Scipio Africanus: Rome's Greatest General

Reducere. The world often misunderstands its greatest men while neglecting others entirely. Scipio Africanus, surely the greatest general that Rome produced,...

Reducere. DescriptionScipio Africanus (236-183 B.C.) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander, he never lost a battle. Yet i...

Reducere. DescriptionScipio Africanus (236-183 B.C.) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander, he never lost a battle. Yet i...

An important biography of one of history s greatest generals.

New edition of Alistair Moffat's bestselling The Wall

Reducere. In his book entitled Hannibal Barca, The Greatest General: The Meteoric Rise, Defeat, and Destruction of Rome's Fiercest Rival author Barry Linton ...

Reducere. Telling the story of a man who stood against the overwhelming power of the mighty Roman empire, Hannibal is the biography of a man who, against all...

Reducere. The Romans' destruction of Carthage after the Third Punic War erased any Carthaginian historical record of Hannibal's life. What we know of him com...

Reducere. Din cuprins: Somnivm Scipionis / Visul lui Scipio (Marcus Tullius Cicero);Studiu introductiv (de Anca Negru);Commentarii in Somnivm Scipionis / Com...

DescriptionThe Criminal Crowd and Other Writings on Mass Society is the first English collection of writings by Italian jurist, sociologist, cultur...

Reducere. This is an English translation of a brief biography of Servant of God Father Candido Amantini, C.P., a Passionist priest, exorcist, and beloved spi...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat does the average human head weigh? From where in the United Kingdom did the Titanic set off on her maiden voyage? Can you name the ...

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...

Marcus Tullius Cicero 978-606-24-0031-6

Reducere. "I, Hasan the son of Muhammad the weigh-master, I, Jean-Leon de Medici, circumcised at the hand of a barber and baptized at the hand of a pope, I a...

Din cuprins: ◊ Somnivm Scipionis / Visul lui Scipio (Marcus Tullius Cicero) ◊ Studiu introductiv (de Anca Negru) ◊ Commentarii in Somnivm Scipionis...

'Publisher: Columbia University PressAuthor(s): MacrobiusTranslator: William Harris StahlNumber of pages: 278Publication date: 1990Dimensions: 227 ...

Rome's World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered - Richard J. A. Talbert

The second instalment in the epic Vespasian series that chronicles the rise from humble origins of one man to fulfil his destiny as one of Rome's g...

The fourth instalment of Robert Fabbri's bestselling Vespasian series. Caligula is dead, Rome is in the hands of a drooling fool and Vespasian must...

A study of the Roman borders, their role as defenses and control points and their impact on the Roman empire as a whole.Publisher: Casemate Publish...

A new translation of Livy's monumental history of Rome by J.C. Yardley, which gives a vivid sense of the energy, variety and literary skill of this...

Rome's Via Appia, the Appian Way, takes travelers back to 312 BC.Originally built as a military route, the Via Appia launched an expansion that spu...

A fascinating insight into everyday life on Hadrian's Wall. The translations of the Vindolanda Scrolls ('send fresh socks' etc) are also a treat!

Reducere. Gladiatorial games at first served as a solemn funeral rite to honor noble citizens. At the height of their eight-century reign of popularity, the ...

Explore Edinburgh's hidden music heritage, plus a few of its more tuneful tall tales, with this eye-opening guide of the city's music milestones, f...

Reducere. Wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable, this outstanding collection features highly acclaimed short stories by Tolstoy who is regarded as one of th...

This is the only full biography of Constantius III in English. Concludes Ian Hughes' coverage of 5th century Roman Empire. Constantius' life and br...

The Third Macedonian War ended the kingdom created by Philip II and Alexander the Great and was a crucial step in Rome's dominance of the Mediterra...

From the bestselling author of A Universe From Nothing, comes a dramatic account of the scientific discoveriesmade by the greatest physical scienti...

Mithridates the Great was one of the dominant figures of the first century BC and the Romans' most persistent enemy, going to war with them three t...

Reducere. The 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion was the most celebrated unit of the early Roman Empire-a force that had been wiped out under Julius Caesar, r...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Nic FieldsIllustration(s): Colour illustrations throughout, including battlescene artworks, maps, 3D...

Alexander Severus' is full of controversy and contradictions. He came to the throne through the brutal murder of his cousin, Elagabalus, and was ul...

Reducere. DescriptionThe 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion was the most celebrated unit of the early Roman Empire-a force that had been wiped out under Juliu...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book is an attempt to explore why Muslims are in conflict with themselves, and why Muslims have been living in an isolation and int...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "His character too had i...

Reducere. Major General Maurice Rose (1899-1945), commander of 3rd Amored, First Army's legendary "Spearhead" division, was the highest-ranking American Jewi...

No other special force in history has a mystique equal to that of ancient Rome's thoroughbred protection and counter-insurgency squadron--the renow...

Reducere. ``Cato, history's most famous foe of authoritarian power, was the pivotal political man of Rome; an inspiration to our Founding Fathers; and a caut...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Katell BerthelotIllustration(s): 22 b/w illus. 2 maps.Number of pages: 552Publication date: 2021Dim...

Reducere. This book reconsiders the question of Martin Luther's relationship with Rome in all its sixteenth-century manifestations: the early-modern city he ...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Joanna Wylde comes a new story in her Reapers MC series... Rome McGuire knew he was...

Clear step-by-step guide to painting by a professional painter, Andy Singleton takes you from preparing and assembling the figure right through to ...

A highly illustrated account of one of Ancient Rome's most humiliating defeats, the battle of the Caudine Forks in 321 BC, and how the embarrassmen...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Dr Emily MichelsonIllustration(s): 11 b/w illus.Number of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimension...

Perhaps you once asked yourself, 'What exactly is Hamlet trying to tell me? Why must he mince his words, muse in lyricism and, in short, whack abou...

Reducere. Born in 1888 in Oklahoma Territory, Jim Thorpe was a Sac and Fox Indian. After attending the Sac and Fox agency school and Haskell Indian Junior Co...

A voyage through the mind to discover what consciousness really is, and what we can learn when it goes awry.Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General D...

DescriptionIn the year AD 9, three Roman legions were crushed by the German warlord Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. This event is w...