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In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory ...
The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ...
In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one ...
Translated by Tom HollandThe Lives of the Caesars include the biographies of Julius Caesar and the eleven subsequent emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Claudius, Nero ...
Rome was first ruled by kings, then became a republic. But in the end, after conquering the world, the Republic collapsed. Rome was drowned in ...
The scale and organisation of the Roman army was unprecedented in the ancient Western world. This book tells the story of everyday aspects of the ...
From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the ...
The essential role of ethnographic thought in the Roman empire and how it evolved in Late Antiquity
Ethnography is indispensable for every empire, as important ...
Millions of visitors to Rome's Capitoline Museums admire the great bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 CE), practising Stoic and the last ...
Many books have been written on the Second Punic War and Hannibal in particular but few give much space to his campaigns in the years ...
'The best book on Pompeii I've ever read' STEPHEN FRY
'An essential read for anyone interested in this extraordinary place' TELEGRAPH
'Brilliant' TOM HOLLAND ...
Essays exploring the role religion played in ancient Roman warfare, including destroying enemies' gods, wartime ceremonies, and live burials. Religion was integral to the conduct ...
