Download or read book The Game of Power Volume 2 History of Roman Empire written by Ainan Ahmed and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2024-06-27 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the fascinating world of ancient Rome through the pages of "The Game of Power, volume II" by Ainan Ahmed. In this gripping book, delve into the rich tapestry of Roman history, brought to life through the stories of its influential leaders. From the renowned Julius Caesar to the formidable Augustus, and from the mysterious Nero to the wise Marcus Aurelius, each emperor's journey is filled with twists and turns. Through conquests, alliances, and trials, these leaders shaped the course of an empire. With easy language and interesting stories of empires, "The Game of Power, volume II" takes you on a captivating journey through the heart of Roman civilization. Whether you're reading alone or with friends, this book offers a doorway into the captivating world of ancient Rome. Join Ainan Ahmed as you uncover the mysteries of power and ambition in the Roman Empire. From moments of triumph to instances of betrayal, this book paints a vivid picture of a civilization that continues to intrigue and inspire.
Download or read book Roman Power written by W. V. Harris and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains the growth, durability and eventual shrinkage of Roman imperial power alongside the Roman state's internal power structures.
Download or read book Gladiators and Caesars written by Eckart Köhne and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the events and games held in the amphitheaters, cicuses, and theaters in ancient Rome.
Download or read book Powers and Thrones written by Dan Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 961 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Not only an engrossing read about the distant past, both informative and entertaining, but also a profoundly thought-provoking view of our not-really-so-‘new’ present . . . All medieval history is here, beautifully narrated . . . The vision takes in whole imperial landscapes but also makes room for intimate portraits of key individuals, and even some poems."—Wall Street Journal "A lively history . . . [Jones] has managed to touch every major topic. As each piece of the puzzle is placed into position, the modern world gradually comes into view . . . Powers and Thrones provides the reader with a framework for understanding a complicated subject, and it tells the story of an essential era of world history with skill and style."—The New York Times The New York Times bestselling author returns with an epic history of the medieval world—a rich and complicated reappraisal of an era whose legacy and lessons we are still living with today. When the once-mighty city of Rome was sacked by barbarians in 410 and lay in ruins, it signaled the end of an era--and the beginning of a thousand years of profound transformation. In a gripping narrative bursting with big names—from St Augustine and Attila the Hun to the Prophet Muhammad and Eleanor of Aquitaine—Dan Jones charges through the history of the Middle Ages. Powers and Thrones takes readers on a journey through an emerging Europe, the great capitals of late Antiquity, as well as the influential cities of the Islamic West, and culminates in the first European voyages to the Americas. The medieval world was forged by the big forces that still occupy us today: climate change, pandemic disease, mass migration, and technological revolutions. This was the time when the great European nationalities were formed; when the basic Western systems of law and governance were codified; when the Christian Churches matured as both powerful institutions and the regulators of Western public morality; and when art, architecture, philosophical inquiry and scientific invention went through periods of massive, revolutionary change. The West was rebuilt on the ruins of an empire and emerged from a state of crisis and collapse to dominate the world. Every sphere of human life and activity was transformed in the thousand years covered by Powers and Thrones. As we face a critical turning point in our own millennium, Dan Jones shows that how we got here matters more than ever.
Download or read book The Fall of the Roman Empire written by Peter Heather and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2007-06-11 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how Europe's barbarians, strengthened by centuries of contact with Rome on many levels, turned into an enemy capable of overturning and dismantling the mighty Empire.
