Rome S Northern Enemies

Author : Stephen Kershaw
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781643133751

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The Enemies of Rome by Stephen Kershaw Pdf

A fresh and vivid narrative history of the Roman Empire from the point of view of the “barbarian” enemies of Rome. History is written by the victors, and Rome had some very eloquent historians. Those the Romans regarded as barbarians left few records of their own, but they had a tremendous impact on the Roman imagination. Resisting from outside Rome’s borders or rebelling from within, they emerge vividly in Rome’s historical tradition, and left a significant footprint in archaeology. Kershaw builds a narrative around the lives, personalities, successes, and failures both of the key opponents of Rome’s rise and dominance, and of those who ultimately brought the empire down. Rome’s history follows a remarkable trajectory from its origins as a tiny village of refugees from a conflict zone to a dominant superpower. But throughout this history, Rome faced significant resistance and rebellion from peoples whom it regarded as barbarians: Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Goths, Vandals, Huns, Picts and Scots. Based both on ancient historical writings and modern archaeological research, this new history takes a fresh look at the Roman Empire through the personalities and lives of key opponents during the trajectory of Rome’s rise and fall.

Author : Andy Singleton
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-30
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781526765574

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Rome's Northern Enemies by Andy Singleton Pdf

This guide features illustrated instructions and practical advice for assembling and painting wargaming figurines of ancient European warriors. Throughout their history, the Romans were troubled by formidable warlike tribes along their northern borders: The Celts of Gaul and Northern Italy who sacked Rome itself; the British who repulsed Julius Caesar and resisted later occupation; the Germanic tribes along the Rhine; and the fearsome falx-wielding Dacians on the Danube. In Rome’s Northern Enemies, Andy Singleton provides a detailed guide to assembling and painting figurines of these formidable foes for your next gaming session. With Andy’s practical advice, you will achieve a fine collection ready for tabletop battle or display. Most of the figures featured in the numerous illustrations are 28mm but the techniques described are easily adaptable to smaller scales and to plastic or metal. Step-by-step guidance takes the process from initial preparation and assembly of the figure, to finishing and basing. Themed chapters cover armor, clothing, skin tones, warpaint and tattoos, shields and horses.

Author : Philip Matyszak
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780500771761

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The Enemies of Rome: From Hannibal to Attila the Hun by Philip Matyszak Pdf

"Matyszak writes clearly and engagingly . . . nicely produced, with ample maps and illustrations." —Classical Outlook This engrossing book looks at the growth and eventual demise of Rome from the viewpoint of the peoples who fought against it. Here is the reality behind such legends as Spartacus the gladiator, as well as the thrilling tales of Hannibal, the great Boudicca, the rebel leader and Mithridates, the connoisseur of poisons, among many others. Some enemies of Rome were noble heroes and others were murderous villains, but each has a unique and fascinating story.

Author : Phil Barker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:655901989

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Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome 150 Bc - 600 Ad by Phil Barker Pdf

Author : Jane Penrose
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1841769320

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Rome and her Enemies by Jane Penrose Pdf

Spanning over a thousand years and an immense geographical area, the Roman Empire was the greatest in world history. At its most powerful, the Empire cast a shadow across the known world, and its legacy continues to influence politics, art and culture around the world today. Rome's power was won on the battlefield, and the greatness of the Empire is reflected in the warlike reputations of the enemies it subdued. Hannibal, the Carthaginians, Mithridates, the Gauls, the Sassanid Persians and the infamous Goths are amongst the forces that battled the might of Rome. Rome and Her Enemies juxtaposes the society and military structure of each of these peoples with those of the contemporary Roman army. Using previously published Osprey material, this book is divided into four chronological sections focusing on major wars and battles, is lavishly illustrated throughout, and colour photographs, artwork and maps support the text to provide a comprehensive introduction to the rise and fall of an empire created and destroyed by war. Introduction by Tom Holland, bestselling author of 'Persian Fire' and 'Rubicon'.

Author : Susan P. Mattern
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520929708

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Rome and the Enemy by Susan P. Mattern Pdf

How did the Romans build and maintain one of the most powerful and stable empires in the history of the world? This illuminating book draws on the literature, especially the historiography, composed by the members of the elite who conducted Roman foreign affairs. From this evidence, Susan P. Mattern reevaluates the roots, motivations, and goals of Roman imperial foreign policy especially as that policy related to warfare. In a major reinterpretation of the sources, Rome and the Enemy shows that concepts of national honor, fierce competition for status, and revenge drove Roman foreign policy, and though different from the highly rationalizing strategies often attributed to the Romans, dictated patterns of response that remained consistent over centuries. Mattern reconstructs the world view of the Roman decision-makers, the emperors, and the elite from which they drew their advisers. She discusses Roman conceptions of geography, strategy, economics, and the influence of traditional Roman values on the conduct of military campaigns. She shows that these leaders were more strongly influenced by a traditional, stereotyped perception of the enemy and a drive to avenge insults to their national honor than by concepts of defensible borders. In fact, the desire to enforce an image of Roman power was a major policy goal behind many of their most brutal and aggressive campaigns. Rome and the Enemy provides a fascinating look into the Roman mind in addition to a compelling reexamination of Roman conceptions of warfare and national honor. The resulting picture creates a new understanding of Rome's long mastery of the Mediterranean world.

