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28 produkter
Lawless Republic
The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome
Häftad, 2026
152 kr
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'A vivid, visceral and crucial read for our times' BETTANY HUGHES'Wonderful and insightful' ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHYThe collapse of law and order in the last years of the Roman Republic told through the rise and fall of its most famous lawyer, Cicero.In its final decades, the Roman Republic was engulfed …
The Alternative Augustan Age
Häftad, 2023
418 kr
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The princeps Augustus (63 BCE - 14 CE), recognized as the first of the Roman emperors, looms large in the teaching and writing of Roman history. Major political, literary, and artistic developments alike are attributed to him. This book deliberately and provocatively shifts the focus off Augustus …
How to Be a Bad Emperor
An Ancient Guide to Truly Terrible Leaders
Inbunden, 2020
151 kr
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What would Caligula do? What the worst Roman emperors can teach us about how not to leadIf recent history has taught us anything, it's that sometimes the best guide to leadership is the negative example. But that insight is hardly new. Nearly 2,000 years ago, Suetonius wrote Lives of the Caesars, …
The Alternative Augustan Age
Av Osgood Et Al, Josiah Osgood m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1773 kr
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The princeps Augustus (63 BCE - 14 CE), recognized as the first of the Roman emperors, looms large in the teaching and writing of Roman history. Major political, literary, and artistic developments alike are attributed to him. This book deliberately and provocatively shifts the focus off Augustus …
Alternative Augustan Age
Av Kathryn Welch, Kit Morrell m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
422 kr
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The princeps Augustus (63 BCE - 14 CE), recognized as the first of the Roman emperors, looms large in the teaching and writing of Roman history. Major political, literary, and artistic developments alike are attributed to him. This book deliberately and provocatively shifts the focus off Augustus …
Alternative Augustan Age
Av Kathryn Welch, Kit Morrell m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
422 kr
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The princeps Augustus (63 BCE - 14 CE), recognized as the first of the Roman emperors, looms large in the teaching and writing of Roman history. Major political, literary, and artistic developments alike are attributed to him. This book deliberately and provocatively shifts the focus off Augustus …
Uncommon Wrath
How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic
Inbunden, 2022
367 kr
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A dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire warning: republics collapse when personal pride overrides the common good. In Uncommon Wrath, historian Josiah Osgood tells the story of how the political rivalry between Julius Caesar and Marcus Cato precipitated the end of …
Turia
A Roman Woman's Civil War
Inbunden, 2014
2941 kr
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The civil wars that brought down the Roman Republic were fought on more than battlefields. Armed gangs infested the Italian countryside, in the city of Rome mansions were besieged, and bounty-hunters searched the streets for "public enemies."Among the astonishing stories to survive from these years …
Turia
A Roman Woman's Civil War
Häftad, 2014
884 kr
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The civil wars that brought down the Roman Republic were fought on more than battlefields. Armed gangs infested the Italian countryside, in the city of Rome mansions were besieged, and bounty-hunters searched the streets for "public enemies."Among the astonishing stories to survive from these years …
Turia
A Roman Woman's Civil War
E-bok, 2014
604 kr
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The civil wars that brought down the Roman Republic were fought on more than battlefields. Armed gangs infested the Italian countryside, mansions were besieged in the city, and bounty-hunters searched the streets for "public enemies." Among the astonishing stories to survive from these years is …
Caesar's Legacy
Civil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire
Häftad, 2006
720 kr
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In April 44 BC the eighteen-year-old Gaius Octavius landed in Italy and launched his take-over of the Roman world. Defeating first Caesar's assassins, then the son of Pompey the Great, and finally Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, he dismantled the old Republic, took on the new name …
Claudius Caesar
Image and Power in the Early Roman Empire
Häftad, 2010
569 kr
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The story of Claudius has often been told before. Ancient writers saw the emperor as the dupe of his wives and palace insiders; Robert Graves tried to rehabilitate him as a far shrewder, if still frustrated, politician. In this book, Josiah Osgood shifts the focus off the personality of Claudius …
Caesar's Legacy
Civil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire
Inbunden, 2006
2100 kr
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In April 44 BC the eighteen-year-old Gaius Octavius landed in Italy and launched his take-over of the Roman world. Defeating first Caesar's assassins, then the son of Pompey the Great, and finally Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, he dismantled the old Republic, took on the new name …
Claudius Caesar
Image and Power in the Early Roman Empire
Inbunden, 2010
1559 kr
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The story of Claudius has often been told before. Ancient writers saw the emperor as the dupe of his wives and palace insiders; Robert Graves tried to rehabilitate him as a far shrewder, if still frustrated, politician. In this book, Josiah Osgood shifts the focus off the personality of Claudius …
