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The Roman World 44 BC¿AD 180
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 42.95The Roman World 44 BC ? AD 180 deals with the transformation of the Mediterranean regions, northern Europe and the Near East by the military autocrats who ruled Rome during this period. The book traces the impact of imperial politics on life in the city of Rome itself and in the rest of the empire, arguing that, despite long periods of apparent... more...
From the Camargue to the Alps
Summersdale 2011; US$ 9.99With passion and wit, Bernard Levin describes his travels on foot through the beautiful countryside of south-eastern France. He follows in the mighty footsteps of the great Carthaginian enemy of Rome, Hannibal, who made the expedition with an army and elephants nearly two millennia before. From the Camargue via the Rhône Valley, across the Alps,... more...
A History of the Roman World
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 27.95With a new foreword by Tim Cornell ?Can anyone be so indifferent or idle as not to care to know by what means and under what kind of polity almost the whole inhabited world was conquered and bought under the dominion of a single city of Rome?? ? Polybius, Greek Historian The city of Rome created the foundations of an empire that would... more...
State Society and Popular Leaders in Mid-Republican Rome 241-167 B.C.
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95State, Society, and Popular Leaders profiles the incorporation of the lower classes into the governing system of ancient Rome. In 287, the Hortensian law made the decisions of the plebs binding on the whole people. This event is often referred to as the great plebeian victory, a landmark in Roman history. In this original study, Rachel Feig Vishnia... more...
Imperium Romanum
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 44.95The Roman Empire at its height encompassed the majority of the world known to the Romans. This important synthesis of recent findings and scholarship demonstrates how the Romans acquired, kept and controlled their Empire. Lintott goes beyond the preconceptions formed in the period of British Imperial rule and provides a contemporary post-imperial approach... more...
A Companion to the Roman Republic
Wiley 2008; US$ 207.95This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican history as it is currently practiced. Highlights recent developments, including archaeological discoveries, fresh approaches to textual sources, and the opening up of new areas of historical study Retains the drama of the Republic’s rise and fall Emphasizes... more...
The Ghosts of Cannae
Random House Publishing Group 2010; US$ 17.00NATIONAL BESTSELLER For millennia, Carthage?s triumph over Rome at Cannae in 216 B.C. has inspired reverence and awe. No general since has matched Hannibal?s most unexpected, innovative, and brutal military victory. Now Robert L. O?Connell, one of the most admired names in military history, tells the whole story of Cannae for the first time, giving... more...
Scipio Africanus
Potomac Books Inc. 2008; US$ 16.95Highlighting the greatest general of the Roman Empire more...
Hannibal Crosses The Alps
Da Capo Press 2009; US$ 18.00First time in paperback: A lively reconstruction of one of the most daring maneuvers in military history. more...
Interpretationen und Unterrichtsvorschläge zu Caesars »Bellum Gallicum«
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2008; US$ 16.52Hauptbeschreibung Elmar Siebenborn zeigt die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten der »Bellum Gallicum«-Lektüre. Das Heft enthält anschauliche Interpretationen aller in der Schülerausgabe enthaltenen lateinischen Texte. Die Interpretationsaspekte werden in der Einleitung dargestellt und begründet. Alle Abbildungen der Ausgabe werden ausführlich erläutert... more...









