European history: the Romans

A sweeping intellectual history of the role of wealth in the church in the last days of the Roman EmpireJesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven.

"In ihrem Rundtempel auf dem Forum Romanum hüteten die sechs jungfräulichen Priesterinnen der Vesta Tag und Nacht das ewige Feuer sowie weitere Heil(ig)tümer, die Roms Existenz sichern sollten.

This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy.

What was really going on at Roman banquets?

These essays gather up Rome and hold it before us, bristling and dense and dreamlike, with every scene drenched in the sound of fountains, of leaping and falling water.

Despite intermittent turbulence and destruction, much of the Roman West came under barbarian control in an orderly fashion.

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

From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire.

The story of one of the most brilliant, flamboyant and historically important men who ever lived.

Der römische Senat, einst als bescheidener Rat der Ältesten gegründet, entwickelte sich über die Jahrhunderte zu einer der mächtigsten Institutionen der antiken Welt.

The world often misunderstands its greatest men while neglecting others entirely.

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.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!

A major reinterpretation of Horace's famous literary manualFor two millennia, the Ars Poetica (Art of Poetry), the 476-line literary treatise in verse with which Horace closed his career, has served as a paradigmatic manual for writers.

Despite her status as one of history's most important women, the story of Galla Placidia's life has been largely forgotten.

A multifaceted exploration of the interplay between civic and military life in ancient RomeThe ancient Romans famously distinguished between civic life in Rome and military matters outside the city-a division marked by the pomerium, an abstract religious and legal boundary that was central to the myth of the city's foundation.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!

IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!

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.

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'.

A selection of the most important sources for the cultural and political context of the early Roman Empire and the New Testament writings, Roman Imperial Texts includes freshly translated public speeches, official inscriptions, annals, essays, poems, and documents of veiled protest from the Empire’s subject peoples —all introduced by Mark Reasoner.

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.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!

Tauchen Sie ein in die dramatische Welt der Seeschlachten, die die Geschichte prägten.

Erleben Sie die faszinierende Geschichte eines Mannes, der von den Randgebieten des Römischen Reiches bis an die Spitze der Macht aufstieg.

Die anonymen Consularia Constantinopolitana bieten neben einer romischen Konsulliste bis 468 n.

The Sunday Times bestsellerAD 54.

The Peace of the Gods takes a new approach to the study of Roman elites' religious practices and beliefs, using current theories in psychology, sociology, and anthropology, as well as cultural and literary studies.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

What was really going on at Roman banquets?

A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home.

Stories about brothers were central to Romans' public and poetic myth making, to their experience of family life, and to their ideas about intimacy among men.

This book offers a distinctive take on the civil wars that unfolded in the Late Roman Republic.

This superb guide brings the work of Filippo Coarelli, one of the most widely published and well-known scholars of Roman topography, archeology and art, to a broad English-language audience.

Marius: On the Elements is a groundbreaking exploration of twelfth-century scientific thought, revealing the remarkable intellectual rigor and experimental focus of its time.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.