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Faith in War
While the social and cultural history of the early modern military has greatly advanced in the last few decades, the religious dimension of the military life in the Holy Roman …
Plague of Lust
The Plague of Lust Vol. 1 (of 2): Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity is a comprehensive and scholarly exploration of the origins, spread, and cultural …
Emergence of Public Opinion
Nineteenth-century Ottoman politics was filled with casual references to public opinion. Having been popularised as a term in the 1860s, the following decades witnessed a deluge of …
The Game of Death in Ancient Rome
Offering a reminder of the complex uses to which institutionalized violence can be put, this study shows how the deadly violence of arena sport and political suicide served a …
Greek and Roman Siege Machinery 399 BC–AD 363
Siege machinery first appeared in the West during the Carthaginian invasion of Sicily in the late 5th century BC, in the form of siege-towers and battering rams. After a 50-year …
Innovative Vaulting in the Architecture of the Roman Empire
This book studies six vaulting techniques employed in architecture outside of Rome and asks why they were invented where they were and how they were disseminated. Most of the …
Kings Dethroned - A History of the Evolution of Astronomy from the Time of the Roman Empire up to the Present Day;Showing it to be an Amazing Series of Blunders Founded Upon an Error Made in the Second Century
Kings Dethroned is a history of the evolution of astronomy from the Roman Empire to the early twentieth century. From Copernicus to Einstein, this volume provides an overview of …
History of The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire Vol VI
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire[a] is a six-volume work by the English historian Edward Gibbon. It traces Western civilisation (as well as the Islamic and …
Henry VIII and Charles V
King Henry VIII and Emperor Charles V both ruled for almost forty years at a time when momentous changes in society, politics and religion were taking place in England and across …
Authority and Expertise in Ancient Scientific Culture
How did ancient scientific and knowledge-ordering writers make their work authoritative? This book answers that question for a wide range of ancient disciplines, from mathematics, …
A History of Seafaring in the Classical World (Routledge Revivals)
A History of Seafaring in the Classical World, first published in 1986, presents a complete treatment of all aspects of the maritime history of the Classical world, designed for …