Download or read book The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire written by Edward Gibbon and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-25 with total page 604 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 Emperor The Death of Kings written by Conn Iggulden and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2004-03-02 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the bestselling The Dangerous Book for Boys “Brilliant…stunning,” raved the Los Angeles Times about Conn Iggulden’s first novel, Emperor: The Gates of Rome. “Iggulden is a grand storyteller,” declared USA Today. Now Iggulden returns to the landscape of ancient Rome and the life of Julius Caesar in a new novel filled with all the sumptuous storytelling that distinguished his first book. Sweeping from the windswept, pirate-ruled seas to the stifling heat of the Roman senate, Iggulden takes us further down the path to glory as Julius Caesar comes into his own as a man, warrior, senator, husband, leader. In a sweltering, sparsely settled region of North Africa, a band of disheveled soldiers turn their eyes toward one man among them. Ragged, dirty, and half starved, the men will follow their leader into the mad, glorious fight for honor and revenge that only he wants to fight. Their leader is named Julius Caesar. The soldiers are Roman legionaries. And their quarry is a band of pirates who made the mistake of seizing Julius Caesar—and holding him for ransom. Now, to get his revenge, Caesar will turn peasants into soldiers, building a shipborne fighting force that will not only decimate a pirate fleet but will dominate the Mediterranean, earning him the coveted title Military Tribune of Rome. While Caesar builds a legend far from Rome, his friend Gaius Brutus is fighting battles of another sort, rising to power in the wake of the shocking assassination of a dictator. Once Brutus and Caesar were as close as brothers, both devoted to the same ideals and attracted to the same forbidden woman. Now, when Caesar returns—with the winds of glory at his back—they will find themselves at odds. For each has built an army of elite warriors—Caesar’s forged in far-flung battles, Brutus’ from Rome’ s political killing fields. But in an era when men die for their treachery and their allegiances, the two men will soon be united by a shock wave from the north. There, a gladiator named Spartacus is gathering strength, building an army of seventy thousand desperate slaves—to fight a cataclysmic battle against Rome itself. Filled with unforgettable images—from the death throes of a king to the birth of Caesar’s child, from the bloody battlefields of Greece to the silent passion of lovers—Emperor: The Death of Kings is an astounding work, a stunning blend of vibrant history and thrilling fiction.
Download or read book Roman Empire The Ancient Superpower written by History Titans and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interesting look into the rise of the Roman Empire The Ancient Romans were known for many things--from the lavish lifestyle of those who were considered wealthy citizens to the great architecture created during their time. When most people think of Ancient Rome, however, they think of a military superpower. Rome is considered perhaps the greatest military superpower of their time. The country conquered countless lands in its quest for greater power and expansion of its empire.Many people know the story of how Rome rose and fell--this book is going to focus on the rising. It will discuss the events that defined Rome and aspects of the country that defined its power. You will discover inside this book!!..... Early Days of The Roman Empire Thirst For Power Warfare and Weaponry Wars and Battles Major Generals and Emperors And Much, Much More! Learn about the Roman Empire without reading a boring text book, just click "add to cart"!
Download or read book History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire written by Edward Gibbon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries.
Download or read book Empires and Barbarians written by Peter Heather and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empires and Barbarians presents a fresh, provocative look at how a recognizable Europe came into being in the first millennium AD. With sharp analytic insight, Peter Heather explores the dynamics of migration and social and economic interaction that changed two vastly different worlds--the undeveloped barbarian world and the sophisticated Roman Empire--into remarkably similar societies and states. The book's vivid narrative begins at the time of Christ, when the Mediterranean circle, newly united under the Romans, hosted a politically sophisticated, economically advanced, and culturally developed civilization--one with philosophy, banking, professional armies, literature, stunning architecture, even garbage collection. The rest of Europe, meanwhile, was home to subsistence farmers living in small groups, dominated largely by Germanic speakers. Although having some iron tools and weapons, these mostly illiterate peoples worked mainly in wood and never built in stone. The farther east one went, the simpler it became: fewer iron tools and ever less productive economies. And yet ten centuries later, from the Atlantic to the Urals, the European world had turned. Slavic speakers had largely superseded Germanic speakers in central and Eastern Europe, literacy was growing, Christianity had spread, and most fundamentally, Mediterranean supremacy was broken. Bringing the whole of first millennium European history together, and challenging current arguments that migration played but a tiny role in this unfolding narrative, Empires and Barbarians views the destruction of the ancient world order in light of modern migration and globalization patterns.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World written by Alison Futrell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport and spectacle in the ancient world has become a vital area of broad new exploration over the last few decades. This Handbook brings together the latest research on Greek and Roman manifestations of these pastimes to explore current approaches and open exciting new avenues of inquiry. It discusses historical perspectives, contest forms, contest-related texts, civic and social aspects, and use and meaning of the individual body. Greek and Roman topics are interwoven to simulate contest-like tensions and complementarities, juxtaposing, for example, violence in Greek athletics and Roman gladiatorial events, Greek and Roman chariot events, architectural frameworks for contests and games in the two cultures, and contrasting views of religion, bodily regimens, and judicial classification related to both cultures. It examines the social contexts of games, namely the evolution of sport and spectacle across cultural and political boundaries, and how games are adapted to multiple contexts and multiple purposes, reinforcing social hierarchies, performing shared values, and playing out deep cultural tensions. The volume also considers other directing forces in the ancient Mediterranean, such as Bronze Age Egypt and the Near East, Etruria, and early Christianity. It addresses important themes common to both antiquity and modern society, such as issues of class, gender, and health, as well as the popular culture of the modern Olympics and gladiators in cinema. With innovative perspectives from authoratative scholars on a wide range of topics, this Handbook will appeal to both students and researchers interested in ancient history, literature, sports, and games.
