Download or read book Quo Vadis a Narrative of the Time of Nero written by Henryk Sienkiewicz and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes the actions that happened during a period of the last four years' reigning of the Roman Emperor Nero and lightens one of the most dramatic pages in the Roman and world history. Rather convincingly, a reader gets to know the Emperor Nero and his inner circle, the origin of Christianity.
Download or read book The Power of Myth pamphlet written by Edward Champlin and published by Belknap Press. This book was released on 2003-10-21 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman emperor Nero is remembered as the vain and immoral monster who fiddled while Rome burned. He murdered his younger brother and rival to the throne. He then murdered his mother, with whom he may have slept. He killed his pregnant wife in a fit of rage, then castrated and married a young freedman because he resembled her. Without seeking to rehabilitate Nero, Champlin reinterprets his enormities on their own terms, as the self-conscious performances of an imperial actor with a formidable grasp of Roman history and mythology.
Download or read book Quo Vadis written by Creative Media Partners, LLC and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Nero written by Miriam Griffin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nero's personality and crimes have always intrigued historians and writers of fiction. However, his reign also illuminates the nature of the Julio-Claudian Principate. Nero's suicide brought to an end the dynasty Augustus had founded, and placed in jeopardy the political system he had devised. Miriam T. Griffin's authoratitive survey of Nero's reign incorporates both a chronological account, as well as an analysis of the reasons for Nero's collapse under the pressure of his role as emperor.
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Download or read book The Cambridge Ancient History written by John Boardman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of 'The Cambridge Ancient History' embraces the wide range of approaches and scholarships which have in recent decades transformed our view of late antiquity.
Download or read book Sammlung written by Tatian and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1995 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two works with separate titlepages and pagination published in one volume.
Download or read book The Cambridge History of Medicine written by Roy Porter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-05 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, 'The Cambridge History of Medicine' surveys the rise of medicine in the West from classical times to the present. Covering both the social and scientific history of medicine, this volume traces the chronology of key developments and events.
Download or read book I Was a Rat written by Philip Pullman and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-03-29 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I Was a Rat!” So insists a scruffy boy named Roger. Maybe it’s true. But what is he now? A terrifying monster running wild in the sewers? The Daily Scourge is sure of it. A victim of “Rodent Delusion”? The hospital nurse says yes. A lucrative fairground freak? He is to Mr. Tapscrew. A champion wriggler and a budding thief? That’s what Billy thinks. Or just an ordinary small boy, though a little ratty in his habits? Only three people believe this version of the story. And it may take a royal intervention—and a bit of magic—to convince the rest of the world. Set against the backdrop of a Royal Wedding—and a playful parody of the press, I Was a Rat! is a magical weaving of humor, fairy tale, and adventure.
Download or read book The Fall of Jerusalem written by Flavius Josephus and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2006 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is fatal to show pity in a time of war. Led by the mighty Titus, the Roman army besieges Jerusalem. Arrows rain over the city day and night, and battering rams assault its defensive walls. Inside, the people curse their fate, resistant to the last but maddened by hunger. After days of rebellion, al last their city falls. The citizens plead for mercy - but as the Romans march on the Temple of Masada, the most sacred sanctuary of the Jewish people, flaming torches blaze above their heads . . .
Download or read book Tales written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Power and Eroticism in Imperial Rome written by Caroline Vout and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how Roman imperial power was constructed and contested through the representation of sexual relations.
Download or read book My Bloody Roots written by Max Cavalera and published by Jawbone. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid and revelatory account of life in two of metal's greatest bands, Sepultura and Soulfly, by one of the global metal scene's important figures.
Download or read book Spice written by Jack Turner and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this brilliant, engrossing work, Jack Turner explores an era—from ancient times through the Renaissance—when what we now consider common condiments were valued in gold and blood. Spices made sour medieval wines palatable, camouflaged the smell of corpses, and served as wedding night aphrodisiacs. Indispensible for cooking, medicine, worship, and the arts of love, they were thought to have magical properties and were so valuable that they were often kept under lock and key. For some, spices represented Paradise, for others, the road to perdition, but they were potent symbols of wealth and power, and the wish to possess them drove explorers to circumnavigate the globe—and even to savagery. Following spices across continents and through literature and mythology, Spice is a beguiling narrative about the surprisingly vast influence spices have had on human desire. Includes eight pages of color photographs. One of the Best Books of the Year: Discover Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Chronicle
Download or read book Tyrant s Tomb written by Rick Riordan and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's not easy being Apollo, especially when you've been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five ancient oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Apollo (aka Lester Papadopoulos) has faced both triumphs and tragedies. Now his journey takes him to Camp Jupiter in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the Roman demigods are preparing for a desperate last stand against the evil Triumvirate of Roman emperors. Hazel, Reyna, Frank, Tyson, Ella, and many other old friends will need Apollo's aid to survive the onslaught. Unfortunately, the answer to their salvation lies in the forgotten tomb of a Roman ruler . . . someone even worse than the emperors Apollo has already faced.
Download or read book Guide to Reprints written by Albert James Diaz and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
