Titres dans Antiquité

Herod is one of the more well-known characters of the Bible, as even those with a limited knowledge of the Bible will recognize the name and maybe have some idea of who Herod was. One of the most popular stories, known even to non-Christians, is Herod's slaying of the Innocents, a gruesome part of the Christmas story.

The Dark Ages is the story of the birth of Western civilization. It was a harrowing crucible of war, destruction, and faith. For over 100 years, Charles Oman's famous history has remained one of the finest sources for the study of this period. Covering a period of 500 years and an area stretching from Northern Germany to Egypt, this is the definitive history that will alter your conceptions of a period of history that gave birth to the civilization we live in today.

Although we usually think of technology as something unique to modern times, our ancestors began to create the first technologies millions of years ago in the form of prehistoric tools and weapons. Over time, eight key technologies gradually freed us from the limitations of our animal origins.

From where does Homer come? And why does Homer matter? His epic poems of war and suffering can still speak to us of the role of destiny in life, of cruelty, of humanity and its frailty, but why they do is a mystery. How can we be so intimate with something so distant? The Mighty Dead is a magical journey of discovery across wide stretches of the past, sewn together by some of the oldest stories we have - the great ancient poems of Homer and their metaphors of life and trouble.

A History of Greece continues with the bitter struggle between Sparta and Athens for mastery of the Hellenic world. Though Sparta finally emerges victorious, her victory soon turns to ashes with the ascendancy of Thebes and the still greater power of Philip of Macedon. Philip unites an unwilling Greece with his iron policy. Athens gives up her independence, but maintains an aloof intellectual and artistic leadership in the Greek world.

I, Caesar takes a fascinating look at the public and private lives of six men who ruled the Roman Empire. Starting with Julius Caesar, Phil Grabsky charts the rise and fall of Roman power over 600 years. He tells the stories of six Caesars and the politics of a society whose legacy is the very backbone of western civilization today.

Alexander the Great is the most famous king and conqueror known in the ancient world. In his lifetime, he was given honors equal to those of the gods. After his death, he became a legend and the “Alexander Romance” became the best-selling fiction of the medieval world.

Denied citizenship by the Roman Empire, a soldier named Alaric changed history by unleashing a surprise attack on the capital city of an unjust empire. Stigmatized and relegated to the margins of Roman society, the Goths were violent "barbarians" who destroyed "civilization," at least in the conventional story of Rome's collapse. But a slight shift of perspective brings their history, and ours, shockingly alive.  

This imaginative and stimulating Very Short Introduction audiobook goes beyond a simple retelling of the stories to explore the rich history and diverse interpretations of classical mythology. It is a wide-ranging account, examining how classical myths are used and understood in both high art and popular culture, taking the listener from the temples of Crete to skyscrapers in New York, and finding classical myths in a variety of unexpected places: from Arabic poetry and Hollywood films, to psychoanalysis, the Bible, and New Age spiritualism. 

Stemmer fra antikken samler fragmenter af menneske­stemmer og menneskeskæbner. Den tegner et nuanceret og skarpt billede af den klassiske oldtid, som vi troede, vi kendte så godt. Gennem 34 antikke vidnesbyrd og seks dybde­gående kapitler får kvinderne, de fattige, de slavegjorte og de...

Alle gaben es gleichzeitig zu. Das ganze Internet blickte von seinen Handys auf und gestand: Ja , tatsächlich denkt es ständig an das Römische Reich. Wir machten einen Witz daraus, denn so gehen wir mit Dingen um, die uns ein wenig Angst machen. Doch der Witz barg ein Geheimnis, und dieses Geheimnis lautet: Wir können nicht aufhören, an Rom zu denken, weil wir es nie wirklich verlassen haben. Dieses Buch nimmt das Meme ernst, ohne sich selbst dabei ernst zu nehmen.

Mitos, cuentos y leyendas del antiguo Egipto hace un breve recorrido por el universo fantástico de uno de los países más influyentes en la historia de la humanidad. El libro está bellamente ilustrado y presenta las figuras más importantes de la mitología del país de los faraones, con sus distintivos y características, el lenguaje jeroglífico y muchos otros elementos gráficos que te ayudarán a comprender el pensamiento de los antiguos egipcios, los creadores de una de las civilizaciones más prósperas de la historia humana.

A vibrant, colorful, and authoritative exploration of the world's first and most illustrious metropolis. 'Babylon' is a name that has a double life: it denotes the great ancient Mesopotamian city with a long and complex history, and it is also a fictive allusion with a wide variety of...

Hold the glory—and infamy—of ancient Rome in the palm of your hand with this “brilliant combination of history and storytelling” (Conn Iggulden, author of the Emperor series) as it explores history’s greatest superpower, as told through humanity’s most universal object: the coin...

The definitive story of the seven Cleopatras, the powerful goddess-queens of ancient Egypt One of history’s most iconic figures, Cleopatra is rightly remembered as a clever and charismatic ruler. But few today realize that she was the last in a long line of Egyptian queens who bore that name...

“This magnificent love letter to Rome” (Stephen Greenblatt) tells the story of the Eternal City through pivotal moments that defined its history—from the early Roman Republic through the Renaissance and the Reformation to the German occupation in World War Two—“an erudite history that...

A witty, inspiring reckoning with the ancient Greek and Roman myths and their legacy, from what they can illuminate about #MeToo to the radical imagery of Beyoncé. The picture of classical antiquity most of us learned in school is framed in certain ways -- glossing over misogyny while omitting...

Journey into the enigmatic life and enduring legacy of Pythagoras, the philosopher-mystic whose teachings shaped the intellectual and ritual traditions of humanity. Born on the island of Samos around 570 BCE, Pythagoras transcended the boundaries of his time, blending mathematics, music, and philosophy into a cohesive vision of the cosmos governed by harmony and universal code. Through travels that spanned Egypt, Babylon, and India, Pythagoras encountered and synthesized the profound wisdom of ancient civilizations.

'Spellbinding, elegant, and urgent . . . Held me from the first moment to the last' Katherine Rundell The great quest of Augustine's life was for truth. This was his true fire. Today, we are still the product of Augustine's thinking, only most of us don't know it. Our world is shaped by his...

From the gates of Paradise to the end of time, The One and Only Tree offers an extraordinary quest — a magical, millennia-spanning adventure built upon the most sacred object in the history of Christendom. From the bazaars of Jerusalem in the last years of the nineteenth century to the...