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Author | : John Henderson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1998-03-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521580267 |
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The essays in Fighting for Rome confront the traumatic disjunction between the militarist culture of classical Rome, with its heavy investment in valour, conquest and triumph, and the domination of its history by civil war, where Roman soldiers killed so many Romans for control of Rome. The essays gathered and rewritten here range across the literary forms (history, satire, lyric and epic) and work closely with the ancient texts (Appian and Julius Caesar; Horace; Lucan and Statius; Tacitus and Livy). Close reading and powerful translation communicate the ancient writers' efforts to grasp and respond to the Roman civil wars, and to their product, Roman terror under the Caesars. The book aims to bring to life strong reactions to a world order run by civil war.
Author | : Guy de La Bédoyère |
Publisher | : Abacus |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 2021-11-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780349143910 |
Download Gladius Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Felix Dahn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2022-01-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9789354785252 |
Download A Struggle for Rome V 1 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Adrian Goldsworthy |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 558 |
Release | : 2009-05-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300155603 |
Download How Rome Fell Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The author discusses how the Roman Empire--an empire without a serious rival--rotted from within, its rulers and institutions putting short-term ambition and personal survival over the wider good of the state.
Author | : Barry Strauss |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2023-03-21 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1982116684 |
Download The War That Made the Roman Empire Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"The story of one of history's most decisive and yet little known battles, the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, which brought together Antony and Cleopatra on one side and Octavian, soon to be emperor Augustus, on the other, and whose outcome determined the future of the Roman Empire"--
Author | : M. C. Bishop |
Publisher | : Casemate |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2017-09 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9781612005133 |
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The gladiator is one of the most enduring figures of Ancient Rome. Heroic, though of lowly status, they fought vicious duels in large arenas filled with baying crowds. The survivor could be either executed (the famous 'thumbs down' signal) or spared at the whim of the crowd or the Emperor. Few lasted more than a dozen fights, yet they were a valuable asset to their owners. But how did they fight and how did their weapons and techniques develop? Who were they? This book gives an entertaining overview of the history of the gladiator, debunking some myths along the way. We learn about the different forms of combat, and the pairings which were designed to carefully balance the strengths and weaknesses of one against the other. The retiarii (with nets) were lightly armed but mobile, the secutores and murmillones were protected but weighed down by their armor. Gladiators also participated in simulated naval battles on large artificial lakes or even in the arena of the Colosseum. Although their lives were brutal and short, gladiators often were admired for their bravery, endurance, and willingness to die. They were the celebrities of their day. This book reveals what we know and how we know it: ancient remains, contemporary literature, graffiti, modern attempts to reconstruct ancient fighting techniques and the astonishing discovery at Pompeii where a complete gladiator barracks was found alongside multiple skeletons, telling their story.
Author | : Peter S. Wells |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2004-09-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 039335203X |
Download The Battle That Stopped Rome: Emperor Augustus, Arminius, and the Slaughter of the Legions in the Teutoburg Forest Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The previously untold story of the watershed battle that changed the course of Western history. In AD 9, a Roman traitor led an army of barbarians who trapped and then slaughtered three entire Roman legions: 20,000 men, half the Roman army in Europe. If not for this battle, the Roman Empire would surely have expanded to the Elbe River, and probably eastward into present-day Russia. But after this defeat, the shocked Romans ended all efforts to expand beyond the Rhine, which became the fixed border between Rome and Germania for the next 400 years, and which remains the cultural border between Latin western Europe and Germanic central and eastern Europe today. This fascinating narrative introduces us to the key protagonists: the emperor Augustus, the most powerful of the Caesars; his general Varus, who was the wrong man in the wrong place; and the barbarian leader Arminius, later celebrated as the first German hero. In graphic detail, based on recent archaeological finds, the author leads the reader through the mud, blood, and decimation that was the Battle of Teutoburg Forest.
Author | : Fred L. Walker |
Publisher | : Savas Publishing |
Total Pages | : 457 |
Release | : 2014-06-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1940669480 |
Download From Texas to Rome Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This remarkable and very rare memoir discusses the bloody combat history of the Texas National Guard 36th Infantry Division in World War II, from pre-embarkation training through the capture of Rome. The perspective, as seen through the eyes of its author, General Fred Walker, is refreshing for its refusal to rely upon hindsight and revisionist history. Walker led a division longer than any other American officer during World War II. The 36th earned a formidable reputation—and paid a high price for that distinction. Only five divisions in the entire U.S. Army suffered more casualties than the 36th during the course of the war. Some of the division’s fighting included the hard battles of Salerno and Monte Cassino. The 36th was assigned an assault river crossing at the Rapido to outflank the Cassino position and although several companies made it to the far bank, their tank support failed to cross the river. A German panzer grenadier counterattack pushed the infantry of the 36th back across the river with heavy losses. General Mark Clark, the 5th Army Commander, in what appeared to be an effort to scapegoat, relieved several key 36th division officers, although General Walker was retained as its commanding general. After the allies captured Rome, Walker was reassigned to command the Infantry School at Fort Benning. Includes a special guest Preface by Jeffrey W. Hunt, Director of the Texas Military Forces Museum, illustrations, photographs, maps. 504 pages.
Author | : Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 848 |
Release | : 1894 |
Genre | : Rome |
ISBN | : |
Download A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Stephen Dando-Collins |
Publisher | : Quercus |
Total Pages | : 837 |
Release | : 2013-09-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1623652014 |
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No book on Roman history has attempted to do what Stephen Dando-Collins does in Legions of Rome: to provide a complete history of every Imperial Roman legion and what it achieved as a fighting force. The author has spent the last thirty years collecting every scrap of available evidence from numerous sources: stone and bronze inscriptions, coins, papyrus and literary accounts in a remarkable feat of historical detective work. The book is divided into three parts: Part 1 provides a detailed account of what the legionaries wore and ate, what camp life was like, what they were paid and how they were motivated and punished. The section also contains numerous personal histories of individual soldiers. Part 2 offers brief unit histories of all the legions that served Rome for 300 years from 30BC. Part 3 is a sweeping chronological survey of the campaigns in which the armies were involved, told from the point of view of particular legions. Lavish, authoritative and beautifully produced, Legions of Rome will appeal to ancient history enthusiasts and military history buffs alike.