Download or read book The Vestal Conspiracy written by K. M. Ashman and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2,000-year-old conspiracy is about to unravel in a tense mystery thriller that shifts between ancient Rome and contemporary London. Librarian and historical researcher India Sommers is used to questions about antique curiosities. So when a stranger asks for her opinion about an ancient but obviously fake coin, she thinks little of it. Until the man is murdered outside her library. Suddenly India finds herself involved in a perplexing investigation. The man’s coin is revealed to be an artefact linked to the ancient Roman cult of the Vestal Virgins, and it may help reveal the whereabouts of a missing young girl. Now India, accompanied by special forces investigator Brandon Walker, must race against time to resolve the mystery and discover the intent of a shadowy organization before innocent lives are lost.

Download or read book Conspiracy Theories and Secret Societies For Dummies written by Christopher Hodapp and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entering the world of conspiracy theories and secret societies is like stepping into a distant, parallel universe where the laws of physics have completely changed: black means white, up is down, and if you want to understand what’s really going on, you need a good reference book. That’s where Conspiracy Theories & Secret Societies For Dummies comes in. Whether you’re a skeptic or a true believer, this fascinating guide, packed with the latest information, walks you through some of the most infamous conspiracy theories — such as Area 51 and the assassination of JFK — and introduces you to such mysterious organizations as the Freemasons, the Ninjas, the Mafia, and Rosicrucians. This behind-the-curtain guide helps you separate fact from fiction and helps you the global impact of these mysterious events and groups on our modern world. Discover how to: Test a conspiracy theory Spot a sinister secret society Assess the Internet’s role in fueling conspiracy theories Explore world domination schemes Evaluate 9/11 conspiracy theories Figure out who “they” are Grasp the model on which conspiracy theories are built Figure out whether what “everybody knows” is true Distinguish on assassination brotherhood from another Understand why there’s no such thing as a “lone assassin” Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten, while buns come in eight-packs? Everybody knows its a conspiracy, right? Find out in Conspiracy Theories & Secret Societies For Dummies.

Download or read book The Vestal s Betrayal written by StoryBuddiesPlay and published by StoryBuddiesPlay. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic historical fiction novel set in ancient Rome. A young woman named Claudia, chosen as a revered Vestal Virgin, begins a forbidden love affair with a soldier named Marcus, risking being buried alive for breaking her sacred vow of chastity. As their passion ignites, they become embroiled in a dangerous conspiracy to overthrow the paranoid and tyrannical Emperor Tiberius. Claudia is forced to choose between her love for Marcus and her duty to Rome. With the empire's fate hanging in the balance, their defiant romance and acts of rebellion against the oppressive regime will change the course of history forever. A gripping tale of courage, sacrifice and the power of love to overcome even the most daunting obstacles

Download or read book How To Stop A Conspiracy written by Sallust and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 63 BC the corrupt aristocrat Lucius Sergius Catilina (Catiline in English) aimed to topple the Roman Republic. Catiline attracted a wide array of supporters: debt-ridden men and women from prominent families, youths looking for adventure, the less well-off tried of a political class that seemed only to look out for its own interests. Frustrated in his efforts to be elected consul, Catiline fled Rome while several of his associates stayed behind with secret plans to torch the city and murder its leading politicians. The story of Catiline and his conspiracy is recounted by the Roman historian Sallust in his short book, The War with Catiline Sallust's account culminates with the unmasking of these urban conspirators at a meeting of the Senate, followed by a stormy debate that led to their execution, and then the ultimate defeat of Catiline and his legions in battle. While Catiline is at the heart of the story, some of the most important figures of Roman history play key roles in the story: Cicero, the ambitious young senator who calculated how best to protect Rome; Julius Caesar, who delivers a memorable speech defending the conspirators against execution; and Cato, an ardent defender of the Republic. Catiline himself is a fascinating figure - a bitter and haunted man, determined to destroy Rome, yet sympathetic to the plight of struggling Romans. This book offers a new translation of Sallust's account of the thwarted conspiracy framed for a contemporary audience. As the translator Josiah Osgood notes in his introduction, Sallust's work is not limited to just recounting the conspiracy but engages with broader questions, still relevant today, about how republics flourish and how they break down. Sallust also poignantly describes how the corruption of Rome's leaders, worried less about the common good and more about their own advancement, spread like a disease through Roman society. Claims of conspiracy, across the political spectrum, have abounded in our time much as they did in Ancient Rome. While Catiline's plot was real and the charges of conspiracy well-founded, Osgood aims to show how Sallust's short work can help us to think about the allure of explaining the world through conspiracies, both real and imagined. This makes it a still useful source of wisdom for reflecting on a very real problem for contemporary republics"--

