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  • L'incredibile storia di Roma antica

    by Andrea Frediani ...
    Segreti, condottieri, personaggi, sfide e grandi battaglieLa storia di Roma è la somma di tante storie epiche e memorabili, gesti disperati, eroici, spregiudicati, di protagonisti disposti a tutto pur di affermare la propria ambizione, ma anche il dominio sul mondo di una città capace di superare le più atroci disfatte e le difficoltà più estreme. Gli episodi accertati storicamente non sono meno ... Read more

    6,99 €

  • Cleopatra

    La regina che sfidò Roma e conquistò l’eternità

    by Alberto Angela ...
    Il mondo di oggi non sarebbe lo stesso senza Cleopatra, una donna di potere, intelligente e abile che appartiene all'immaginario collettivo universale, ma la cui figura storica è ancora per molti aspetti avvolta nel mistero e non priva di risvolti enigmatici.Alberto Angela ha deciso di ricostruire le vicende della regina che in un certo senso ha conquistato Roma, rintracciando fonti storiche e ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • SPQR

    A History of Ancient Rome

    by Professor Mary Beard ...
    Ancient Rome matters.Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today.SPQR is a new look at Roman history ... Read more

    10,38 €

  • Son of Mars

    A Novella of Ancient Rome

    by Vincent B. II Davis ...
    Series Book 1 - The Marius Scrolls
    Before Julius Caesar ruled Rome, his uncle Gaius Marius was the most powerful man in the eternal city. Once a provincial nobody with a ruined family, Marius only had one way to power: the sword.Years later, he writes to his protege Quintus Sertorius, explaining to him how he rose through the ranks of the Roman legion to become the most powerful man in the Republic.He wants to encourage and inspire ... Read more

    Free

  • The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

    Volumes I and II

    by Suetonius ...
    The Lives of the Twelve Caesars by 2nd Century Roman historian Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus is our key primary source for biographical information of the first twelve rulers of ancient Rome - Emperors Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus and Domitian.This new digital edition of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars includes an image gallery ... Read more

    0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE COMPLETE VOLUMES 1 - 6

    [Deluxe Annotated & Illustrated Ultimate Edition] Including Many Colorful Timeline Maps, Illustrations, Photographs, Plus BONUS ENTIRE Audiobook Narration

    by Edward Gibbon ...
    HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE COMPLETE VOLUMES 1 - 6 [Deluxe Annotated & Illustrated Ultimate Edition] Including Many Colorful Timeline Maps, Illustrations, Photographs, Plus BONUS ENTIRE Audio Narration."Enjoy the most thorough & complete edition of this book anywhere to be found!"*** Featuring Dynamic Chapter Navigation and Professional Formatting for a Premium Reading ... Read more

    1,79 €

  • Rubicon

    The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic

    by Tom Holland ...
    'The bloodstained drama of the last decades of the Roman republic... is told afresh with tremendous wit, narrative verve and insight''I owe a debt of gratitude to Tom Holland not just for reminding me of the great figures who bestrode the Roman world - Pompey and Crassus, Cato, Cicero and Caesar - but for explaining what it was that made Rome the greatest superpower the world has known, why it ... Read more

    8,49 €

  • L'ultimo giorno di Roma

    by Alberto Angela ...
    Series Book 1 - La trilogia di Nerone
    EDIZIONE SPECIALE CON DEDICA ESCLUSIVA DI ALBERTO ANGELAL'ULTIMO GIORNO DI ROMA: il primo libro della “Trilogia di Nerone” dedicata al più controverso imperatore di Roma e all’incendio del 64 d.C.“Un bestseller annunciato, ma è all’altezza delle aspettative? Assolutamente sì. L’autore, come è suo metodo, ci porta dentro la Storia”.Il Venerdì di Repubblica"Un racconto dallo stile cinemato... ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • The Complete Tacitus Anthology

    The Histories, The Annals, Germania, Agricola, A Dialogue on Oratory

    by Publius Cornelius Tacitus ...
    Series series Texts From Ancient Rome
    Publius Cornelius Tacitus (AD56 - AD117) was a Roman orator, lawyer and senator. He is considered one of antiquities greatest historians. The surviving portions of his major works - "The Histories" and "The Annals" - examine the reigns of the Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the "Year of the Four Emperors". These two works cover the span of history from the death of ... Read more

    2,49 €

  • The Roman Empire: 20 Must-Read Books

    Foundational Histories, Biographies, Campaigns, and Stoic Reflections on Power, Citizenship, and Rome's Decline

    by Plutarch, Livy, Julius Caesar, Emperor of Rome Augustus, Suetonius, Tacitus, Polybius, Marcus Aurelius, Harold Whetstone Johnston, Edward Gibbon, Theodor Mommsen, A. H. J. Greenidge, John Bagnell Bury, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Marc Monnier, Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, W. Lucas Collins ...
    The Roman Empire: 20 Must-Read Books assembles a capacious archive of Roman power, civic life, warfare, moral reflection, and historical memory. Moving between annalistic history, military narrative, biography, political commentary, philosophy, and later scholarly synthesis, the volume traces Rome from republican expansion through imperial consolidation and decline. Accounts of conquest, imperial ... Read more

    0,99 €

  • Vita segreta degli imperatori romani

    by Sara Prossomariti ...
    Dalla musica di Nerone alle monete dei bordelli di Tiberio: abitudini, passioni e vizi dei grandi sovrani di RomaDegli imperatori romani, in genere, si tendono a ricordare le grandi conquiste militari, le innovazioni in campo sociale ed economico o il grande impulso dato alle arti. Alcuni, come Nerone o Caligola, sono famosi anche per la loro crudeltà e la condotta irrazionale o indolente. Ma la ... Read more