Author : Angus McBride
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:990755721

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Rome's Enemies 5 by Angus McBride Pdf

Author : Guy Lanoue
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781351550604

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Rome Eternal by Guy Lanoue Pdf

What does 'Roman' mean? How does the mythical city touch people's identities, values and attitudes? In the long-established and official imaginary of the West, Rome is the citta dell'arte, the city of faith, an heirloom city inspired by the traces of ancient Empire, by the brooding aura of the Church, by Hollywood fairy-tale romance, and by the spicy tang of veiled decadence. But what of its contemporary residents? Are they now merely guides and waiters servicing throngs of tourists indifferent to the city's contemporary charms? Guy Lanoue, a former resident of Rome, explores how Romans live the modern myth of Rome Eternal. Since the 19th century, it has defined an important community, the fatherland, a home-spun society where the rules of everyday life become 'tradition': ways of eating, dressing, making and keeping friends and acquaintances, 'proper' ways of speaking and a hard to define but nonetheless tangible air of composure. Guy Lanoue is a Professor of Anthropology at the Universite de Montreal.

Author : Ben Kane
Publisher : Random House
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409037552

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Hannibal: Enemy of Rome by Ben Kane Pdf

The first in a brilliant series set during Hannibal's war against Rome, from the bestselling author of THE FORGOTTEN LEGION Chronicles ________________________ ENEMY OF ROME The great Carthaginian general, Hannibal, has never forgotten the defeat and humiliation of his father by Rome. Now he plans his revenge and the destruction of the old enemy. SOLDIER OF CARTHAGE While Hannibal prepares for war, the young son of one of his most trusted military commanders goes on an innocent adventure with his best friend - and disappears. ENSLAVED Captured by pirates, put up for sale in the slave market, one of the boys is sold as a gladiator, the other as a field slave. They believe they will never see home or family again. A WORLD AFLAME But their destiny - interwoven and linked with that of their Roman masters - is to be an extraordinary one. The devastating war unleashed upon Rome by Hannibal will last for nearly twenty years. It will change their lives - and history - forever.

Author : Leonard Cottrell
Publisher : London : Evans Bros.
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Battles
ISBN : UOM:39015004756840

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Enemy of Rome by Leonard Cottrell Pdf

Author : Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798408781744

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The Roman of the North by Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple Pdf

Even the Roman Legion cannot keep Antonius from his heart's desire . . . A side story in the Celtic Highland Maidens series! They are on opposite sides of a war, separated by a wall. He's her most hated enemy as a soldier of Rome, but nothing can stop his desire. Who is this northern beauty who stole his breath and his heart the moment he first saw her? Antonius, a Roman soldier assigned to the Northern Isles, is cold, tired, and stuck in his Roman camp south of Antoine's Wall. Since the inception of the treaty between Rome and the barbaric Caledonii, the soldiers have done little more than boring and demeaning grunt work. How is this the glory of Rome? Antonius prides himself on honor, and his inner turmoil is tested when the Prefect sends Antonius and several other soldiers on a scouting mission north of the wall to break a good-faith treaty. He's caught by three Caledoniis - one of whom holds a spear to his neck. Only, she's not the one who has Antonius's attention. It's the other woman with her - the curvaceous, red-haired woman with wild curls and the sensibility to question Antonius instead of kill him - who has his full attention. Muireall. Though it's been a long while since Antonius has been with a woman, surely his stark and brutal attraction is driven from need and not something more. Antonius is wrong, so wrong. His desire for this enticing Caledonii lass urges him to help her people repel an attack by the treacherous Romans, his own people, in his quest to stay with Muireall. She might be his enemy, but he wants her nonetheless. And he will have her. But the Romans are devious and resolute, and when a surprise attack goes awry, his vow to protect the Caledonii and safeguard Muireall's life are on the line. A battle is brewing between the Romans and the Celts. Can Antonius walk that line into his future, or will his obligations to the Romans destroy everything he's grown to love?

Author : Richard A. Gabriel
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781597977661

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Hannibal by Richard A. Gabriel Pdf

The Romans' destruction of Carthage after the Third Punic War erased any Carthaginian historical record of Hannibal's life. What we know of him comes exclusively from Roman historians who had every interest in minimizing his success, exaggerating his failures, and disparaging his character. The charges leveled against Hannibal include greed, cruelty and atrocity, sexual indulgence, and even cannibalism. But even these sources were forced to grudgingly admit to Hannibal's military genius, if only to make their eventual victory over him appear greater. Yet there is no doubt that Hannibal was the greatest Carthaginian general of the Second Punic War. When he did not defeat them outright, he fought to a standstill the best generals Rome produced, and he sustained his army in the field for sixteen long years without mutiny or desertion. Hannibal was a first-rate tactician, only a somewhat lesser strategist, and the greatest enemy Rome ever faced. When he at last met defeat at the hands of the Roman general Scipio, it was against an experienced officer who had to strengthen and reconfigure the Roman legion and invent mobile tactics in order to succeed. Even so, Scipio's victory at Zama was against an army that was a shadow of its former self. The battle could easily have gone the other way. If it had, the history of the West would have been changed in ways that can only be imagined. Richard A. Gabriel's brilliant new biography shows how Hannibal's genius nearly unseated the Roman Empire.

Author : Ian Stanley Ord Playfair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : History
ISBN : PSU:000010152829

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The Mediterranean and Middle East: Victory in the Mediterranean. pt. 1. 1st April to 4th June 1944 by Ian Stanley Ord Playfair Pdf

Søgeord: Gazala; Kasserine; Malta; Monte Cassino

Author : Angus McBride
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:990755721

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Rome's Enemies 5 by Angus McBride Pdf

Author : Thomas Spencer Baynes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 906 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU06855725

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The Encyclopaedia Britannica by Thomas Spencer Baynes Pdf