From Romulus to Romulus Augustulus
Author : Rose Williams
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 44,53 MB
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1610410041
The Last Roman
Author : Adrian Murdoch
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 2006-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0752496085
Book Description
The Last Roman is the only biography about Romulus Augustulus. It focuses on the personalities behind this powerful story and reveals the world into which Romulus was born - an empire that was about to die. Author Adrian Murdoch explores how Romulus's father Orestes, secretary to Attila the Hun, rose through the ranks to become kingmaker; how all was lost to another usurper in an Italy wracked with civil war; and how Romulus found peace at last, founding a monastery. This dramatic and poignant story of politics, decline and loss has inspired. Drawing on extensive new archaeological and historical research and using numerous contemporary sources, many translated for the first time since the nineteenth century, The Last Roman is the vivid story of an empire breathing its last.
From Romulus to Romulus Augustulus
Author : Rose Williams
Publisher :
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 26,54 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Rome
ISBN :
Book Description
King Arthur's Children
Author : Tyler R. Tichelaar
Publisher : Loving Healing Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 25,81 MB
Release : 2010-01-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1615990666
Book Description
Did you know King Arthur had many other children besides Mordred? Depending on which version of the legend you read, he had both sons and daughters, some of whom even survived him. From the ancient tale of Gwydre, the son who was gored to death by a boar, to Scottish traditions of Mordredas a beloved king, Tyler R. Tichelaar has studied all the references to King Arthur's children to show how they shed light upon a legend that has intrigued us for fifteen centuries. "King Arthur's Children: A Study in Fiction and Tradition" is the first full-length analysis of every known treatment of King Arthur's children, from Welsh legends and French romances, to Scottish genealogies and modern novels by such authors as Parke Godwin, Stephen Lawhead, Debra Kemp, and Elizabeth Wein. "King Arthur's Children" explores an often overlooked theme in Arthurian literature and reveals King Arthur's bloodline may still exist today.ÿ Arthurian Authors Praise "King Arthur's Children" "Author Tyler R. Tichelaar has performed impeccable research into the Arthurian legend, finding neglected details in early sources and reigniting their significance. Great brainstorming fun! I am proud to add this to my personal collection of Arthurian non-fiction." --Debra Kemp, author of The House of Pendragon seriesÿ "Tyler R. Tichelaar's in-depth analysis of the plausibility of King Arthur's children reaffirms the importance the King Arthur legacy continues to have for society and the need of people all over the world to be able to connect to and believe in King Arthur and Camelot." --Cheryl Carpinello, author of Guinevere: On the Eve of Legend
The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire 2 Part Set: Volume 3, AD 527-641
Author : J. R. Martindale
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 16,12 MB
Release : 1992-10-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521201605
Book Description
This is the final volume of the three-volume Prosopography which now provides a complete secular biographical dictionary for the Later Roman Empire from AD 260 to 641. This volume begins at the start of the reign of Justinian in 527 and ends at the death of Heraclius in 641. Like its predecessors, this volume has collected the surviving evidence about the personnel of the empire, about members of the senates of Rome and Constantinople and their families, about members of senatorial families still surviving and holding public office in the western lands (Gaul and Spain) no longer under Roman rule. It includes officials serving at the imperial court and in the civil and provincial administration, as well as army personnel at least of the rank of tribune and above. It also includes all persons, male and female, of the status of perfectissimus and above, whether holding office or not, and persons of learning, such as lawyers, doctors, teachers and writers. The project is intended as a tool for research works in the whole field of late empire studies.
Are We Rome?
Author : Cullen Murphy
Publisher : HMH
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 36,85 MB
Release : 2008-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0547527071
Book Description
What went wrong in imperial Rome, and how we can avoid it: “If you want to understand where America stands in the world today, read this.” —Thomas E. Ricks The rise and fall of ancient Rome has been on American minds since the beginning of our republic. Depending on who’s doing the talking, the history of Rome serves as either a triumphal call to action—or a dire warning of imminent collapse. In this “provocative and lively” book, Cullen Murphy points out that today we focus less on the Roman Republic than on the empire that took its place, and reveals a wide array of similarities between the two societies (The New York Times). Looking at the blinkered, insular culture of our capitals; the debilitating effect of bribery in public life; the paradoxical issue of borders; and the weakening of the body politic through various forms of privatization, Murphy persuasively argues that we most resemble Rome in the burgeoning corruption of our government and in our arrogant ignorance of the world outside—two things that must be changed if we are to avoid Rome’s fate. “Are We Rome? is just about a perfect book. . . . I wish every politician would spend an evening with this book.” —James Fallows
The Emperor Domitian
Author : Brian Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1134853130
Book Description
Domitian, Emperor of Rome AD 81-96, has traditionally been portrayed as a tyrant, and his later years on the throne as a `reign of terror'. Brian Jones' biography of the emperor, the first ever in English, offers a more balanced interpretation of the life of Domitian, arguing that his foreign policy was realistic, his economic programme rigorously efficient and his supposed persecution of the early Christians non-existent. Central to an understanding of the emperor's policies, Brian Jones proposes, is his relationship with his court, rather than with the senate. Roamn historians will have to take account of this new biography which in part represents a rehabilitation of Domitian.
How Rome Fell
Author : Adrian Goldsworthy
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 20,4 MB
Release : 2009-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0300155603
Book Description
The author discusses how the Roman Empire--an empire without a serious rival--rotted from within, its rulers and institutions putting short-term ambition and personal survival over the wider good of the state.
The Social History of Rome
Author : Géza Alföldy
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,20 MB
Release : 1989-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801837012
Book Description
This book treats such topics as the structure of archaic Roman society; social changes from the beginning of Roman expansion to the Second Punic War; slave uprisings and other conflicts in the society of the Late Republic; the social system of the early Empire; the crisis of the Roman Empire; and late Roman society to the fall of the Empire.
The Ruin of the Roman Empire
Author : James J. O'Donnell
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 12,66 MB
Release : 2008-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0060787376
Book Description
Recounts the sixth-century events and circumstances that led to the fall of the Roman Empire.
