Rome and Romans, Paperback

A fresh and faithful translation of Vergil's Aeneid restores the epic's spare language and fast pace and sheds new light on one of the cornerstone ...

Reducere. Empires and Barbarians presents a fresh, provocative look at how a recognizable Europe came into being in the first millennium AD. With sharp analy...

Reducere. Ancient Greece and Rome aren't usually remembered for their sense of humour. However, in reality the ancient Greeks and Romans often refused to tak...

Reducere. PROSEIn this prequel to the now-classic Makers of Modern Strategy, Victor Davis Hanson, a leading scholar of ancient military history, gathers prom...

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Virgil, ancient Roman poet. Titles in this st...

Reducere. DescriptionDecius Caecilius Metellus, this year's magistrate for cases involving foreigners, thinks he is merely visiting one of the local attracti...

Reducere. No matter how much Spanish you study, it's nearly impossible to fully convince the native-speakers that you've got it. Even those estudiantes perfe...

Reducere. A fairytale marriage that goes terribly wrong, a ruling dynasty struggling to keep everything together by having overly ambitious palace officials ...

At the height of its power, the Roman Empire encompassed the entire Mediterranean basin, extending much beyond it from Britain to Mesopotamia, from...

DescriptionA History Today Best Book of the Year A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearVirgil, Ovid, Cicero, Horace, and other authors of ...

Reducere. Lupercalia (derived from lupus: wolf) was the name of a very ancient, pre Roman pastoral, held in the city of Rome, each year, on February 15, to a...

DescriptionA vivid exploration of the many ways the classical world remains relevant today, this is a passionate justification of why we continue t...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The birth of Europe as people know it today was har...

Reducere. New 2015 edition. ** King Jesus was King Izas ** This book finally confirms that the gospel's St Paul (Saul) was actually Josephus Flavius the hist...

Reducere. Known as Mitra to the Indians, Mithra and Zarathustra (Zoroaster in Greek) to the Iranians, and Mithras to the Romans, this is the oldest of all li...

"A scion of the Carolingian race, by all considered extinct, will come to Rome and behold and admire the piety and clemency of this Pontiff, who wi...

Livy's great history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of Italy in 218 BC, and the war he ...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Spanish, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: History of Spain: A Captiv...

Germanicus (a.k.a. Germanicus Iulius Caesar) was regarded by many Romans as a hero in the mold of Alexander the Great. His untimely death, in suspi...

DescriptionWhat set the successful armies of Sparta, Macedon, and Rome apart from those they defeated? In this major new history of battle from the...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes historic descriptions of the Pantheon over the last two millennia *Profiles theories regarding the construc...

Reducere. Little known Molise and Abruzzo in central Italy was the home of my ancestors, the fearsome and proud ancient Samnites who came down from the Apenn...

DescriptionThe name "Apostolic Fathers" was first applied in 1672 to a group of five writers who were taken either to have been in touch directly w...

In 132 AD, Simeon Bar Kosiba, a rebel leader who assumed the messianic name Simon Bar Kokhba ('son of a star'), led the people of Judaea and Galile...

Reducere. Written in the 2nd century by the Greek historian Polybius, "The Histories" is a multi-volume work detailing many of the events, people, and ideas ...

DescriptionExplore the most enduring empire of the ancient Near East Few nations were able to not only parry but also defeat the mighty Roman Empir...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Joseph AtwillWas Jesus the invention of a Roman emperor? The author of this ground-breaking book believes he was. "Caesar's...

People in our society are constantly searching for the answers to two questions. They want to know who God is and what He is doing in the world tod...

Reducere. This Vision book for young people 9-15 years old tells the story of one of God's most lovable and loving saints, St. Philip Neri. Despite his wisdo...

DescriptionThe dynamic of the gospel is the revelation of God's faith as the only valid basis of our belief (from faith to faith). Paul quotes Haba...