Download or read book Julius Caesar written by T. P. Wiseman and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most renowned names in history, Julius Caesar earned his reputation as a strict general, a resilient and resourceful thinker, and a determined dictator. This is the story of Caesar's life, accomplishments, and death, and the legacy of his name today.
Download or read book Julius Caesar written by T. P. Wiseman and published by History Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is Caesar a giant? Because he effectively created the Roman Empire, and thus made possible the European civilisation that grew out of it. As the People's champion against a corrupt and murderous oligarchy, he began transformation of the Roman republic into a quasi-monarchy and a military and fiscal system that for four centuries provided western Europe, north Africa and the Middle East with security, prosperity and relative peace. His conquest of Gaul and his successors' conquests of Germany, the Balkans and Britain created both the conditions for 'western culture' and many of the historic cities in which it has flourished.
Download or read book Hannibal and Scipio pocket GIANTS written by Greg Fisher and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 218, Hannibal Barca, desperate to avenge the defeat of Carthage in the First Punic War, launched an ambitious ground invasion of Italy. With just a small force, he crossed the Alps – a feat reckoned to be impossible – and pitted his polyglot army against Rome's elite citizen infantry. At Cannae, in 216, Hannibal destroyed an 80,000-strong Roman force in one afternoon, delivering a blow unequalled in Roman history for half a millennium to come. The Romans had no answer to Hannibal until the young Scipio volunteered to take over Rome's armies in Spain, which were close to defeat, and left leaderless by the death of Scipio's own father and uncle. In the decade which followed, Scipio turned Rome's desperate fortunes into a stunning victory over Carthage. The portrait of Hannibal and Scipio takes the reader through one of the greatest military campaigns in history, driven by two remarkable and fascinating men.
Download or read book Alfred the Great pocket GIANTS written by Barbara Yorke and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Alfred is one of the most remarkable rulers of any time or place. This clear, readable and insightful book shows why.’ Michael WoodWhy is Alfred the Great? A simple answer is that he has been seen as a man who saved England, invented English identity and pioneered English as a written language. He is the first Englishman for whom a biography survives so that we know more about Alfred and his ideals than we do for most people who lived over a thousand years ago.A slightly longer answer would say that things are a bit more complicated, and that one reason Alfred seems to be so ‘great’ was that he made sure we were told that he was. To get the measure of Alfred we need to look at what he actually managed to achieve. Can we resurrect the ‘real’ King Alfred? There may be limits, but even if we have to part company with some of the Victorian adulation, we are still left with a pretty impressive and surprising person.BARBARA YORKE has recently retired from the University of Winchester where she worked in the History Department for many years, ultimately as Professor of Early Medieval History. She is now a Professor Emerita there, and also an Honorary Professor at the Institute of Archaeology, University of London where she has advised on a number of projects. She has written extensively on the early middle ages in books and academic papers, as well as more popular works such as History Today and BBC History magazine (including on King Alfred). She has appeared on various radio and television programmes on Anglo-Saxon topics. In 2008 she curated an exhibition on King Alfred in the Discovery Centre, Winchester.
Download or read book King Arthur pocket GIANTS written by Nick Higham and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is King Arthur a giant? Because his story has had such strong influences on our understanding of the history of Europe and the English-speaking world. Because the debate about Arthur as a historical figure has been central to understanding the fall of Roman Britain and the formation of England for much of the last 1,300 years. Because Arthur is one of the best-known kings in world history, whose reign was viewed as a golden age, an epoch in which to centre tales of right and wrong, of faith and faithlessness, and of courage and falseness, the moral and spiritual values of which continue to resonate today not least among those who dismiss Arthur as a late literary construct. Because an understanding of Arthur and all the different things he has meant to scores of generations up to the present is fundamental to our understanding of our own past, our understanding of ourselves and the ways in which we can benefit from history.
Download or read book Nelson Mandela pocket GIANTS written by Colin Bundy and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Colin Bundy has given us an incredible insight into the person of Mandela. What a man and what a gift Madiba was to the world.’ - Desmond TutuNelson Mandela’s place in history is secure: he was one of the best known prisoners in the world even before his election as the first president of post-apartheid South Africa; secondly, he became a global icon, an elder statesman, with a degree of moral authority matched by very few. Coming to terms with a dizzying sequence of roles, this biography explores Mandela’s various identities – dashing young urbanite, charismatic nationalist politician, underground military commander and Black Pimpernel, tried, convicted, and a political prisoner for 27 years; on his release president of a democratic South Africa – and assesses these independently of his iconic, nigh-mythic status. This book revisits the well-known contours of Mandela’s career, but resists hagiography: it outlines what he achieved, but also identifies aspects of his personality and politics that are far less familiar.
