Kategoria BISAC: History >> Ancient - Rome

• A broad-ranging reader on Roman imperialism, combining ancient documents in translation and a selection of the best recent scholarship on the subject.
  
• Introduces students to the major problems and controversies in the study of Roman imperialism.
  
• Examines diverse...

A.J. Woodman's translation combines accuracy and Tacitean invention, masterfully conveying Tacitus' distinctive and powerful manner of expression, and reflecting the best of current scholarship. An introductory essay discusses Tacitus' career, the period about which he wrote, the nature of historical writing in the Roman world, and the principles of translation which have shaped this rendering. No other translation captures more successfully the flavor, nuance, and power of Tacitus' greatest work.

This edition includes extensive notes; suggestions for further reading; appendices...

A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome sets out to answer some of the questions often posed by students, the general public, and even by teachers, about what it was actually like to live in Ancient Rome. Taking the framework of a typical day in the life of the city and its people, the book is divided into Morning, Afternoon and Evening, guiding the reader though the daily experiences of the people in ancient Rome.
This book is ideal for teachers and school pupils of Classical Civilisation and provides a foundation for those looking at the culture of the ancient Romans.

Using his own translations throughout, James Sabben-Clare here weaves together four hundred excerpts from twenty classical sources plus inscriptions and late authors such as Jordanes to capture the critical decade 60-50 BC. The book captures the intense vitality of the source material, moving in steady chronological progression to produce a rich portrayal of the complex political scene.

Popular in its day both as a sourcebook for writers and orators and as a guidebook for living a moral life, this remarkably rich document serves as an engaging introduction to the cultural and moral history of ancient Rome. Valerius' "thousand tales" are arranged thematically in ninety-one chapters that cover nearly every aspect of life in the ancient world, including such wide-ranging topics as military discipline, child rearing, and women lawyers. As a whole, the work gives the reader fascinating insights into what it felt like to be an ancient Roman, what the ancient Romans really...

This companion to the Penguin translation by S.A. Handford of Sallust's account of the conspiracy of Catiline provides a useful introduction, notes on details of the translated text, a select bibliography, glossary, and list of ancient authors referred to in the book.

This useful student text, first published in 1893, consists of an
introduction covering the historical background to Milo's trial for the
murder of Clodius in 52 BC, the political significance of the trial,
and Cicero's treatment of the case. The Latin text of the speech is
followed by extensive notes, a short analysis of the structure of the
speech, and indexes. Finally, Asconius' commentary (in Latin) is
included.

For the people of antiquity, the dominant force in shaping their life, economy and culture was the natural environment. This is an exploration of the direct influence of the geography, climate and resources of the Mediterranean world upon the Greeks and the Romans, and their ingenuity in exploring the challenges.

The first edition of this study of the greatest and most original of Roman historians appeared in 1981 and was enthusiastically received by reviewers as the most ambitious book on Tacitus to appear since Sir Ronald Syme's great work thirty years ago. This is the second paperback edition, incorporating corrections and an up-to-date bibliography.

This book is intended for the general reader; its aim is to give a representative impression of Cicero's career and character, of life in his day, and of the changing political scene. Selections from 146 of Cicero's Letters, belonging to the years 62-43 BC, in English translation are arranged chronologically with an introduction, notes, glossary of technical terms, index of proper names and two maps.