Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

ISBN-13: 9781846072840 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 448 str.

Simon Baker

Opis

This volume focuses on the pivotal moments in Roman history and introduces some of Rome's most thrilling personalities - Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great, Augustus, Nero and Constantine. It explores the ways in which the Romans were completely different in their outlook and values.

Recenzje

Lively and well-researched: an excellent read Peter Heather, author of The Fall of the Roman Empire

O autorze

Simon Baker read Classics at Oxford University. In 1999 he joined the BBC's award-winning History Unit where he has worked on Timewatch and a wide range of programmes about the classical world. He was the Development Producer on the BBC One series Ancient Rome - The Rise and Fall of an Empire. This is his second book. Mary Beard is a Professor of Classics at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Newnham College. She has written widely on the history and culture of the ancient (and modern) world. Her most recent books are The Parthenon and (with Keith Hopkins) The Colosseum. She is Classics Editor of the Times Literary Supplement and her major study of the Roman Triumph was published by Harvard University Press in 2007.