One of the most important historical records from classical antiquity, «The Annals of Imperial Rome» chronicles the history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius beginning in 14 A.D. to the reign of Nero ending in 66 A.D. Written by Cornelius Tacitus, Roman Senator during the second century A.D., «The Annals of Imperial Rome» is a detailed first-hand account of the early Roman Empire. Presented in this volume is the classic translation ...
Inspired during a trip to Rome to write a work that would come to define a large portion of his life, Gibbon proceeded to write one of the most ambitious histories in the English language. «The History» is an epic narrative, comprised of six volumes, that covers thirteen centuries of Roman history. Beginning after Marcus Aurelius in 180 and concluding in 1453, Gibbon provides both the broad pattern and the illuminating details of this time perio ...
A Roman historian of Greek descent, Appian was born in Alexandria (c. 95), received a formal education and later moved to Rome to serve as a barrister (c. 120). He was eventually presented with the title of procurator under Antoninus Pius, which allowed him to spend time on his «Historia Romana». The collection totaled 24 books written in Greek dialect, of which, unfortunately, only about half have survived, either complete or in large fragments ...
One of the most important historical records from classical antiquity, “The Annals of Imperial Rome” chronicles the history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius beginning in 14 AD to the end of the reign of Nero in 68 AD. Written by Cornelius Tacitus, a Roman Senator during the second century AD, it is a detailed first-hand account of the early Roman Empire and an important source for a modern understanding of that time. It is believed ...
“Discourses on Livy”, which was first published posthumously in 1531, is Niccolo Machiavelli’s analysis of the first ten books of Livy’s monumental work of Roman History, which details the expansion of Rome through the end of the Third Samnite War in 293 BC. Machiavelli believed that by examining the exemplary greatness in Roman history, practical lessons could be applied to the politics of the present day. The Italian renaissance was causing pe ...
An epic endeavor by a man genuinely enamored of his native Rome, Livy’s “History of Rome” was originally written in 142 books spanning the entire history of the Roman people up to Livy’s day in the time of Augustus in the first century BC. Of this monumental history, which took most of the Livy’s life to complete, only 45 books still survive today. Livy begins with Aeneas’ landing in Italy and the myth of the founding of Rome by Romulus. In late ...
Четвертый выпуск альманаха «А ты ищи меня на карте!» посвящен загадкам, связанным с шестью островами в трех океанах и одном море. Автор расскажет читателю о древнем острове Туле, острове Тазата, Магнитном острове и еще трех загадочных географических морских объектах. С помощью автора читатель пройдет по пути Пифея, Колумба, Беринга и других мореплавателей. Новеллы морского выпуска альманаха иллюстрированы оригинальными коллажами из фрагментов ст ...
Keep tryst: судьба – это только выбор.Рыцарь без страха, упрека, стыда и совести – история аристократа эпохи Ренессанса. В четырех книгах цикла «Белокурый» – сорок четыре года Патрика The Fair Earl Хепберна, третьего графа Босуэлла, три обвинения в государственной измене, два изгнания из страны – без срока, а также приграничная война, придворные заговоры и соперничество за руку королевы Марии де Гиз, вражда, дружба и любовь короля холмов шотланд ...
«Едва ли найдётся человек, настолько легкомысленный и равнодушный к окружающей жизни, который бы не заинтересовался вопросом о том, какими средствами, какими приёмами политики римляне в промежуток менее 53 лет победили почти все страны населённого мира и подчинили их своей единой власти, – факт в истории беспримерный», – отмечал древнегреческий историк Полибий и был прав. Как же зарождалась Римская цивилизация? Как Рим завоёвывал Европу и Среди ...
