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15 produkter
Rise of Rome
Häftad, 2021
241 kr
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A gripping account of the ascent of Rome – from agrarian backwater to capital of the world's greatest empire.'An elegant, swift and faultless introduction to the subject' The SpectatorStarting with the founding myth of Romulus and Remus, Anthony Everitt charts Rome's development from its origins as …
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
Häftad, 2003
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
269 kr
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Nero
Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
Av Anthony Everitt, Roddy Ashworth
Häftad, 2023
225 kr
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A striking, nuanced biography of Nero—the controversial populist ruler and last of the Caesars—and a vivid portrait of ancient Rome “Exciting and provocative . . . Nero is a pleasure to read.”—Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium The …
Alexander the Great
His Life and His Mysterious Death
Häftad, 2021
272 kr
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What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world’s greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial revisionist portrait. “[An] infectious sense of narrative momentum . . . Its energy is unflagging, …
Alexander the Great
E-bok, 2019
171 kr
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What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world''s greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial portrait. More than two millennia have passed, but Alexander the Great is still a household name. His …
Rise of Rome
The Making of the World''s Greatest Empire
E-bok, 2012
202 kr
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian , comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian backwater to the greatest empire …
Rise of Athens
The Story of the World''s Greatest Civilization
E-bok, 2016
109 kr
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A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history’s most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian Filled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune, The Rise of Athens celebrates …
Rise of Athens
The Story of the World’s Greatest Civilisation
Häftad, 2017
280 kr
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The story of Athens is truly intriguing: how did a tiny community of 200,000 citizens manage to give birth to towering geniuses across the range of human endeavour, create one of the greatest civilizations in history, and lay the foundations of our own political and intellectual heritage?Taking the …
Augustus
The Life of Rome''s First Emperor
E-bok, 2006
213 kr
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He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome’s first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations, for all of Western history to …
Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome
E-bok, 2009
240 kr
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Born in A.D. 76, Hadrian lived through and ruled during a tempestuous era, a time when the Colosseum was opened to the public and Pompeii was buried under a mountain of lava and ash. Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt vividly recounts Hadrian’s thrilling life, in which the emperor brings a century of …
Rise of Rome
E-bok, 2013
142 kr
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A gripping account of the ascent of Rome – from agrarian backwater to capital of the world''s greatest empire. ''An elegant, swift and faultless introduction to the subject'' The Spectator Starting with the founding myth of Romulus and Remus, Anthony Everitt charts Rome''s development from its …
Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome
E-bok, 2013
114 kr
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Born and bred in what is now northern Spain to a family of olive-oil magnates, Hadrian was lucky enough to benefit from the patronage of his maternal cousin, Trajan, who would later become emperor, and who named Hadrian his successor on his death in AD 117. After suppressing the Jewish revolt that …
SPQR: A Roman Miscellany
E-bok, 2014
95 kr
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SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus. A moreishly entertaining and richly informative miscellany of facts about Rome and the Roman world. Do you know to what use the Romans put the excrement of the kingfisher? Or why a dinner party invitation from the emperor Domitian was such a terrifying prospect? Or …
