 264 and 146 BCE.
LA VIDA DE UN HOMBRE QUE FUE CAPAZ DE CAMBIAR LA HISTORIA DE ROMAEste libro no es solo una completa biografía de Julio César, sino también una crónica de la decadencia y la caída del sistema republicano en Roma.
Siguiendo el estilo de su libro Gladiadores: mito y realidad (Evohé, 2011), Fernando Lillo nos introduce esta vez en el fascinante y poco conocido mundo de las carreras del circo de Roma y Bizancio.
En este libro de clara intención divulgativa, mediante el texto de Fernando Lillo Redonet y las ilustraciones a color de Sandra Delgado, conoceremos a los gladiadores antes y durante el espectáculo, así como el impacto de estos combates en el público de ayer y hoy.
A provocative account of Jewish encounters with the public baths of ancient RomePublic bathhouses embodied the Roman way of life, from food and fashion to sculpture and sports.
This book explores the place of birds in Roman myth and everyday life, focusing primarily on the transitional period of 100 BCE to 100 CE within the Italian peninsula.
This book explores the place of birds in Roman myth and everyday life, focusing primarily on the transitional period of 100 BCE to 100 CE within the Italian peninsula.
