The Roman World

Author : J. S. Wacher
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0415263158

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The Roman World by J. S. Wacher Pdf

When originally published in 1987, this book was hailed as a landmark in the study of the Roman World. Now back in print with a new preface by the author, it is still the most comprehensive survey of the Roman World available. Ranging from the founding of Rome in the eighth century BC, and throughout the Empire and beyond this book will continue to be an essential resource on the subject for many years to come.

Author : Staša Babić,Marko Jankovic
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781443861540

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The Edges of the Roman World by Staša Babić,Marko Jankovic Pdf

The Edges of the Roman World is a volume consisting of seventeen papers dealing with different approaches to cultural changes that occurred in the context of Roman imperial politics. Papers are mainly focused on societies on the fringes, both social and geographical, and their response to Roman Imperialism. This volume is not a textbook, but rather a collection of different approaches which address the same problem of Roman Imperialism in local contexts. The volume is greatly inspired by the first “Imperialism and Identities at the Edges of the Roman World” conference, held at the Petnica Science Center in 2012.

Author : Leslie Webster,Michelle P. Brown,Michelle Brown
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520210603

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The Transformation of the Roman World AD 400-900 by Leslie Webster,Michelle P. Brown,Michelle Brown Pdf

Book accompanies 5 exhibitions. Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-255) and index.

Author : Martin Goodman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134943852

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The Roman World 44 BC–AD 180 by Martin Goodman Pdf

Goodman presents a lucid and balanced picture of the Roman world examining the Roman empire from a variety of perspectives; cultural, political, civic, social and religious.

Author : Edward Togo Salmon
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Rome
ISBN : 0415045045

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A History of the Roman World from 30 B.C. to A.D. 138 by Edward Togo Salmon Pdf

Includes an account of political and military developments, and including sections on social, economic an cultural life, this book presents a survey of the Roman world at a time when the Principate was established, and the Pax Romana consolidated.

Author : Patrick Bowe
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Gardens, Roman
ISBN : 9780892367405

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Gardens of the Roman World by Patrick Bowe Pdf

Romans loved their gardens, whether they were the grand gardens of imperial country estates or the small private spaces tucked behind city houses. They treasured gardens both as places for relaxation and as plots to grow ornamental plants as well as fruits and vegetables. The soothing sound of bubbling fountains often added further to the pleasures of life in the garden. Romans constructed gardens in every corner of their empire, from Britain to North Africa and from Portugal to Asia Minor. Long after their empire collapsed, the gardens they had so carefully planted continued to exert influence in the farflung corners of their former world. This book describes the variety of Roman gardens throughout the empire, from the humblest to the most lavish, including such well-known places as Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli and the gardens of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The continued influence of Roman gardens is traced though Arabic, medieval, and Renaissance gardens to the present day. Many of the lavish illustrations were commissioned for this book.

Author : Carolynn E. Roncaglia
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421425191

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Northern Italy in the Roman World by Carolynn E. Roncaglia Pdf

"Using a wide range of epigraphic, archaeological, numismatic, and literary evidence, Northern Italy in the Roman World traces the evolution of Northern Italy from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity and examines how the Roman state dramatically changed the region. This study on a much-neglected part of the Roman world uses northern Italy as a case study for examining the impact of the Roman empire on areas that it controlled. The book finds that while levels of Roman intervention varied considerably over time, the Roman state greatly influenced both local and transregional developments. This influence is shown to be pervasive and reflected in material ranging from loom weights to social networks and from ritual horse burials to the careers of writers"--

Author : John Hazel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134592517

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Who's Who in the Roman World by John Hazel Pdf

Who's Who in the Roman World is a wide-ranging biographical survey of one of the greatest civilizations in history. Covering a period from the 5th century BC to AD 364, this is an authoritative and hugely enjoyable guide to an era which continues to fascinate today. The figures included come from all walks of Roman life and include some of history's most famous - not to mention infamous - figures as well as hitherto little-known, but no less fascinating, characters. These include : * the notorious emperors - Caligula; Nero; Elagabalus; Commodus * the great poets, philosophers and historians - Virgil; Tacitus; Seneca; Ovid * the brilliant politicians and soldiers - Hannibal; Scipio; Caesar; Mark Antony; Constantine * noteworthy citizens - Acte, mistress of Nero; Catiline, the revolutionary; Spartacus, champion of the slaves; Gaius Verres, the corrupt governor of Sicily. The inclusion of cross-referencing, a glossary of terms, select bibliographies, maps, genealogies and an author's preface complete what is at once a superb reference resource and an enormously entertaining read.

