The Untold History Of The Roman Emperors

Author : Michael Kerrigan
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502619112

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The Untold History of the Roman Emperors by Michael Kerrigan Pdf

The Caesars were the rulers of the Roman Empire, a Republic so large it encompassed parts of Asia and Northern Africa. From Caligula to Claudius, each emperor wielded immense power – for good or for evil, depending on their temperament – over the Roman army and their citizens. This book highlights the lives of some of the more memorable Caesars of Rome and the true history that exist beneath the legends.

Author : Anthony Blond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Emperors
ISBN : 1845297644

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The Secret History of the Roman Emperors by Anthony Blond Pdf

Author : Jean Baptiste Louis Crevier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1761
Category : Emperors
ISBN : UOM:39015073722640

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The History of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine by Jean Baptiste Louis Crevier Pdf

Author : C. R. H. Wildfeuer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Emperors
ISBN : 0981846068

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Trajan, Lion of Rome by C. R. H. Wildfeuer Pdf

Trajan - Lion of Rome is a historical novel, based on the life of the Emperor Trajan (ruled 98-117 AD), who expanded the Roman Empire to its maximum size. The reader plunges into a world riveted by the power struggles between Empire and rebels, Emperor and Senate and Rome versus competing kingdoms at its borders. The book is meticulously researched and stays true to the historic events.Trajan, the son of a general, grows up with aspirations to exceed his thriving father as a soldier. Successful beyond his own expectations, Trajan is soon drawn into the conflict between the tyrant Domitian and a resentful Senate, led by Nerva. He needs to choose sides, supported by his wife Plotina and cousin Hadrian. After Domitian¿s assassination Nerva takes over and appoints Trajan as his successor. When Nerva dies two years later Trajan¿s time has come. Now he has to prove himself against the temptations of power and the siren song of military glory. He succeeds by leading a war of necessity against Dacian invaders, but his conquest of Mesopotamia turns into a huge challenge for himself and the whole Roman army.

Author : Robert Lynam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Emperors
ISBN : WISC:89095903399

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The History of the Roman Emperors by Robert Lynam Pdf

Author : Jean Baptiste Louis Crevier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1814
Category : Emperors
ISBN : MINN:319510024056416

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The History of the Roman Emperors by Jean Baptiste Louis Crevier Pdf

Author : Theodor Mommsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134624782

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A History of Rome under the Emperors by Theodor Mommsen Pdf

This book caused a sensation when it was published in Germany in 1992, and was front page news in many newspapers. For readers of English, it will be an authoritative survey of four centuries of Roman history, and a unique window on the German tradition of the last century. Theodor Mommsen (d. 1903) was one of the greatest Roman historians of the nineteenth century, and the only one ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. His fame rests on his History of Rome as well as his work on Roman law and on the Roman provinces. But the work that would have concluded his history of Rome - which ran to the reign of Augustus - was never completed. This book represents that great lost work. In 1980 Alexander Demandt discovered in an antiquarian bookshop a full and detailed handwritten transcript of the lectures on the Roman Empire, which Mommsen gave for many years from 1863 to 1886, made by two of his students. This transcript has been edited to provide the authoritative reconstruction of the book Mommsen never wrote, A History of Rome Under the Emperors. Barbara and Alexander Demandt have carefully edited the text and provided detailed annotation and explanatory references. For the English edition, Professor Thomas Wiedemann has written an introduction which surveys Mommsen's position and influence in nineteenth century German scholarship and introduces his work for English speaking readers.

Author : Sir Charles Abraham Elton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1825
Category : Emperors
ISBN : NYPL:33433081571071

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A History of the Roman Emperors by Sir Charles Abraham Elton Pdf

Author : Simon Elliott
Publisher : Greenhill Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781784385286

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Pertinax by Simon Elliott Pdf

