Two Thousand Years in Rome
Author | : Richard Mertz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Rome |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Richard Mertz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Rome |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Matthew Sturgis |
Publisher | : Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Total Pages | : 517 |
Release | : 2011-06-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1781010226 |
This “dashing chronicle” reveals what tourists have been visiting in Rome, from the era of the Roman Republic to contemporary times (The Independent). There is no place like Rome. Throughout its long, long history, its many changes in form and fortune, Rome has always been a tourist centre. In every age—Classical, Christian, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic, Modern—people have flocked to see its wonders. This is the story of what Rome’s visitors have looked at over the past two thousand years, the buildings, the statues, the paintings, the artifacts that have most impressed each generation of travellers from the time of the Roman Republic in the second century BC up to the present age of mass tourism. It is the history both of how Rome has changed with the centuries and how the taste of those who have visited the city has changed with it.
Author | : Richard Mertz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Rome (Italy) |
ISBN | : 9780460021098 |
Author | : Jennifer Ingleheart |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2011-10-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0191619132 |
Banished by the emperor Augustus in AD 8 from Rome to the far-off shores of Romania, the poet Ovid stands at the head of the Western tradition of exiled authors. In his Tristia (Sad Things) and Epistulae ex Ponto (Letters from the Black Sea), Ovid records his unhappy experience of political, cultural, and linguistic displacement from his homeland. Two Thousand Years of Solitude: Exile After Ovid is an interdisciplinary study of the impact of Ovid's banishment upon later Western literature, exploring responses to Ovid's portrait of his life in exile. For a huge variety of writers throughout the world in the two millennia after his exile, Ovid has performed the rôle of archetypal exile, allowing them to articulate a range of experiences of disgrace, dislocation, and alienation; and to explore exile from a number of perspectives, including both the personal and the fictional.
Author | : Charles A. Frazee |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780802848055 |
The story of Jesus dominates the history of the first century AD in the Near East, but what was happening elsewhere at this time? This book puts the life of Jesus and the events associated with him within a world context, not in terms of Jesus' world influence, which did not exist at this time, but purely as a means of interesting comparison.
Author | : Tom Standage |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2014-09-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1620402858 |
Chronicles social media over two millennia, from papyrus letters that Cicero used to exchange news across the Empire to today, reminding us how modern behavior echoes that of prior centuries and encouraging debate and discussion about how we'll communicate in the future.
Author | : Frances Wood |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520243408 |
This gorgeously illustrated oversized book brings the history and cultures of the Silk Road alive -- from its beginnings to the present day -- covering more than 5000 years.
Author | : Steven Saylor |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 596 |
Release | : 2007-03-06 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1429917067 |
Spanning a thousand years, and following the shifting fortunes of two families though the ages, this is the epic saga of Rome, the city and its people. Weaving history, legend, and new archaeological discoveries into a spellbinding narrative, critically acclaimed novelist Steven Saylor gives new life to the drama of the city's first thousand years — from the founding of the city by the ill-fated twins Romulus and Remus, through Rome's astonishing ascent to become the capitol of the most powerful empire in history. Roma recounts the tragedy of the hero-traitor Coriolanus, the capture of the city by the Gauls, the invasion of Hannibal, the bitter political struggles of the patricians and plebeians, and the ultimate death of Rome's republic with the triumph, and assassination, of Julius Caesar. Witnessing this history, and sometimes playing key roles, are the descendents of two of Rome's first families, the Potitius and Pinarius clans: One is the confidant of Romulus. One is born a slave and tempts a Vestal virgin to break her vows. One becomes a mass murderer. And one becomes the heir of Julius Caesar. Linking the generations is a mysterious talisman as ancient as the city itself. Epic in every sense of the word, Roma is a panoramic historical saga and Saylor's finest achievement to date.
Author | : J. Jung |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 139 |
Release | : 2007-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0595471110 |
Two Hundred Thousand Years presents snapshots of life since the dawn of mankind. In an engaging series of short stories, characters live the human experience and journey through the great gateways of human history, seeking answers to compelling questions such as: - How did man, a physical weakling, rise to dominate a planet of powerful carnivores? - Does contemporary man differ from his ancient predecessors? - Can man's future be seen in his past? - Is man good, evil, both, or neither? - What will likely end man's reign on earth? Characters learn what it means to be human-in both good times and bad. In Fire, an African tribesman struggles to cope after his three-year-old child is swept away by a powerful river. In The Hunt, a clan braves the tundra as they seek to kill bison, driving off other carnivores, and finding ways to keep warm in their bid to continue living. In The Astronaut, a spaceman marvels at passing through perhaps the greatest gateway of all: outer space. Entertaining and thought provoking, Two Hundred Thousand Years explores how man got to where he is today and where he might be going in the future.
Author | : Lemuel Call Barnes |
Publisher | : Asian Educational Services |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9788120615397 |
Based upon and embodying many of the earliest extent Accounts with map and illustrations Part 1: Genesis Missions, Part II: distributions of Missions: Asia, Africa, Europe, Artic Regions, America. Part III: Continuity of Missions, 32 plates, 152 illust., 1 map.