Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Josiah Osgood
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How to Be a Bad Emperor
What would Caligula do? What the worst Roman emperors can teach us about how not to leadIf recent history has taught us anything, it's that sometimes the best guide to leadership …
Caesar's Legacy
In April 44 BC the eighteen-year-old Gaius Octavius landed in Italy and launched his take-over of the Roman world. Defeating first Caesar's assassins, then the son of Pompey the …
How to Stop a Conspiracy
An energetic new translation of an ancient Roman masterpiece about a failed coup led by a corrupt and charismatic politicianIn 63 BC, frustrated by his failure to be elected leader …
Rome and the Making of a World State, 150 BCE–20 CE
In the century following 150 BCE, the Romans developed a coherent vision of empire and a more systematic provincial administration. The city of Rome itself became a cultural and …
A Companion to Persius and Juvenal
A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as "satiric successors"; detailed individual contributions suggest original perspectives …
Claudius Caesar
The story of Claudius has often been told before. Ancient writers saw the emperor as the dupe of his wives and palace insiders; Robert Graves tried to rehabilitate him as a far …
Lawless Republic
The true story of Cicero, Rome's greatest criminal lawyer, and his times.Patricide, extortion, poisoning and conspiracy.Lawless Republic recounts just some of the most sensational …
Cassius Dio and the Late Roman Republic
Cassius Dio's Roman History is an essential, yet still undervalued, source for modern historians of the late Roman Republic. The papers in this volume show how his account can be …
Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic
A dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire warning: republics collapse when partisanship overrides the common good. In Uncommon Wrath, historian …
Companion to Persius and Juvenal
A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as "e;satiric successors"e;; detailed individual contributions suggest original …
Rome and the Making of a World State, 150 BCE-20 CE
In the century following 150 BCE, the Romans developed a coherent vision of empire and a more systematic provincial administration. The city of Rome itself became a cultural and …