Download or read book Conspiracy Theory in Latin Literature written by Victoria Emma Pagán and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conspiracy theory as a theoretical framework has emerged only in the last twenty years; commentators are finding it a productive way to explain the actions and thoughts of individuals and societies. In this compelling exploration of Latin literature, Pagán uses conspiracy theory to illuminate the ways that elite Romans invoked conspiracy as they navigated the hierarchies, divisions, and inequalities in their society. By seeming to uncover conspiracy everywhere, Romans could find the need to crush slave revolts, punish rivals with death or exile, dismiss women, denigrate foreigners, or view their emperors with deep suspicion. Expanding on her earlier Conspiracy Narratives in Roman History, Pagán here interprets the works of poets, satirists, historians, and orators—Juvenal, Tacitus, Suetonius, Terence, and Cicero, among others—to reveal how each writer gave voice to fictional or real actors who were engaged in intrigue and motivated by a calculating worldview. Delving into multiple genres, Pagán offers a powerful critique of how conspiracy and conspiracy theory can take hold and thrive when rumor, fear, and secrecy become routine methods of interpreting (and often distorting) past and current events. In Roman society, where knowledge about others was often lacking and stereotypes dominated, conspiracy theory explained how the world worked. The persistence of conspiracy theory, from antiquity to the present day, attests to its potency as a mechanism for confronting the frailties of the human condition.

Download or read book The Dead Virgins written by K. Ashman and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India Sommers is a librarian and a talented historian, so when a stranger asks her opinion on an ancient coin she is happy to oblige but when the same man is murdered less than an hour later, it soon becomes apparent that there is far more to the situation than meets the eye. Recognising her unique talents for historical reference, she is quickly recruited by Brandon Walker, a Security Service intelligence officer investigating the strange disappearance of a very special young girl. As the facts unravel, they realize that an ancient artefact linked to the cult of the Vestal Virgins from ancient Rome may hold the key to her whereabouts and Brandon draws on India's vast historical knowledge to unravel clues that date right back through history to the time of the great flood. Slowly, the full horror and mind blowing truth of what they have discovered becomes clear and they become involved in a race against time in a horrific and shocking finale.

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Download or read book Cicero and the Catilinarian Conspiracy written by Charles Matson Odahl and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Charles Odahl offers a vivid narrative and analysis of the clashes of Cicero and Catiline during the Roman Revolution, and illuminates the political, military, economic and social problems which lead to the demise of the republican system and the rise of the imperial regime of the Caesars.

Download or read book The Tomb Builders written by K. M. Ashman and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this conspiracy thriller, a special investigator and a librarian search for the missing tomb of a Fourth Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh. Man fears time. Time fears the Pyramids . . . The Pyramid of Cheops. The largest and most enigmatic of them all. Possibly the greatest monument of all time and truly a tomb fit for a Pharaoh . . . Or was it? Despite finding a sarcophagus in the King’s chamber, many experts now believe that Khufu, the Pharaoh at the time was never actually buried there. But if that’s the case, where is he? India Summers returns with Brandon Walker to follow the clues left by an ancient priest, discover the true meaning of the pyramids and ultimately find the real undiscovered tomb of one of the greatest Pharaohs that ever lived. The thrilling final instalment to the India Summers Mysteries, perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Scott Mariani and Steve Berry.

Download or read book Imperial Inquisitions written by Steven H. Rutledge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delatores (political informants) and accusatores (malicious prosecutors) were a major part of life in imperial Rome. Contemporary sources depict them as cruel and heartless mercenaries, who bore the main responsibility for institutionalising and enforcing the 'tyranny' of the infamous rulers of the early empire, such as Nero, Caligula and Domitian. Stephen Rutledge's study examines the evidence to ask if this is a fair portrayal. Beginning with a detailed examination of the social and political status of known informants and prosecutors, he goes on to investigate their activities - as well as the rewards they could expect. The main areas covered are: * checking government corruption and enforcing certain classes of legislation * blocking opposition and resistance to the emperor in the Senate * acting as a partisan player in factional strife in the imperial family * protecting the emperor against conspiracy. The book includes a comprehensive guide to every known political informant under the early empire, with their name, all the relevant primary and secondary sources, and an individual biography.

