The River Through Rome

Author : Nicholas Nicastro
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798454859695

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The River Through Rome by Nicholas Nicastro Pdf

In the last years of the Roman Republic, a talented engineer is tapped to bring water to one of the city's most notorious slums. Nonius believes he is doing good for his city, but he isn't counting on the many obstacles that prevent anything from getting done in those turbulent times. His troubles multiply when he falls in love with beautiful, haunted Amaris, concubine of a senator who is determined to stop Nonius' aqueduct from going through. The clash between them runs from the bedrooms to the streets to the courtrooms of the Eternal City, in one of the most fateful periods in her history. "This historical novel gives readers a view of ancient Rome from the rare perspective of a good man just trying to do an honest job...Nicastro is an experienced and accomplished writer and often a prose poet in his descriptions of Nonius and Amaris: 'If his life was a stem, she was the rose, ' and 'Trapped there, between the Scylla of oblivion and the Charybdis of inconsequence he was powerless to go on.' This is a Rome falling fast from greatness, though oblivious to the descent. The Republic is dead; Octavian will soon style himself 'Augustus, ' a god. Sycophancy and cynicism are the orders of the day. The captivating book does, in fact, provide an excellent slice of history...An intriguing, well-researched, and well-told tale of ancient Rome." -Kirkus Reviews

Author : Brian Campbell
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807869048

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Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome by Brian Campbell Pdf

Figuring in myth, religion, law, the military, commerce, and transportation, rivers were at the heart of Rome's increasing exploitation of the environment of the Mediterranean world. In Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome, Brian Campbell explores the role and influence of rivers and their surrounding landscape on the society and culture of the Roman Empire. Examining artistic representations of rivers, related architecture, and the work of ancient geographers and topographers, as well as writers who describe rivers, Campbell reveals how Romans defined the geographical areas they conquered and how geography and natural surroundings related to their society and activities. In addition, he illuminates the prominence and value of rivers in the control and expansion of the Roman Empire--through the legal regulation of riverine activities, the exploitation of rivers in military tactics, and the use of rivers as routes of communication and movement. Campbell shows how a technological understanding of--and even mastery over--the forces of the river helped Rome rise to its central place in the ancient world.

Author : Bruce Ware Allen
Publisher : University Press of New England
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781512603347

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Tiber by Bruce Ware Allen Pdf

In this rich history of Italy's Tiber River, Bruce Ware Allen charts the main currents, mythic headwaters, and hidden tributaries of one of the world's most renowned waterways. He considers life along the river, from its twin springs high in the Apennines all the way to its mouth at Ostia, and describes the people who lived along its banks and how they made the Tiber work for them. The Tiber has served as the realm of protomythic creatures and gods, a battleground for armies and navies, a livelihood for boatmen and fishermen, the subject matter of poets and painters, and the final resting place for criminals and martyrs. Tiber: Eternal River of Rome is a highly readable history and a go-to resource for information about Italy's most storied river.

Author : Paul Erdkamp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 647 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521896290

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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome by Paul Erdkamp Pdf

A highly accessible survey of life in the capital of the Roman Empire, the largest metropolis of its day.

Author : Bruce Ware Allen
Publisher : ForeEdge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 1512600377

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Tiber by Bruce Ware Allen Pdf

A natural and social history of the great river of Rome

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 653 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004391963

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A Companion to Early Modern Rome, 1492–1692 by Anonim Pdf

Winner of the 2011 Bainton Prize for Reference Works A Companion to Early Modern Rome, 1492-1692, edited by Pamela M. Jones, Barbara Wisch, and Simon Ditchfield, is a unique multidisciplinary study offering innovative analyses of a wide range of topics. The 30 chapters critique past and recent scholarship and identify new avenues for research.

Author : Gregory S. Aldrete
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0801884055

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Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome by Gregory S. Aldrete Pdf

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Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007531431

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Inspector Alleyn 3-Book Collection 9: Clutch of Constables, When in Rome, Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh Pdf

The ninth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.

