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In this fascinating biography, A. Lloyd Moote provides the first authoritative account of one of the most enigmatic figures of seventeenth-century Europe. Contrary to popular portrayals of the monarch as a hapless king, Moote argues that Louis XIII was a ruler who powerfully sha…
This exciting and psychologically penetrating account of the life and rule of Russia's eighteenth-century tsar-reformer develops an important theme. What happens when the drive for "progress" is linked to an autocratic, expansionist impulse rather than a larger goal of human ema…
This exciting and psychologically penetrating account of the life and rule of Russia's eighteenth-century tsar-reformer develops an important theme. What happens when the drive for "progress" is linked to an autocratic, expansionist impulse rather than a larger goal of human ema…
Liber de Caesaribus
by Victor, Sextus Aurelius, Bird, H. W.
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Liber de Caesaribus
by Aurelius Victor, Sextus, Bird, Harold W.
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Type: Book
Liber de Caesaribus
by Victor, Sextus Aurelius, Bird, H. W.
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Type: Book
"This is the first full-scale translation and commentary in English of Aurelius Victor's De Caesaribus, which provides a brief survey of the emperors of Rome from Octavian Augustus in 30 BC to Constantius II in AD 360"--Publisher description
This is the first full-scale translation and commentary in English of Aurelius Victor's De Caesaribus, which provides a brief survey of the emperors of Rome from Octavian Augustus in 30 BC to Constantius II in AD 360. -- Amazon.com.
Chronicle of the Roman Emperors is the first book to focus on the succession of rulers of imperial Rome, using timelines and other visual aids throughout. Now no one need be in any doubt as to who built the Colosseum or when Rome was sacked by the Goths: the Chronicle provides t…
This completely re-written account of James I provides an accessible analysis of the problems, weaknesses and achievements of the King, in particular his handling of parliament, finances, foreign policy and religion.