Roma Victa

Author : Simon Lentzsch
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9783476059420

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Roma Victa by Simon Lentzsch Pdf

The history of the Roman Republic was a military success story. Texts, monuments and rituals commemorated Rome's victories, and this emphasis on its own triumphs formed a basis for the Roman nobility's claim to leadership. However, the Romans also suffered numerous heavy defeats during the Republic. This study is the first to comprehensively examine how Rome's defeats at the hands of the Celts, Samnites, and Carthaginians were explained and interpreted in the historical culture of the Republic and early imperial period. What emerges is a specifically Roman culture of dealing with defeats, which helped the Romans to find meaning in the stories of their failures and to assign them a place in their own past.

Author : Peter J. Fast
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 803 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781477265857

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70 A. D. by Peter J. Fast Pdf

A novel of Zealots, Roman Empires, and a Jewish man consumed by hate and bitterness. Entangled in a city of starvation, disease, inner fighting, and competeing warlords, Judah's loyalty, allegiance and service to God will be tested as he yearns to fulfill his vengeance while Jerusalem is threatened by the fury of the legions.

Author : Sonja Ammann,Helge Bezold,Stephen Germany,Julia Rhyder
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004683181

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Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean by Sonja Ammann,Helge Bezold,Stephen Germany,Julia Rhyder Pdf

This book reveals how violent pasts were constructed by ancient Mediterranean societies, the ideologies they served, and the socio-political processes and institutions they facilitated. Combining case studies from Anatolia, Egypt, Greece, Israel/Judah, and Rome, it moves beyond essentialist dichotomies such as “victors” and “vanquished” to offer a new paradigm for studying representations of past violence across diverse media, from funerary texts to literary works, chronicles, monumental reliefs, and other material artefacts such as ruins. It thus paves the way for a new comparative approach to the study of collective violence in the ancient world.

Author : Lucia Cecchet,Christopher Degelmann,Maik Patzelt
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527540781

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The Ancient War’s Impact on the Home Front by Lucia Cecchet,Christopher Degelmann,Maik Patzelt Pdf

This volume presents a first comprehensive contribution to the exploration of the concept of the ‘home front’ in Greek and Roman Antiquity. It crosses borders between different areas of classical studies by investigating the various forms of impact that war had on the ancient home front. To this end, the book deploys a variety of methodological approaches that shed light on several aspects of the home front. These draw on advances made in the fields of psychology, literature, history, social sciences and religious studies. The volume discusses the impact of war on the civilian communities in terms of its effects above all on the level of the social and religious sphere.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1722
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : NYPL:33433067373914

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Memoirs of Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Jacobs
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350071063

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An Introduction to Silius Italicus and the Punica by John Jacobs Pdf

In a much-needed comprehensive introduction to Silius Italicus and the Punica, Jacobs offers an invitation to students and scholars alike to read the epic as a thoughtful and considered treatment of Rome's past, present, and (perilous) future. The Second Punic War marked a turning point in world history: Rome faced her greatest external threat in the famous Carthaginian general Hannibal, and her victory led to her domination of the Mediterranean. Lingering memories of the conflict played a pivotal role in the city's transition from Republic to Empire, from foreign war to civil war. Looking back after the events of AD 69, the senator–poet Silius Italicus identified the Second Punic War as the turning point in Rome's history through his Punica. After introductory chapters for those new to the poet and his poem, Jacobs' close reading of the epic narrative guides students and scholars alike through the Punica. All Greek and Latin passages are translated to ensure accessibility for those reading in English. Far more than simply a retelling of Rome's greatest triumph, the Punica challenges its reader to make sense of the Second Punic War in light of its full impact on the subsequent course of the city's history.

Author : William O. Stephens
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441108104

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Marcus Aurelius: A Guide for the Perplexed by William O. Stephens Pdf

Exploration of the life and philosophical reflections of this complex Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor.

