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Author | : Jerry Toner |
Publisher | : Profile Books |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2022-02-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782832173 |
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'Toner again spins a tale that is enjoyable and informative.' The Times Tour the Roman Empire at its height with Marcus Sidonius Falx and his amanuensis, Dr Jerry Toner. Travelling east, Falx explores the great cultural centre of Athens before trekking into rural Asia (or Turkey as we know it), past the already ancient Luxor monuments in Roman Egypt, and by the Great Library of Alexandria. Travelling west across the breadbasket of the Empire, he journeys through Gaul (France) before crossing to Britannia, where he suffers the worst that provincial life has to offer. Falx provides practical advice on surviving all things travel: from pirates and shipwrecks to bedbugs and lousy food. Even the most sedentary reader will feel they have experienced life in the Empire first-hand.
Author | : J. P. Toner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Rome |
ISBN | : |
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Tour the Roman Empire at its height with Marcus Sidonius Falx and his amanuensis, Dr Jerry Toner. Travelling east, Falx explores the great cultural centre of Athens before trekking into rural Asia (or Turkey as we know it), past the already ancient Luxor monuments in Roman Egypt and by the Great Library of Alexandria. Travelling west across the breadbasket of the Empire, he journeys through Gaul (France) before crossing to Britannia, where he suffers the worst that provincial life has to offer. Falx provides practical advice on surviving all things travel: from pirates and shipwrecks to bedbugs and lousy food. Even the most sedentary reader will feel they have experienced life in the Empire first-hand.
Author | : Jerry Toner |
Publisher | : Abrams |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2014-09-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1468310275 |
Download The Roman Guide to Slave Management Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A scholar explores the history of slavery in Ancient Rome using a fictional story as a backdrop. Marcus Sidonius Falx is an average Roman citizen. Born of a relatively well-off noble family, he lives on a palatial estate in Campania, dines with senators and generals, and, like all of his ancestors before him, owns countless slaves. Having spent most of his life managing his servants—many of them prisoners from Rome’s military conquests—he decided to write a kind of owner’s manual for his friends and countrymen. The result, The Roman Guide to Slave Management, is a sly, subversive guide to the realities of servitude in ancient Rome. Cambridge scholar Jerry Toner uses Falx, his fictional but true-to-life creation, to describe where and how to Romans bought slaves, how they could tell an obedient worker from a troublemaker, and even how the ruling class reacted to the inevitable slave revolts. Toner also adds commentary throughout, analyzing the callous words and casual brutality of Falx and his compatriots and putting it all in context for the modern reader. Written with a deep knowledge of ancient culture—and the depths of its cruelty—this is the Roman Empire as you’ve never seen it before. “By turns charming, haughty, and brutal . . . an ingenious device.” —The New Yorker “[Toner’s] history and commentary provides context for the dirty institution upon which modern civilization is built.” —Publishers Weekly
Author | : Eckart Köhne |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780520227989 |
Download Gladiators and Caesars Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Describes the events and games held in the amphitheaters, cicuses, and theaters in ancient Rome.
Author | : Sally Magnusson |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2018-02-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1473638976 |
Download The Sealwoman's Gift Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
'REMARKABLE' Sarah Perry | 'EXTRAORDINARILY IMMERSIVE' Guardian | 'EPIC' Zoe Ball Book Club | 'A REALLY, REALLY GOOD READ' BBC R2 Book Club' | 'LYRICAL' Stylist | 'POETIC' Daily Mail 1627. In a notorious historical event, pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted 400 people into slavery in Algiers. Among them a pastor, his wife, and their children. In her acclaimed debut novel Sally Magnusson imagines what history does not record: the experience of Asta, the pastor's wife, as she faces her losses with the one thing left to her - the stories from home - and forges an ambiguous bond with the man who bought her. Uplifting, moving, and sharply witty, The Sealwoman's Gift speaks across centuries and oceans about loss, love, resilience and redemption. SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN | THE BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD | THE MCKITTERICK PRIZE | THE PAUL TORDAY MEMORIAL PRIZE | THE WAVERTON GOOD READ AWARD | A ZOE BALL ITV BOOK CLUB PICK 'Sally Magnusson has taken an amazing true event and created a brilliant first novel. It's an epic journey in every sense: although it's historical, it's incredibly relevant to our world today. We had to pick it' Zoe Ball Book Club 'Richly imagined and energetically told' Sunday Times 'The best sort of historical novel' Scotsman 'Compelling ' Good Housekeeping 'An accomplished and intelligent novel' Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, author of Why Did You Lie? 'Vivid and compelling' Adam Nichols, co-translator of The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson
Author | : Ludwig Friedlaender |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Rome |
ISBN | : |
Download Roman Life and Manners Under the Early Empire Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Sheenagh Pugh |
Publisher | : Seren Books |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : |
Download The Beautiful Lie Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Lying and truth-telling are a matter of choice; our innate capacity for mendacity is the source of all story-telling. The title poem sets the thematic tone for this collection which explores the interface between fiction and reality. In "Fanfic", Pugh travels into cyberspace where devoted fans discuss, rewrite and reinvent cult-tv. A second sequence, "Lady Franklin's Man", details the long search for the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, his widow's resilience and enduring love shining through in atmospheric recreations of the land-, sea- and mind-scapes of the mid-Victorian era. other poems include a dubious paean to the 'vampires of mercy' and the prize-winning Toast, a heat-soaked homage to young builders golden and melting on hot pavements.
Author | : William Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 858 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Classical dictionaries |
ISBN | : |
Download A Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : John Hewitt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1860 |
Genre | : Armor |
ISBN | : |
Download Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: To the end of the thirteenth century Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : John H. Pryor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Byzantine Empire |
ISBN | : 9789004205901 |
Download The Age of the Dromōn Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This analysis of the ships of the Byzantine navy from the sixth to twelfth centuries is a fascinating, and totally original discussion of the surviving texts which record and report them and the relationship of those texts to the physical reality of the ships themselves.