Author : Gary Forsythe
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0520249917

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A Critical History of Early Rome by Gary Forsythe Pdf

"A remarkable book,in which Forsythe uses his thorough knowledge of the ancient evidence to reconstruct a coherent and eminently plausible picture which in turn illuminates early Roman society more immediately than any other category of evidence is able to do. Forsythe displays his impressive ability to demonstrate to what extent and why the tradition that dominates the extant historical narratives is not credible."—Kurt Raaflaub, author of The Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece "An excellent synthetic treatment of early Roman history found in both modern literary and archaeological materials."—Richard Mitchell, author of Patricians and Plebeians

Author : Daniel Pick
Publisher : Random House
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781448128075

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Rome Or Death by Daniel Pick Pdf

In 1875, General Garibaldi, the legendary military hero of Italian unification, left his island retreat in the Mediterranean for Rome. His battle cry no longer required, he was pursuing a mission that would become an obsession in his old age: to divert the River Tiber from Rome. Through this forgotten episode, Daniel Pick explores Garibaldi's passionate attachment to Rome and to Italy. In the bitter debate that ensued many myths were laid bare, and prevailing medical, social and political anxieties about the future of the state were exposed. The flood-prone Tiber had caused havoc, disease and death throughout history. In the capital, the General sought to replace it with a Parisian-style boulevard that would be a wonder of the modern world. But behind his florid promise to revitalise 'Italy' lay a complex and shadowy history, including a traumatic event felt by Garibaldi as the defining tragedy of his life: the loss of his wife Anita. Despite himself, he became embroiled in the political labyrinth of Rome and a drama of thwarted ambition, grand illusion and disillusionment, whose significance was not lost on Garibaldi's later admirer, Benito Mussolini, another self-styled redeemer of the Eternal City and the fever-ridden marshes of Italy.

Author : Prudence J. Jones
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0739112406

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Reading Rivers in Roman Literature and Culture by Prudence J. Jones Pdf

Reading Rivers is the first book in a new series: Roman Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Author Prudence Jones examines rivers as a literary phenomenon, particularly in the poetry of Vergil. The point of such an investigation is twofold: an examination of VergilOs poetry elucidates particularly clearly a point about rivers: that their inclusion functions almost as a literary device, and an examination of rivers makes a point about Vergil: that rivers are essential to understanding the trajectory of his works, in particular the structure of the Aeneid. This study depends primarily on the close analysis of the poetry of Vergil and of other relevant authors. In Part I Jones examines the Greco-Roman understanding of the river in its primary symbolic roles: cosmological, ritual and ethnographical. Part II analyzes the river as a literary device, with particular attention to the works of Vergil, and argues that descriptions of rivers in Roman poetry are, in many cases, a form of authorial comment on the progress or structure of a narrative. Jones gives scholars in the classics, and literary critics who focus specifically on Roman antiquity a special prism through which to view the works of Vergil as well as other significant authors. This book is also for those working in the fields of cultural studies, cultural geography, and ancient philosophy.

Author : Simon Heffer
Publisher : Phoenix
Page : 1039 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1999-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 075380820X

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Like the Roman by Simon Heffer Pdf

Written with full access to all Powell's public and private papers, this biography details Powell's Midlands childhood, his appointment at the age of 25 as Professor of Greek at the University of Adelaide, his writing of poetry, his love for an Irish woman and his "Rivers of Blood" speech.

Author : William Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1404 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Classical geography
ISBN : RMS:RMS5LSR1000000254$$$T

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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith Pdf

Author : Lawrence Buck
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781612481074

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The Roman Monster by Lawrence Buck Pdf

In December 1495 the Tiber River flooded the city of Rome causing extensive drowning and destruction. When the water finally receded, a rumor began to circulate that a grotesque monstrosity had been discovered in the muddy detritus—the Roman monster. The creature itself is inherently fascinating, consisting of an eclectic combination of human and animal body parts. The symbolism of these elements, the interpretations that religious controversialists read into them, and the history of the image itself, help to document antipapal polemics from fifteenth-century Rome to the Elizabethan religious settlement. This study examines the iconography of the image of the Roman monster and offers ideological reasons for associating the image with the pre-Reformation Waldensians and Bohemian Brethren. It accounts for the reproduction and survival of the monster's image in fifteenth-century Bohemia and provides historical background on the topos of the papal Antichrist, a concept that Philip Melanchthon associated with the monster. It contextualizes Melanchthon’s tract, “The Pope-Ass Explained,” within the first five years of the Lutheran movement, and it documents the popularity of the Roman monster within the polemical and apocalyptic writings of the Reformation. This is a careful examination and interpretation of all relevant primary documents and secondary historical literature in telling the story of the origins and impact of the most famous monstrous portent of the Reformation era.

Author : Julius Sophus Felix Dahn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600078891

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A struggle for Rome, tr. by L. Wolffsohn by Julius Sophus Felix Dahn Pdf