European history: the Romans

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature.

Drawing from a rich corpus of art works, including sarcophagi, tomb paintings, and floor mosaics, Patrick R.

The Roman Empire has been a source of inspiration and a model for imitation for Western empires practically since the moment Rome fell.

What did the Romans know about their world?

People in the ancient world thought of vision as both an ethical tool and a tactile sense, akin to touch.

Poetry is often said to resist translation, its integration of form and meaning rendering even the best translations problematic.

In the global marketplace of ideas, few realms spark as much conflict as religion.

Latin epics such as Virgil's Aeneid, Lucan's Civil War, and Statius's Thebaid addressed Roman aristocrats whose dealings in gifts, favors, and payments defined their conceptions of social order.

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.

A new account of the famous site and story of the last stand of a group of Jewish rebels who held out against the Roman EmpireTwo thousand years ago, 967 Jewish men, women, and childrenthe last holdouts of the revolt against Rome following the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Second Templereportedly took their own lives rather than surrender to the Roman army.

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year' Sunday Telegraph'On nearly every page a random passage takes one's breath away' The TimesHave you ever heard the march of legions on a lonely country road?

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.

What was really going on at Roman banquets?

A detailed account of Severus' reign with particular emphasis on his military campaigns against the Parthians and the Garamantes in North Africa.

This wide-ranging study examines the Byzantine Empire's network of military fortifications from the Aegean to Asia Minor and Africa.

'A brilliant concept, executed with enviable elegance' Lucy Worsley'A gem of a book.

Marcus Aurelius: Der große Philosoph-KaiserVon Lucius T.

People in the ancient world thought of vision as both an ethical tool and a tactile sense, akin to touch.

The book that inspired the stories of Gladiator & Gladiator II: Step into the ring with this classic, in-depth account of the ancient Romans' obsession with the bloody and brutal games.

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The Romans' destruction of Carthage after the Third Punic War erased any Carthaginian historical record of Hannibal's life.

Peter Eichs Biographie Gregors des Großen (um 540 – 604) führt die Leser in die römische Welt in der Zeit zwischen Antike und Mittelalter.