An essential introduction to Josephus's momentous war narrativeThe Jewish War is Josephus's superbly evocative account of the Jewish revolt against Rome, which was crushed in 70 CE with the siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple.
In recent decades, scholars have argued that the Roman Republic's political culture was essentially democratic in nature, stressing the central role of the 'sovereign' people and their assemblies.
This book is a study of the fourth-century sophist Libanius, a major intellectual figure who ran one of the most prestigious schools of rhetoric in the later Roman Empire.
The Crisis of Catiline situates students in Rome in 63 BCE during a time of urban and rural tumult, economic instability, sensational trials, and electoral misconduct.
Ausgehend von der kulturellen Relevanz, welche antiken Artefakten in der Frühen Neuzeit zukam, widmet sich der interdisziplinäre Band jenen druckgraphischen Werken, die ab dem 16.
Die dunkle Seite der MachtMichael Sommer erweckt eines der turbulentesten Kapitel der römischen Geschichte zum Leben: skupellose Politiker wie Caesar, Pompeius und Clodius, Bandenkriege und Tabubrüche.
"Diese Enzyklopädie des gesamten naturkundlichen Wissen des Altertums wurde von Plinius aus griechischen und römischen Quellen zusammengestellt und nach Sachgruppen geordnet.
This commentary offers the reader a set of letters (or letter parts) written by Cicero, Paul, and Seneca, which have been selected against the Transformational Leadership categories of 'idealised influence', 'inspirational motivation', 'intellectual stimulation', and 'individualised consideration'.
From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 yearsWhat does the face of power look like?
Die anonyme Erzählung von Alexander und Semiramis geht auf eine persisch-osmanische Vorlage des "Turandot"-Stoffes zurück, die nach den Konventionen des späten byzantinischen Liebesromans umgearbeitet wurde.
The Barbarians Speak re-creates the story of Europe's indigenous people who were nearly stricken from historical memory even as they adopted and transformed aspects of Roman culture.
In A City of Marble, Kathleen Lamp argues that classical rhetorical theory shaped the Augustan cultural campaigns and that in turn the Augustan cultural campaigns functioned rhetorically to help Augustus gain and maintain power and to influence civic identity and participation in the Roman Principate (27 b.
Documento etnográfico y político, económico y cultural de primer orden, esta obra es un arsenal precioso de datos para el estudio de la historia de los pueblos de la cuenca del Mediterráneo.
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.
Con ocasión del bimilenario de la muerte de Augusto en 2014, nos sumamos a la conmemoración internacional de esta efeméride con una serie de actividades que tomaron como hilo conductor el tratamiento interdisciplinar de la mujer en el saeculum augustum.
How the latest cutting-edge science offers a fuller picture of life in Rome and antiquityThis groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive look at how the latest advances in the sciences are transforming our understanding of ancient Roman history.
Through much of its history, Italy was Europe's heart of the arts, an artistic playground for foreign elites and powers who bought, sold, and sometimes plundered countless artworks and antiquities.