    4,99 €

  • Wolves of Rome

    by Valerio Massimo Manfredi ...
    Translated by Christine Feddersen Manfredi ...
    From the international bestselling Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Wolves of Rome is a historical thriller about two brothers and the betrayal of Teutoburg Forest that devastated the Roman Empire. This is a must read for fans of Simon Scarrow, Ben Kane and Conn Iggulden.Bound by Blood. Divided by an Empire.Deep in a dark, foreboding forest, the Roman Empire will face its bloodiest test.3 BC. Two ... ... Read more

    13,98 €

  • A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins

    by Gareth Harney ...
    Hold the glory—and infamy—of ancient Rome in the palm of your hand with this “brilliant combination of history and storytelling” (Conn Iggulden, author of the Emperor series) as it explores history’s greatest superpower, as told through humanity’s most universal object: the coin.When Gareth Harney was first given a Roman coin as a child, he became entranced by its beauty, and its unique ability to ... Read more

    17,18 €

  • The Shortest History of Italy

    3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic - A Retelling for Our Times

    by Ross King ...
    Series series The Shortest History Series
    Discover the prodigious global influence of il bel paese in this star-studded retelling of Italy’s past—from a foremost author of historic Italy. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.“Each page brims with Bill Bryson-like trivia that is sure to delight.”—Booklist, starred reviewThe calendar. The Senate. The university. The piano, the ... Read more

    8,15 €

  • The Military Institutions of the Romans

    by Flavius Vegetius Renatus ...
    The Military Institutions of the Romans is a classic treatise about Roman warfare and military principles. Its author emphasizes things such as training of soldiers as a disciplined force, orderly strategy, maintenance of supply lines and logistics, quality leadership and use of tactics and even deceit to ensure an advantage over the opposition. ... Read more

    0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pensées pour moi-même

    by Marc Aurèle, Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire ...
    Edition Complète de " Pensées pour moi-même - Marc Aurèle ", entièrement relu, revu et corrigé avec mise en page étudiée et table des Matières pour navigation aisée.Les Pensées pour moi-même (En grec ancien, Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν, Ta eis heauton), souvent simplement intitulé Pensées est le titre d'une série de réflexions divisées en douze livres, rédigées en grec entre 170 et 180 par l'empereur Marc ... Read more

    1,49 €

  • Gestures

    Essays in Ancient History, Literature, and Philosophy presented to Alan L Boegehold

    by Geoffrey W. Bakewell, James P. Sickinger ...
    These thirty essays were presented to Alan L Boegehold, a distinguished philologist and an inspirational teacher, on the occasion of his retirement and his seventy-fifth birthday. The contributions fall into two categories, each one reflecting Boegehold's diverse interests in classical studies: the first section includes essays on literary and philosophical topics, several of which pick up on the ... Read more

    17,59 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Clash of Legions

    An utterly gripping historical adventure from SUNDAY TIMES bestseller Anthony Riches

    by Anthony Riches ...
    Series Book 14 - Empire series
    The legendary series, revered by readers the world over.'Riches at his absolute best' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'An absolute must read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I adore this group of extremely dangerous men. Brilliant!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A terrific series' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Excellent historical adventure with a twist' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐TWO EMPERORS.ONE MUST FALL.... ... Read more

    6,99 €

  • Messalina

    The Life and Times of Rome’s Most Scandalous Empress

    by Honor Cargill-Martin ...
    This is the story of Messalina – third wife of Emperor Claudius and one of the most notorious women to have inhabited the Roman world.The scandalous image of the Empress Messalina as a ruthless and sexually insatiable schemer, derived from the work of Roman historians such as Tacitus and Suetonius, has taken deep root in the Western imagination. The stories they told about her included nightly ... Read more

    9,21 €

  • The Complete Josephus Collection: Antiquities of the Jews, Autobiography of Josephus, An Extract Out Of Josephus's Discourse To The Greeks Concerning Hades, and The Wars of the Jews

    by Josephus ...
    Titus Flavius Josephus (37 circa 100) was a 1st-century Roman-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First JewishRoman War which resulted in the Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. He has been credited by many as recording some of the earliest history of Jesus Christ outside of the gospels, ... Read more

    2,72 €

  • Medieval Europe

    by Chris Wickham ...
    A spirited history of the changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages: "A dazzling race through a complex millennium."— Publishers WeeklyThe millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period—one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages. Yet distinguished historian Chris ... Read more

    12,29 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Goths

    by Simon MacDowall ...
    Series series Conquerors of the Roman Empire
    The fascinating history of "a race that simply would not accept defeat" ( Books Monthly).In the late fourth century, pressure from the Huns forced the Goths to cross the Danube into the Roman Empire. The resultant Battle of Adrianople in 378 was one of Rome's greatest defeats. Both western (Visigoth) and eastern (Ostrogoth) branches of the Goths had a complex relationship with the Romans, ... Read more

    6,14 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Buried

    An alternative history of the first millennium in Britain

    by Alice Roberts ...
    **A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Tender, fascinating … Lucid and illuminating’ Robert Macfarlane**Funerary rituals show us what people thought about mortality; how they felt about loss; what they believed came next. From Roman cremations and graveside feasts, to deviant burials with heads rearranged, from richly furnished Anglo Saxon graves to the first Christian burial grounds in Wales, Buried ... Read more

    10,46 €

  • Emulating Alexander

    How Alexander the Great's Legacy Fuelled Rome's Wars With Persia

    by Glenn Barnett ...
    This book gives an account of the Roman relationship with Persia and how it was shaped by the actions of Alexander the Great long before the events. Numerous Roman emperors led armies eastward against the Persians, seeking to emulate or exceed the glorious conquests of Alexander. Some achieved successes but more often the result was ignominious defeat or death. Even as the empire declined, court ... Read more

    6,14 € or Free with Kobo Plus