Author : Hazel Dodge
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1853996963

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Spectacle in the Roman World by Hazel Dodge Pdf

Gladiatorial combat, animal displays, naumachiae (staged naval battles) and spectacular executions were all an important part of Roman culture. The provision of a wide range of purpose-built buildings (from theatres to amphitheatres to circuses) as venues across the empire is testimony to the popularity and significance of these displays. This book offers an introduction to the main forms of spectacle in the Roman world (human and animal combat, chariot racing, aquatic displays), their nature, context and social importance. It will explore the vast array of sources, from literary to archaeological material, that informs the subject. It will examine the spectacles with special emphasis on their physical setting, and will also consider the variation in the provision of venues and their context across the Empire. A final section will review the modern reception of Roman spectacles, especially those involving gladiators.

Author : A. D. Lee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107014282

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Warfare in the Roman World by A. D. Lee Pdf

Thematic treatment of the broader impact of warfare in the Roman world, integrating Late Antiquity alongside the Republic and Principate.

Author : Jussi Rantala
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9789048540099

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Gender, Memory, and Identity in the Roman World by Jussi Rantala Pdf

This volume approaches three key concepts in Roman history - gender, memory and identity - and demonstrates the significance of their interaction in all social levels and during all periods of Imperial Rome. When societies, as well as individuals, form their identities, remembrance and references to the past play a significant role. The aim of this volume is to cast light on the constructing and the maintaining of both public and private identities in the Roman Empire through memory, and to highlight, in particular, the role of gender in that process. While approaching this subject, the contributors to this volume scrutinise both the literature and material sources, pointing out how widespread the close relationship between gender, memory and identity was. A major aim of this volume as a whole is to point out the significance of the interaction between these three concepts in both the upper and lower levels of Roman society, and how it remained an important question through the period from Augustus right into Late Antiquity.

Author : Diana Bowder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UIUC:30112040125244

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Who was who in the Roman World, 753 BC-AD 476 by Diana Bowder Pdf

Author : Richard J. A. Talbert,Kai Brodersen
Publisher : Lit Verlag
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015059101868

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Space in the Roman World by Richard J. A. Talbert,Kai Brodersen Pdf

How was space perceived and presented in the Roman world? While it is tempting to assume that any modern historical atlas, with its maps of "the world as the Romans saw it", gives a sufficient answer to these questions, recent research has suggested that the issue is more complex than this. To follow up such questions in more detail, the five original contributions to this volume, by leading experts from Britain, Germany, the United States, and Switzerland, discuss the tradition of scientific geography, Roman itinerary literature, and the Tabula Peutingeriana.

Author : Mary T. Boatwright
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521840620

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Peoples of the Roman World by Mary T. Boatwright Pdf

In this highly-illustrated book, Mary T. Boatwright examines five of the peoples incorporated into the Roman world from the Republican through the Imperial periods: northerners, Greeks, Egyptians, Jews, and Christians. She explores over time the tension between assimilation and distinctiveness in the Roman world, as well as the changes effected in Rome by its multicultural nature. Underlining the fundamental importance of diversity in Rome's self-identity, the book explores Roman tolerance of difference and community as the Romans expanded and consolidated their power and incorporated other peoples into their empire. The Peoples of the Roman World provides an accessible account of Rome's social, cultural, religious, and political history, exploring the rich literary, documentary, and visual evidence for these peoples and Rome's reactions to them.

Author : Sabine R. Huebner,Christian Laes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108470179

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The Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World by Sabine R. Huebner,Christian Laes Pdf

Explores single men and women in the Roman world, their ways of life and their reasons for remaining unmarried.