How to Stop a Conspiracy
An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic
Av Sallust, Josiah Osgood
Inbunden, 2022
151 kr
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An energetic new translation of an ancient Roman masterpiece about a failed coup led by a corrupt and charismatic politicianIn 63 BC, frustrated by his failure to be elected leader of the Roman Republic, the aristocrat Catiline tried to topple its elected government. Backed by corrupt elites and …
Rome and the Making of a World State, 150 BCE-20 CE
Inbunden, 2018
1460 kr
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In the century following 150 BCE, the Romans developed a coherent vision of empire and a more systematic provincial administration. The city of Rome itself became a cultural and intellectual center that eclipsed other Mediterranean cities, while ideas and practices of citizenship underwent radical …
Rome and the Making of a World State, 150 BCE-20 CE
E-bok, 2018
437 kr
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In the century following 150 BCE, the Romans developed a coherent vision of empire and a more systematic provincial administration. The city of Rome itself became a cultural and intellectual center that eclipsed other Mediterranean cities, while ideas and practices of citizenship underwent radical …
Rome and the Making of a World State, 150 BCE-20 CE
E-bok, 2018
423 kr
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In the century following 150 BCE, the Romans developed a coherent vision of empire and a more systematic provincial administration. The city of Rome itself became a cultural and intellectual center that eclipsed other Mediterranean cities, while ideas and practices of citizenship underwent radical …
Rome and the Making of a World State, 150 BCE-20 CE
Häftad, 2018
452 kr
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In the century following 150 BCE, the Romans developed a coherent vision of empire and a more systematic provincial administration. The city of Rome itself became a cultural and intellectual center that eclipsed other Mediterranean cities, while ideas and practices of citizenship underwent radical …
Companion to Persius and Juvenal
Av Josiah Osgood, Susanna Braund
E-bok, 2012
2960 kr
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A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as "satiric successors"; detailed individual contributions suggest original perspectives on their work, and provide an in-depth exploration of Persius'' and Juvenal''s afterlives. Provides detailed and …
Companion to Persius and Juvenal
Av Josiah Osgood, Susanna Braund
E-bok, 2012
2896 kr
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A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as "satiric successors"; detailed individual contributions suggest original perspectives on their work, and provide an in-depth exploration of Persius'' and Juvenal''s afterlives. Provides detailed and …
Lawless Republic
The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome
Inbunden, 2025
280 kr
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'A vivid, visceral and crucial read for our times' BETTANY HUGHES'Wonderful and insightful' ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHYThe collapse of law and order in the last years of the Roman Republic told through the rise and fall of its most famous lawyer, Cicero.In its final decades, the Roman Republic was engulfed …
Lawless Republic
The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome
Häftad, 2025
218 kr
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The true story of Cicero, Rome's greatest criminal lawyer, and his times.In its final decades, a crime wave engulfed the Roman Republic. An epidemic of extortions, murders, and acts of insurrection tested the court system's capacity to maintain order. As case after case filled the docket, an …
Lawless Republic
The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome
E-bok, 2025
45 kr
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''A vivid, visceral and crucial read for our times'' BETTANY HUGHES ''Wonderful and insightful'' ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY The collapse of law and order in the last years of the Roman Republic told through the rise and fall of its most famous lawyer, Cicero. In its final decades, the Roman Republic was …
Companion to Persius and Juvenal
Av Susanna Braund, Susanna Braund m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
2525 kr
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A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as "satiric successors"; detailed individual contributions suggest original perspectives on their work, and provide an in-depth exploration of Persius' and Juvenal's afterlives. Provides detailed and …
Roma. La creación del Estado Mundo
E-bok, 2020
131 kr
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La visión tradicional del último siglo de la República romana, deudora de la obra de contemporáneos como Salustio o Cicerón, es el de un periodo de caótica entropía, en el que políticos sin escrúpulos sumieron al Estado en una violenta espiral de autodestrucción. Múltiples fueron los retos que Roma …
El legado de César
La guerra civil y el surgimiento del Imperio romano
E-bok, 2023
145 kr
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En abril del año 44 a. C., Cayo Octavio, un joven de dieciocho años, desembarcaba en Brindisi y reclamaba la herencia y el nombre de su tío abuelo, Cayo Julio César. Tres lustros después, este puer, este "chaval", como despectivamente lo motejara Cicerón, era el amo de Roma, tras derrotar primero a …
Companion to Persius and Juvenal
Av S Braund, Susanna Braund m. fl.
2012
2118 kr
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A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as "satiric successors"; detailed individual contributions suggest original perspectives on their work, and provide an in-depth exploration of Persius' and Juvenal's afterlives. * Provides detailed and …
