297円 Composed during the nights of an Attic winter, the sole surviving work of Aulus Gellius, the second century Latin author and grammarian, is an intriguing compendium of notes covering philosophy, history, biography and questions of grammar. ‘Attic Nights’ offers a valuable insight into the works o...

344円 La figura di Caligola è estremamente complessa: passato alla storia come imperatore folle, Caligola è divenuto esempio di tiranno che non conosce limite ai suoi più turpi desideri. Ma la vita dell’imperatore cela luci e ombre: l’infanzia travagliata, la persecuzione di Tiberio e poi l’adozione da...

748円 This early work by R. G. Collingwood was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'A Guide to the Roman Wall' is an informative essay on the history and use of Hadrian's Wall. Robin George Collingwood was born on 22nd F...

150円 Dieses eBook: "Ben Hur (Illustrierte Ausgabe)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Der Roman schildert das Leben des fiktiven jüdischen Prinzen Judah Ben Hur, der zu Beginn des 1. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. wegen eines angeblich...

310円 This carefully crafted ebook: "LEW WALLACE Premium Collection: Historical Novels, Poetry & Plays (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" describes the adventures of Judah Ben-Hur, Jewish prince from Jerusalem w...

350円 Oliver Cromwell has been the subject of books, learned journals, less learned articles, TV and radio programmes, countless times. He has had proponents and opponents. He has been revered and reviled, but far too seldom has he been understood. Perhaps the most scholarly of recent books on the subj...

2,420円 Un livre en forme de défi : faire revivre et donner à comprendre un personnage et une époque considérés comme familiers, et pourtant si éloignés de nous. Sur le Grand Camée de France, on le voit chevauchant Pégase, superbe et triomphant. Il est le prince de la jeunesse, le César que Rome et le mo...

1,200円 Antiker Reiseführer: Die römische Kaiserstadt an der Donau, mit den Augen des Bernsteinhändlers Livinius Cordinus Rutilius. Drei Kaiser kommen in Carnuntum zu einer Konferenz zusammen. Sie beginnt am 11. November des Jahres 308. Es geht um nichts Geringeres als den Fortbestand des Römischen Reich...

1,557円 Throughout the Roman Empire Cities held public speeches and lectures, had libraries, and teachers and professors in the sciences and the humanities, some subsidized by the state. There even existed something equivalent to universities, and medical and engineering schools. What were they like? Wha...

7,290円 Roman politics and religion were inherently linked as the Romans attempted to explain the world and their place within it. As Roman territory expanded and power became consolidated into the hands of one man, people throughout the empire sought to define their relationship with the emperor by gran...

1,657円 In the twelfth year of Emperor Tiberius's reign, a new Roman procurator was sent to the eastern Mediterranean to govern the subject land of Judaea. Some ten years later, he was removed from office for a misdeed and exiled to Gaul, where he may have committed suicide. The man, Pontius Pilate, coul...

442円 Extrait : II y a bien longtemps que je vous promets le récit de mes aventures ; je veux tenir aujourd’hui ma parole. Puisque nous voici réunis, moins pour nous livrer à des dissertations savantes, que pour ranimer par des contes plaisants la gaieté de nos entretiens, profitons, mes amis, de l’heu...