Résultats pour "A" dans Antiquité

Military treatises have long fascinated readers, even those who are not military professionals, and people in other fields have long sought to apply the lessons learned in military treatises to other walks of life. As a result, an ancient Chinese writer who lived nearly 2,500 years ago remains...

How did powerful empires rise from small states, control vast territories, and shape the course of human history? Why did some endure for centuries while others gradually lost their power? The Rise and Fall of Ancient Empires by Ralph Stanley explores the forces behind imperial growth and...

Journey into the mysteries of the ancient world with renowned philosopher and lecturer Manly P. Hall in *Atlantis and the Lost Civilizations*, a fascinating collection of six lectures exploring legendary civilizations, ancient mythology, sacred architecture, and the symbolic wisdom of antiquity...

Few stories from the ancient world have survived with quite the enduring power as that of Romulus and Remus, one of whom would go on to found the most famous city in the world. The story of these twins became the foundational tale of Rome's establishment, but as with similar traditions preserved...

Delve into Rome’s lost history through the stories of a single city block. Cutting through the heart of Rome is Via delle Botteghe Oscure, a time-worn street named for the mysterious “shops” said to run beneath it. History lies thick here, a museum atop a convent atop ancient ruins...

Ein barbarischer König plünderte Rom im Jahr 410, und 1500 Jahre später werden immer noch Teenager dafür verantwortlich gemacht. Sie wissen es nicht. Genauso wenig wie die Kathedralenbauer, die Horrorautoren oder die Ingenieure, die heute in dunklen Räumen Maschinen trainieren. Sie alle...

Bloomsbury presents The Rise of Rome by Anthony Everitt, read by Stephen Thorne. A gripping account of the ascent of Rome – from agrarian backwater to capital of the world's greatest empire. 'An elegant, swift and faultless introduction to the subject' The Spectator Starting with the founding...

Beginning with the founding myths of Romulus and Remus and a succession of probably fictitious kings, Anthony Everitt charts the development of Rome from its origins as a small market town in the eighth century BC, through various forms of patrician government, up to Caesar's victory in the Civil War that defeated the Roman Republic and paved the way for Augustus to transform republican oligarchy into imperial autocracy.

In this sharp, eye-opening account, classics professor Michelle Berenfeld redirects our gaze. The Roman Empire isn’t the lesson—the Roman Republic is. Nearly five centuries of representative government, undone by forces that should sound familiar: wealth and power concentrated in the hands of elites, rampant political violence, endless expansionist wars, and a Senate that normalized emergency measures until it had nothing left to protect.

Può sembrare curioso, ma attorno al vino ruota una gran parte dell'identità di Greci e Romani: miti, regole di galateo, codici di comportamento, visioni etiche e filosofiche, religione e molto altro ancora. Con il vino gli eroi di Omero pregano, danno ospitalità e siglano accordi; nella Grecia classica il vino è l'imprescindibile fulcro attorno al quale ruota il simposio, quella 'bevuta collettiva' in cui si rafforzano i vincoli d'amicizia, si intrecciano discorsi, si corteggiano ragazzi e cortigiane.

Het is een van de bekendste verhalen uit de Oudheid: hoe keizer Constantijn in 310 vlak voor een veldslag een visioen had van een lichtend kruis, zich bekeerde tot het christendom, zijn vijanden versloeg en de kerk begon te begunstigen. In dit hoorcollege vertelt Jona Lendering op basis van vele historische bronnen het ware verhaal over de eerste christelijke keizer. Hij begint zijn college met een overzicht van het Romeinse Rijk in de eerste twee eeuwen n. Chr. en de vele crises in de derde eeuw.