The son of a former slave, Pertinax was the Roman Emperor who proved that no matter how lowly your birth, you could rise to the very top through hard work, grit and determination. Born in AD 126, he made a late career change from working as a grammar teacher to a position in the army. As he moved up the ranks and further along the aristocratic cursus honorum, he took on many of the most important postings in the Empire, from senior military roles in fractious Britain, the Marcomannic Wars on the Danube, to the Parthian Wars in the east. He held governorships in key provinces, and later consulships in Rome itself. When Emperor Commodus was assassinated on New Year’s Eve AD 192/193, the Praetorian Guard alighted on Pertinax to become the new Emperor, expecting a pliable puppet who would favour them with great wealth. But Pertinax was nothing of the sort and when he then attempted to reform the Guard, he was assassinated. His death triggered the beginning of the ‘Year of the Five Emperors’ from which Septimius Severus, Pertinax’s former mentoree, became the ultimate victor and founder of the Severan Dynasty. This previously untold story brings a fascinating and important figure out of the shadows. A self made everyman, a man of principle and ambition, a role model respected by his contemporaries who styled himself on his philosophizing predecessor and sometime champion Marcus Aurelius, Pertinax’s remarkable story offers a unique and panoramic insight into the late 2nd century AD Principate Empire.

Author : Judith John
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502619051

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The Untold History of Henry VIII and the Tudors by Judith John Pdf

Beginning with the victory of Henry Tudor over Richard III at Bosworth Field in 1485, and ending with the death of the childless Elizabeth I in 1603 following a 45-year reign, the Tudor dynasty marks a period in British history where England was transformed from a minor medieval kingdom to a preeminent European power on the verge of empire.

Author : Brenda Ralph Lewis
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502619068

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The Untold History of the Kings and Queens of England by Brenda Ralph Lewis Pdf

Despite its reputation as the longest established in Europe, the history of the English monarchy is punctuated by scandal, murders, betrayals, plots, and treason. Since William the Conqueror seized the crown in 1066, England has seen three civil wars; six monarchs have been murdered or executed; the throne of England has been usurped four times, and won in battle three times; and personal scandals and royal family quarrels abound.

Author : Brenda Ralph Lewis
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502619082

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The Untold History of the Kings and Queens of Europe by Brenda Ralph Lewis Pdf

To many, Europe has been the pinnacle of world sophistication and culture. Yet beneath the power, the glamor, and the splendor there has also been scandal, mystery and skullduggery. Kings & Queens of Europe: A Dark History peels away the glory and the glitz to take a wry look at what has really gone on in the corridors, bedrooms and dungeons of European power from the fourteenth century up to the present day.

Author : Herodian
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Rome
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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History of the Roman Empire by Herodian Pdf

Author : Martin J. Dougherty
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502619013

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The Untold History of the Celts by Martin J. Dougherty Pdf

Before the Vikings, before the Anglo-Saxons, before the Roman Empire, the Celts dominated central and western Europe. Today we might think of the Celts only inhabiting parts of the far west of Europe –Ireland, Great Britain, France and Spain –but these were the extremities in which their culture lasted longest. In fact, they had originated in Central Europe and settled as far afield as present day Turkey, Poland and Italy. From their emergence as an Iron Age people around 800 BC to the early centuries AD, Celts reveals the truth behind the stories of naked warriors, ritual beheadings, druids, magic and accusations of human sacrifice. The book examines the different tribes, the Hallstatt and La Tène periods, as well as Celtic survival in western Europe, the Gallic Wars, military life, spiritual life, slavery, sexuality and Celtic art.

Author : Martin J. Dougherty
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502619037

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The Untold History of the Vikings by Martin J. Dougherty Pdf

Beginning in 789AD, the Vikings raided monasteries, sacked cities and invaded western Europe. They looted and enslaved their enemies. But that is only part of their story. In long boats they discovered Iceland and America (both by accident) and also sailed up the Seine to Paris (which they sacked). They settled from Newfoundland to Russia, founded Dublin and fought battles as far afield as the Caspian Sea. A thousand years after their demise, traces of the Vikings remain all the way from North America to Istanbul. They traded walruses with Inuits, brought Russian furs to Western Europe and took European slaves to Constantinople. Their graves contain Arab silver, Byzantine silks and Frankish weapons. In this accessible book, the whole narrative of the Viking story is examined from the eighth to the 11th century. Arranged thematically, Vikings – A History of the Norse People, examines the Norsemen from exploration to religion to trade to settlement to weaponry to kingdoms to their demise and legacy. But today questions remain: what prompted the first Viking raids? What stopped their expansion? And how much of the tales of murder, rape and pillage is myth?