Download or read book Tradition and Power in the Roman Empire written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-04-08 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the interface between tradition and the shifting configuration of power structures in the Roman Empire. By examining various time periods and locales, its contributions show the Empire as a world filed with a wide variety of cultural, political, social, and religious traditions. These traditions were constantly played upon in the processes of negotiation and (re)definition that made the empire into a superstructure whose coherence was embedded in its diversity.
Download or read book Roman Empire written by Dirk Booms and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguably the most formidable of powers the world has ever seen, the Roman Empire in its prime stretched from Spain to Iraq and from Germany to Egypt, encompassing all the territory in between. By AD 117, it had engulfed almost fifty countries we know today, marrying a fascinating range of cultures and traditions. This illustrated book explores the diverse peoples of the Roman Empire: how they viewed themselves and others as Romans and examining their enduring legacy today, from the languages we speak, to the legal systems we live by, the towns and cities we live in, and even to our table manners
Download or read book The History of Rome Volume 2 written by Daniel Spillan and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-20 with total page 736 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 The Power Game in Byzantium written by James Allan Evans and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title presents an original portrayal of Justinian's reign, its politics and theological disputes, focusing on the lives of two extraordinary women who wielded power and influence. A fascinating exploration of the corridors of power in Byzantium of the time of Justinian (527-565), the book reveals how Empress Theodora and Antonina, both alumnae of the theatre, were remarkable examples of social mobility, moving into positions of power and influence, becoming wives of key figures. Theodora had three aims: to protect those Christians who would not accept the Chalcedonian Creed; to advance the careers of her family and friends; and to defend the poor and assist the defenceless and, in particular, women - a mission which she claimed publicly. Finally, there was the allure of power, and though the exercise of power cannot be qualified as an 'aim', there can be no doubt that Theodora loved authority: she made and unmade marriage contracts, and appointed men to office, or destroyed them if they got in her way. Antonina was both friend and agent, and equally ruthless. She managed her husband, Belisarius, and advanced his career, though she was unfaithful to the marriage bed, and would outlive the main players of the age of Justinian.
Download or read book The Government of the Roman Empire written by Barbara Levick and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals how an empire that stretched from Glasgow to Aswan in Egypt could be ruled from a single city and still survive more than a thousand years. The Government of the Roman Empire is the only sourcebook to concentrate on the administration of the empire, using the evidence of contemporary writers and historians.Specifically designed for students, with extensive cross-referencing, bibliographies and introductions and explanations for each item, this new edition brings the book right up-to-date, and makes it the ideal resource for students of the subject.
Download or read book Ancient Rome written by A. J. Kingston and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing the Ancient Rome 4 in 1 book bundle, a must-have collection for any history buff or lover of ancient civilizations. This bundle includes four captivating books that delve deep into the history of the Roman Empire, Augustus, the Colosseum, and Gladiators. In Book 1, The Roman Empire: A Tale of Power, Politics, and Enduring Legacy, you will discover the fascinating history of one of the world's most powerful empires. From its humble beginnings to its eventual collapse, this book covers all the major events and influential figures that shaped the Roman Empire. Book 2, Augustus: The Rise of Rome's First Emperor and the Foundation of the Roman Empire, takes a closer look at the life of Augustus, the man who transformed Rome from a republic to an empire. You will learn about Augustus' rise to power, his reforms, and the lasting impact he had on Roman society. Book 3, Blood, Sand, and Stone: The History and Legacy of the Colosseum in Ancient Rome, explores one of the most iconic symbols of ancient Rome. From the design and construction of the Colosseum to the gruesome gladiatorial battles that took place within its walls, this book provides a comprehensive look at the history and legacy of this remarkable structure. Finally, Book 4, Gladiators of Ancient Rome: A Bloody Legacy of Combat and Courage, takes you on a journey through the fascinating world of gladiatorial combat. You will learn about the different types of gladiators, their training regimens, and the role they played in ancient Roman society. Whether you are a history buff or simply curious about the fascinating world of ancient Rome, the Ancient Rome 4 in 1 book bundle is the perfect collection for you. Order now and discover the captivating history and enduring legacy of one of the world's greatest civilizations.
