Sejanus His Fall
Author : Ben Jonson
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 25,34 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780719015427
Sejanus
Author : John S McHugh
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 17,43 MB
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1526715007
Book Description
The figure of Sejanus has fascinated from ancient to more modern times. Sejanus, the emperor Tiberius' infamous Praetorian Prefect, is synonymous with overreaching ambition, murder, conspiracy and betrayal. According to the traditional storyline, this man craved the imperial throne for himself and sought it by isolating the naive emperor in his island pleasure palace on Capri whilst using his control over the Praetorian Guard, coupled with his immense power and influence in Rome, to purge the capital of potential opponents. His victims supposedly included the emperor's son, Drusus, poisoned by his own wife who had been seduced by Sejanus. The emperor, forewarned of Sejanus' ambition, struck first. The Prefect was arrested in the Senate, strangled and his corpse cast down the Gemonian Stairs. Study of Sejanus has generally been overshadowed by focus on Tiberius. John McHugh makes a fresh appraisal of the sources to offer the first full-length study in English to focus on this highly influential figure and his development of the Praetorian Prefecture.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
Author : Suzanne Collins
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 747 pages
File Size : 10,32 MB
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1338635182
Book Description
Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him. But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.
Sejanus
Author : David Wishart
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 18,51 MB
Release : 2011-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1444732757
Book Description
Immediately after his father's funeral, Marcus is approached by two senators who want him to dig up some dirt on Sejanus, emperor Tiberius's deputy and likely successor. Despite the dangers, Marcus cannot resist the thrill of more detective work, and his investigations uncover a trail of treason, betrayal - and murder.
The Roots of Pagan Anti-Semitism in the Ancient World
Author : Jan Nicolaas Sevenster
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 13,49 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004041936
Book Description
Discusses social, economic, and political aspects of antisemitism in the ancient (Greco-Roman) world, based extensively on the writings of Josephus Flavius and Philo.
The Works...
Author : Cornelius Tacitus
Publisher :
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 40,72 MB
Release : 1836
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Blood of the Caesars
Author : Stephen Dando-Collins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 39,47 MB
Release : 2008-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 047013741X
Book Description
Could the killing of Germanicus Julius Caesar—the grandson of Mark Antony, adopted son of the emperor Tiberius, father of Caligula, and grandfather of Nero—while the Roman Empire was still in its infancy have been the root cause of the empire's collapse more than four centuries later? This brilliant investigation of Germanicus Caesar’s death and its aftermath is both a compelling history and first-class murder mystery with a plot twist Agatha Christie would envy.
The Cambridge Ancient History
Author : Alan K. Bowman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1228 pages
File Size : 40,21 MB
Release : 1996-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521264303
Book Description
The period described in Volume X of the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History begins in the year after the death of Julius Caesar and ends in the year after the fall of Nero, the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors. Its main theme is the transformation of the political configuration of the state and the establishment of the Roman Empire. Chapters 16 supply a political narrative history of the period. In chapters 7-12 the institutions of government are described and analysed. Chapters 13-14 offer a survey of the Roman world in this period region by region, and chapters 15-21 deal with the most important social and cultural developments of the era (the city of Rome; the structure of society; art, literature and law). Central to the period is the achievement of the first emperor, Augustus.
Monumenta Graeca et Romana: Mutilation and transformation : damnatio memoriae and Roman imperial portraiture
Author :
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 28,60 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9004135774
Book Description
The condemnation of memory inexorably altered the visual landscape of imperial Rome. This volume catalogues and interprets the sculptural, glyptic, numismatic and epigraphic evidence for "damnatio memoriae" and ultimately reveals its praxis to be at the core of Roman cultural identity.
The Works of Cornelius Tacitus; with an Essay on His Life and Genius ... by Arthur Murphy ... A New Edition, with the Author's Last Corrections
Author : Cornelius Tacitus
Publisher :
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 33,47 MB
Release : 1833
Category :
ISBN :
