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Covering the period from AD14 to 284, this comprehensive book reviews the social and economic history of the Roman Empire. Fergus Millar is the author of thirteen chapters on Rome …

Conceived as a personal army for the emperor, the elite Praetorian Guard soon took over a wide range of powers in Rome, and thus from the very beginning made a much greater impact …

Aus dem brennenden Troja können nur wenige fliehen. Unter ihnen ist Äneas, Sohn der Liebesgöttin Venus. Auf der Suche nach einer neuen Heimat machen er und seine Familie sich auf …

De Officiis (On Duties) was Cicero's last philosophical work. In it he made use of Greek thought to formulate the political and ethical values of Roman Republican society as he saw …

The Romans: An Introduction is a concise, readable and comprehensive survey of the Roman world, which explores 1,200 years of political, military and cultural history alongside …

In The History of Archaic Rome, Dionysius purposely viewed Roman history as an embodiment of all that was best in Greek culture. Gabba places Dionysius's remarkable thesis in its …

Jacob Abbott was a prolific American author best known for his makers of history series, a collection of biographies on some of the most important figures in history such as Julius …

It took the Romans almost exactly 200 years to conquer the Iberian Peninsula (modern Spain and Portugal). The skillful and tenacious resistance of the various inhabitants, …

This book presents the results of the colloquium "e;Ricerche Archeologiche alla Foce del Tevere"e; which was held on 18-20th December 2018 in Rome and Ostia. It provided …

Mercury's Wings: Exploring Modes of Communication in the Ancient World is the first-ever volume of essays devoted to ancient communications. Comparable previous work has been …