'Augustan Poetry and the Roman Republic' focuses on the works of the major Augustan poets, Vergil, Horace, Propertius, and Ovid and explores the under-studied aspect of their poetry, namely the way in which they constructed and investigated images of the Roman Republic and the R…
Augustan poetry and the Roman Republic
Augustan poetry and the Roman Republic
The American Republic: Primary sources
A succinct account of the life and thought of Mao Zedong in the context of the Chinese revolution, showing Mao's impact on the 20th century world.
Throughout this historical account of Mao Zedong's life and thought, the author places the revolutionary leader's personal experiences, social visions and theory, military strategies, and developmental and foreign policies in a dynamic narrative of the Chinese revolution. She si…
"Die großen Linien dieses Studienbuchs stellen die wirtschaftlichen Problemlagen Inflation und Deflation dar. Unter den Bedingungen des Protektionismus führten sie direkt in die Banken-, schließlich in die Produktions- und Systemkrise. Strukturen, Abläufe und Prozesse werden dur…
"In 22 BC, amid a series of natural disasters and political and economic crises, a mob locked Rome's senators into the Senate House and threatened to burn them alive if they did not make Augustus dictator. Why did Rome--to this day one of the world's longest-lived republics--exc…
Exploratio investigates how intelligence was gathered and handled in the Roman Empire, in the long term to help formulate strategy and in the short term for tactical reasons. Austin and Rankov discuss who gathered it and for whom, and how it grew in sophistication and accuracy o…
