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"This volume aims to reappraise the wide-ranging and lasting transformation of the Roman monarchy between the Principate and Late Antiquity. The focus of the book will lie on the period from Diocletian to Theodosius I (284-395) and thus on a major developmental phase in the hist…
'The Sons of Caesar' presents the story of one of the most colourful dynasties in history, from Caesar's rise to power in the first century BC to Nero's death in AD 68. This work reviews the long history of the Julian and Claudian families in the Republic and the social and poli…
"Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss tells the story of the Roman Empire through the lives of ten men who ruled Rome, from Augustus, the founder, to Constantine, who refounded the empire as Christian and established a new capital at Constantinople, three and a half cen…
"Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss tells the story of the Roman Empire through the lives of ten men who ruled Rome, from Augustus, the founder, to Constantine, who refounded the empire as Christian and established a new capital at Constantinople, three and a half cen…
Introduction / Roald Dijkstra, Sanne van Poppel and Danielle Slootjes -- PART I. GEO-POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS. Les discours de l'unite romaine au quartieme siecle / Herve Inglebert -- Measuring the power of the Roman Empire / David Potter -- Mapping the new empire : a geographical…
"The twelve monumental silver-gilt standing cups known as the Aldobrandini Tazze constitute perhaps the most enigmatic masterpiece of Renaissance European metalwork. Topped with statuettes of the Twelve Caesars, the tazze are decorated with marvelously detailed scenes illustrati…
Collapse and Recovery of the Roman Empire presents a study of third century Rome, which is lavishly illustrated and a lucid read, typical of Michael Grant's inimitable style.
Mark Hebblewhite offers the first study solely dedicated to examining the nature of the relationship between the emperor and his army in the politically and militarily volatile later Roman Empire. Bringing together a wide range of available literary, epigraphic and numismatic ev…
Scope and content: "With The Emperor and the Army in the Later Roman Empire, AD 235-395 Mark Hebblewhite offers the first study solely dedicated to examining the nature of the relationship between the emperor and his army in the politically and militarily volatile later Roman Em…
This important new and original study on the institution of the Japanese emperors, from their mythological beginnings to the present day, focuses on the enigma of the institution itself, namely, the extraordinary continuity of the Japanese dynasty, which is unknown anywhere else…
"The Seven Satrapies have collapsed into four--and those are falling before the White King's armies. Gavin Guile, ex-emperor, ex-Prism, ex-galley slave, formerly the one man who might have averted war, is now lost, broken, and trapped in a prison crafted by his own hands to hold…
Introduction -- Rise Corsica Revolution Desire Italy Victory Peace Egypt Acre Brumaire -- Mastery Consul Marengo Lawgiver Plots Amiens Coronation Austerlitz Jena Blockades Tilsit Iberia Wagram Zenith -- Denouement Russia Trapped Retreat Resilience Leipzig Defiance Elba Waterloo …
