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?
Benjamin Patrick Newton''s translation of Cicero’s On Duties is the most complete edition of a text that has been considered a source of moral authority throughout classical, medieval, and modern times.
A primer on campaigning in ancient Rome that reads like a strategy memo from a modern political consultantHow to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines.
Feldherr, Aristokrat, Wohltäter: Eine fesselnde Geschichte voller Intrigen und Genüsse Sein Ruf als Gourmet ist bis heute sprichwörtlich, sein Rang als Politiker hingegen völlig vergessen: Lucullus gehört zu den letzten Verteidigern einer freien römischen Republik.
Der römische Senat, einst als bescheidener Rat der Ältesten gegründet, entwickelte sich über die Jahrhunderte zu einer der mächtigsten Institutionen der antiken Welt.
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.
"Diese Enzyklopädie des gesamten naturkundlichen Wissen des Altertums wurde von Plinius aus griechischen und römischen Quellen zusammengestellt und nach Sachgruppen geordnet.
Few surviving works of classical literature have cast the haunting, hilarious, insightful, and eerie spell conjured by the Satyricon of the Neronian courtier and eventual victim Petronius.
What modern economics can tell us about ancient RomeThe quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution.
In recent years, Roman political thought has attracted increased attention as intellectual historians and political theorists have explored the influence of the Roman republic on major thinkers from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.
Der Sammelband enthält dreizehn Aufsätze von Hanns Christof Brennecke, die zeigen, wie das Christentum der Kaiserzeit und der Spätantike in den Kontext des Imperium Romanum eingebettet ist.
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'.
How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient worldHere is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire.
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.
From the moment a child in ancient Rome began to speak Latin, the surrounding world became populated with objects possessing grammatical gender-masculine eyes (oculi), feminine trees (arbores), neuter bodies (corpora).
"Diese Enzyklopädie des gesamten naturkundlichen Wissen des Altertums wurde von Plinius aus griechischen und römischen Quellen zusammengestellt und nach Sachgruppen geordnet.