Download or read book A Companion to the Roman Republic written by Nathan Rosenstein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-07 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican history as it is currently practiced. Highlights recent developments, including archaeological discoveries, fresh approaches to textual sources, and the opening up of new areas of historical study Retains the drama of the Republic’s rise and fall Emphasizes not just the evidence of texts and physical remains, but also the models and assumptions that scholars bring to these artefacts Looks at the role played by the physical geography and environment of Italy Offers a compact but detailed narrative of military and political developments from the birth of the Roman Republic through to the death of Julius Caesar Discusses current controversies in the field

Download or read book Inferno 3 In 1 written by A.J.Kingston and published by A.J.Kingston. This book was released on 2023 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to "Inferno", a gripping collection of books that chronicle the most devastating fires in the history of London, Rome, and Chicago. This bundle is an immersive experience that will transport you back in time to witness the power of these infernos, and the incredible human stories of bravery and survival that emerged from them. The first book, "London's Trial by Fire: The Great Fire of 1666," takes us back to a time when the city was ravaged by disease, poverty, and political turmoil. Amidst this chaos, a spark ignited, and the fire quickly spread, destroying over 13,000 homes and landmarks in just four days. A.J. brings this tragedy to life with vivid descriptions of the destruction, as well as personal accounts of the people who lived through it. In "Rome Burning: The Great Fire of 64 AD," A.J. tells the story of the fire that destroyed the ancient city of Rome. The blaze began in the market district and quickly spread, engulfing the city's iconic temples, buildings, and monuments. The book offers a glimpse into the lives of ordinary Romans and how they coped with the disaster, as well as the impact of the fire on the politics and culture of the time. The final book, "Chicago Inferno: The Great Fire of 1871," tells the story of the fire that destroyed much of the city, leaving over 100,000 people homeless. A.J. brings to life the events leading up to the fire, as well as the heroic efforts of the firefighters and the resilience of the people of Chicago in the aftermath. This book offers a fascinating look at the development of modern firefighting techniques and urban planning in response to the disaster. Each of these books is a captivating and well-researched account of one of history's most significant fires. Together, they offer a unique perspective on the power of fire and the human response to disaster. Whether you are a history buff, a lover of true crime, or simply looking for a gripping read, "Inferno: 3 in 1" is a must-read collection that will leave you spellbound. So get ready to be transported back in time and experience the heat and chaos of these three great fires. Order your copy today!

Download or read book Bibliotheca classica or A classical dictionary written by John Lemprière and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catiline written by Barbara Levick and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Guy Fawkes in early 17th-century Britain, L. Sergius Catilina was a threat to the constitution imposed on Rome by Sulla in the mid-1st century BC. His aim at first was to reach the consulship, the summit of power at Rome, by conventional means, but he lacked the money and support to win his way to the top, unlike two contemporaries of greater means and talent: the orator Cicero and the military man Pompey the Great. Defeated for the third time, Catiline took to revolution with a substantial following: destitute farmers, impoverished landowners, discontented Italians and debtors of all kinds. But they could not stand up to the forces of law and order and the rebellion was quashed. For the controversy that still surrounds it, the personalities involved, the distinction of the writers such as Cicero and Sallust, who are our main sources of information for it, this episode remains one of the most significant in late Republican history. This volume gives an energetic and appealing overview of the events, their sources, and the arguments of modern historians looking back at this controversial period. Accessible for students, but useful also for more experienced scholars, this is the perfect introduction not only to a specific historical episode, but also to the problems of tackling ancient sources as evidence.

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Download or read book Roman The Fall of Britannia written by K. M. Ashman and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is too late for peace. Prepare for war. Britannia, 43 AD. The last unconquered stronghold of the Celts. A dangerous place of men without fear, soon to face the might of an invading Roman army. Two young friends from drastically different backgrounds, Prydain and Cassus, are posted to a training cohort under the sadistic tutorage of a battle scarred veteran, Remus. The training is brutal but eventually the trainees set sail for their first campaign... the invasion of Britannia. The Romans find themselves in strange and unfriendly environment and, as they close in on their quarry, a long held secret will be revealed, culminating in a savage and astonishing climax that affects the very future of Britannia. The brutal, blood-soaked first instalment in a thrilling Roman historical series, perfect for fans of Ben Kane, Conn Iggulden and Simon Scarrow.