Download or read book Jesus pocket GIANTS written by Ed Kessler and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-11-02 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is Jesus a giant? Because he was the founder of Christianity, the largest religion in the world with 2 billion adherents; because Christianity is one of the five great religions of the world, with followers in every country on the planet and a history stretching back two thousand years; because there remains great interest in the teaching of Jesus, his personality and his life. The origins of a great religion which has filled so immense a place in the history of the world must surely be of interest to everyone.
Download or read book The House of Augustus written by T. P. Wiseman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A radical reexamination of the textual and archaeological evidence about Augustus and the Palatine Caesar Augustus (63 BC–AD 14), who is usually thought of as the first Roman emperor, lived on the Palatine Hill, the place from which the word “palace” originates. A startling reassessment of textual and archaeological evidence, The House of Augustus demonstrates that Augustus was never an emperor in any meaningful sense of the word, that he never had a palace, and that the so-called "Casa di Augusto" excavated on the Palatine was a lavish aristocratic house destroyed by the young Caesar in order to build the temple of Apollo. Exploring the Palatine from its first occupation to the present, T. P. Wiseman proposes a reexamination of the "Augustan Age," including much of its literature. Wiseman shows how the political and ideological background of Augustus' rise to power offers a radically different interpretation of the ancient evidence about the Augustan Palatine. Taking a long historical perspective in order to better understand the topography, Wiseman considers the legendary stories of Rome’s origins—in particular Romulus' foundation and inauguration of the city on the summit of the Palatine. He examines the new temple of Apollo and the piazza it overlooked, as well as the portico around it with its library used as a hall for Senate meetings, and he illustrates how Commander Caesar, who became Caesar Augustus, was the champion of the Roman people against an oppressive oligarchy corrupting the Republic. A decisive intervention in a critical debate among ancient historians and archaeologists, The House of Augustus recalibrates our views of a crucially important period and a revered public space.
Download or read book Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Napoleon Bonaparte pocket GIANTS written by William Doyle and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the space of less than twenty years, Napoleon turned Europe upside down. Rising from obscure origins to supreme power by a mixture of luck, audacity and military genius, he was able to harness the energies released by the French Revolution to resolve the internal problems which it had created, before turning his restless ambition to remodeling the political structure of the whole continent in a series of brilliant military victories. He was never able to finally subdue all his foreign enemies, and in the end they came together to bring him down; but by then it was impossible to restore what he had destroyed, or, in France, to destroy much of what he had created. The memory of his epic exploits, carefully refashioned during his last years in exile, haunted Europe for over a century, while the more distant effects of his career changed the whole destiny of the Americas and of the world.
Download or read book Julius C sar written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Julius Caesar written by Jacob Abbott and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: History of Julius Caesar by Jacob Abbott
Download or read book Julius Caesar written by Hourly History and published by Hourly History. This book was released on 2016-06-05 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little over 2000 years ago a man named Julius Caesar changed the world. Even if you had never heard of him his lasting legacy has no doubt had an impact on your life. No doubt, even the very calendar that you use is based upon the system he created, with the month of July bearing his name. So who was this man that singlehandedly changed the course of history? Inside you will read about... ✓ The Underpinnings of a Republic ✓ The Real Struggle Begins ✓ When in Rome ✓ The Ides of March This book follows the life and legacy of the man whose life stood as a footnote between Republic and Empire. The man who has inspired playwrights, governments, and the very days of the week, the life of Julius Caesar is an incredible journey to behold.
Download or read book Julius Caesar written by Samuel Willard Crompton and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a biography of the Roman general and statesman whose brilliant military leadership helped make Rome the center of a vast empire.
Download or read book KEVIN AND THE GIANT INDIAN written by Big Adam and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin is a young farmer from the fields of Alabama whose ambition in life is to become a firefighter while holding true to the values and traditions passed on to him from his family. While a student on a college campus where he works security he happens into the path of the Giant Indian who has been a fixture on the campus for a decade and has become a mentor to the students, faculty, and staff. Both Kevin and the Indian are fearful and intimidated by each other at first but once they establish a bond they discover they each hold something the other one has always been searching for. For Kevin it is a journey into a world he has always wanted to see. For the Indian it is peace within his heart.
Download or read book The Wars of Julius Caesar written by Julius Caesar and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2014-06-07 with total page 1461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wars of Julius Caesar: Complete Works. He is often considered the greatest man in history. He invented strategy and changed the shape of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's legacy survives not only in his conquests and buildings, but in his books as well. "The Wars of of Julius Caesar" reunites his best known works, "The Gallic Wars" and "The Civil Wars" with the other three that are less known, but attributed to Caesar: "The African Wars", "The Alexandrian Wars" and "The Hispanic Wars", which may have been written by Aulus Hirtius. All works in this illustrated edition are translated by W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn. Beyond its importance as a source document for military and Roman history, It is also of interest because of his first-hand observations of the Celtic tribes that he was waging war on. For instance, refer to Book 6, which contains a long passage about Gaulish society, the Druids, and his famous description of the original burning man ritual.
Download or read book The Last of the Giant Killers written by John Christopher Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