Author : Marcus Richardson
Publisher : Marcus Richardson
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Alea Jacta Est by Marcus Richardson Pdf

Author : Marcus Richardson
Publisher : Marcus Richardson
Page : 1810 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Collapse Collection by Marcus Richardson Pdf

The complete trilogy. For the first time, all three of books of the Future History of America Series are now available in one enormous book—1,861 pages of SHTF chaos, destruction, and redemption. Follow Erik Larsson as he struggles to keep his friends and family alive in the aftermath of a massive terrorist strike that brings down America's power grid. Sail into harm's way as the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt heads for home waters, willing to smash through anyone who gets in the way. Join the resistance with the Arizona Regulators as they try to hold the line and protect the American southwest. Follow presidents and politicians as they tread the murky waters of international intrigue and deception. After America falls, will there be anyone left to pick up the pieces? Books included in the box set: Alea Jacta Est (Book I) Sic Semper Tyrannis (Book II) Dux Bellorum (Book III)

Author : Gary Lovisi
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479428878

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The Sicilian, Book 1: Augustus, The Undefeated by Gary Lovisi Pdf

He was Gaetano Salvidienus Rufus, better known by most simply as The Sicilian. He had been raised by the Greek, Apollodorus, upon the Mediterranean island of Sicily after his father Quintus Salvidienus Rufus had been executed by Mark Antony as a traitor, even though his father had secretly been working for the young Roman prince, Octavian. Octavian, who was the nephew, adopted son—and heir to the Great Julius Caesar. Caesar had been assassinated and soon afterwards had become a god—and young Octavian at just eighteen years of age had become the son of a god among the Romans—and eventually became the sole ruler of Rome. He quickly took the name Octavian Caesar. Years later he would transform himself yet again and take the name Augustus—meaning revered, auspicious, augmenting. All honor due to him. The young heir to Julius Caesar seemed to many a bit full of himself in those early days, some like Mark Antony often derided him his youth and arrogance—but few realized the greatness hidden within that youth—until it was too late. Octavian was a young man who had been given many honors and titles, and he would hold the office of Consul of Rome a total of thirteen times throughout his life, more than any other man in the history of Rome. He would be hailed Imperator—victorious general; and Princeps—First Citizen—all important honors and titles he held among many others that he had contrived the Senate to bestow upon him. But honorable titles and grand names were not the true power held by the man. His control over the Roman legions was where his true power lay. And for Octavian—Augustus—that control was absolute. The legions were loyal to him—to a man!

Author : Lance Wilson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781468500967

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Second Born by Lance Wilson Pdf

Second Born is an intising and spellbinding into a fantasy tale about a family torn by war. Find out how each of the family member coupes with the taggity that befalls them. How will they survive, what will become of them.

Author : Richard Robert Madden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Funeral rites and ceremonies
ISBN : UCR:31210010150603

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The Shrines and Sepulchres of the Old and New World by Richard Robert Madden Pdf

Author : Malcolm Smith
Publisher : Librairie Droz
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 2600002812

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Renaissance Studies by Malcolm Smith Pdf

Les articles de Malcolm Smith sur la littérature française de la Renaissance, études qui n'ont jamais négligé les dimensions polémiques et religieuses.

Author : Viorica Patea,John Gery,Walter Baumann
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781638040637

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Ezra Pound and the Spanish World by Viorica Patea,John Gery,Walter Baumann Pdf

This collection offers for the first time criticism, biographical essays, analysis, translation studies, and reminiscences of Ezra Pound’s extensive interaction with Spain and Spanish culture, from his earliest visits to Spain in 1902 and 1906 and his study of significant Spanish writers to the dedication of the first monument erected anywhere to Pound in the small Spanish village of Medinaceli in 1973. Divided into two sections, Part One: “ON EZRA POUND AND THE SPANISH WORLD” includes a general introduction on Pound’s lifelong involvement with Spain, together with chapters on Pound’s study of classical Spanish literature, the Spanish dimension in The Cantos, Pound’s contemporary Spanish connections, and his legacy in contemporary Spanish letters. Part Two: “EZRA POUND AND THE SPANISH WORLD: A READER,” then gathers for the first time Pound’s own writings (postcards, letters, and essays) concerning Spain and Spanish writers, as well as his correspondence with Spanish poets Migeul de Unamuno and Juan Ramón Jiménez and with José Vázquez Amaral, the first Spanish translator of The Cantos in its entirety. The volume includes reminiscences by Spanish Novísimos poets, Antonio Colinas and Jaime Siles, written explicitly for this collection. Besides providing a thorough exploration into Pound’s engagement with Spain, this volume pays homage to Pound’s considerable influence on Spanish culture.

Author : Andrew Wallace
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108496100

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The Presence of Rome in Medieval and Early Modern Britain by Andrew Wallace Pdf

The ordinary -- The self -- The word -- The dead.