Kategoria BISAC: History >> Ancient - Rome

This story of Cicero and the Catilinarian Conspiracy is set within and offers a case study of the political, military, economic and social crises besetting the late Roman Republic in the era of the "Roman Revolution." The book chronicles the efforts of the defeated radical politician Lucius Sergius Catilina to bring together a group of disaffected Roman nobles and discontented Italian farmers in a conspiracy to overthrow the republican government at Rome and to take control of the Italian peninsula (while the proconsul Pompey the Great and the majority of Roman military units were...

Anhand verschiedener Fallbeispiele untersuchen die Beitrage, inwieweit in der Antike die Herrschaft uber ein groeres Territorium auf der Ansiedlung von aktiven oder ehemaligen Militars beruhte. Die Leitfrage ist die nach dem Zusammenhang der historischen Situation der Grundung, der Beteiligten und der Lage der Siedlung mit einer daraus abzuleitenden strategischen Bedeutung zur Beherrschung von Land- und Seeterritorien, Wegen, Grenzen, anderen Stadten, einer Vorbevolkerung etc., also die Verknupfung der raumlichen Bedingungen und der historischen Ereignisse.

Mit Rom als kultureller und Mailand als politischer Hauptstadt im 4. und 5. Jh. befassen sich die multidisziplinaren Beitrage dieses Sammelbands. Beide Stadte werden in der Literatur dieser Zeit als Raume wahrgenommen, in denen die fur den lateinischen Westen bedeutenden politischen und klerikalen Machtkampfe sowie die politischen und kulturellen Veranderungen stattfanden. Die Stadte werden damit als -Buhnen- verstanden, auf denen sich macht-, kultur- und kirchenpolitisches Welttheater abspielt. Grundlage fur die Rekonstruktion der beiden -Buhnenbilder- sind Texte, Inschriften und...

On the back of his natural talent for oratory, Cicero set out on the path to a glorious reputation - his earliest speeches brought the name of Cicero out of the shadows and hurled him into the spotlight.

Cicero was the first 'new man' in thirty years to reach the consulship; the fact that he managed to do so without bribery or violence makes his success even more remarkable. His year of office witnessed events of such a scale that he was granted the extraordinary honour of the title 'pater patriae' - he was the father of his fatherland.

Following the Civil War, and with renewed...

Aspects of Roman History 82BC-AD14 examines the political and military history of Rome and its empire in the Ciceronian and Augustan ages. It is an indispensable introduction to this central period of Roman History for all students of Roman history, from pre-university to undergraduate level.

This is the first book since H.H. Scullard's From the Gracchi to Nero, published two generations ago, to offer a full introductory account of one of the most compelling and vital periods in the history of Europe. Aspects of Roman History 82BC-AD14:

In recent decades, scholars have argued that the Roman Republic's political culture was essentially democratic in nature, stressing the central role of the 'sovereign' people and their assemblies. Karl-J. Holkeskamp challenges this view in Reconstructing the Roman Republic, warning that this scholarly trend threatens to become the new orthodoxy, and defending the position that the republic was in fact a uniquely Roman, dominantly oligarchic and aristocratic political form.

Holkeskamp offers a comprehensive, in-depth survey of the modern debate surrounding the Roman...

The ruins of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Ostia have excited the imagination of scholars and tourists alike since early modern times. The removal of volcanic debris at Pompeii and Herculaneum, and the clearance of centuries of accumulated soil and vegetation from the ancient port city of Rome at Ostia, have provided us with the most important evidence for Roman urban life. Work goes on at all three sites to this day, and they continue to produce new surprises. Pompeii is the subject of numerous books, but the other two cities are nothing like as well-served. This book, written by an...