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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 416 páginas
PVP: 16,50 €
ISBN 978-1-4746-0437-6
EAN 9781474604376
The Pax Romana is famous for having provided a remarkable period of peace and stability, rarely seen before or since. Yet the Romans were first and foremost conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates in the east to the Atlantic coast in the west. Their peace meant Roman victory ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 360 páginas
PVP: 34,90 €
ISBN 978-0-691-17527-0
EAN 9780691175270
Who were the ancient Phoenicians, and did they actually exist? The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Romans, trading, establishing settlements, and refining the art of navigation. But who these legendary sailors really were has long remained a mystery. In Search of the Phoenicians makes the startling claim that the "Phoenicians" never ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 261 páginas
PVP: 60,30 €
ISBN 978-0-520-29394-6
EAN 9780520293946
From even before the time of Alexander the Great, the Greek gods spread throughout the Mediterranean, carried by settlers and largely adopted by the indigenous populations. By the third century BC, gods bearing Greek names were worshipped everywhere from Spain to Afghanistan, with the resulting religious systems a variable blend of Greek and indigenous elements. ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 384 páginas
PVP: 54,40 €
ISBN 978-0-674-66010-6
EAN 9780674660106
Histories of ancient Rome have long emphasized the ways in which the empire assimilated the societies it conquered, bringing civilization to the supposed barbarians. Yet interpretations of this 'Romanization' of Western Europe tend to erase local identities and traditions from the historical picture, leaving us with an incomplete understanding of the diverse cultures that flourished ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 680 páginas
PVP: 25,35 €
ISBN 978-0-674-99705-9
EAN 9780674997059
Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BC, where after years in Rome he died in AD 12 or 17. Livys history, composed as the imperial autocracy of Augustus was replacing the republican system that had stood for over 500 years, presents in splendid style a ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 432 páginas
ISBN 978-0-691-17460-0
EAN 9780691174600
The Jews have one of the longest continuously recorded histories of any people in the world, but what do we actually know about their origins? While many think the answer to this question can be found in the Bible, others look to archaeology or genetics. Some skeptics have even sought to debunk the very idea ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 408 páginas
PVP: 14,90 €
ISBN 978-0-19-066346-9
EAN 9780190663469
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 360 páginas
PVP: 14,90 €
ISBN 978-0-19-066345-2
EAN 9780190663452
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 14,90 €
ISBN 978-1-78076-618-8
EAN 9781780766188
The Phoenicians present a tantalizing face to the ancient historian. Latin sources suggest they once had an extensive literature of history, law, philosophy and religion; but all now is lost. Offering new insights based on recent archaeological discoveries in their heartland of modern-day Lebanon, Mark Woolmer presents a fresh appraisal of this fascinating, yet elusive, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 424 páginas
PVP: 20,40 €
ISBN 978-0-300-22709-3
EAN 9780300227093
A fresh appreciation of the pivotal role of Spartan strategy and tactics in the defeat of the mightiest empire of the ancient world More than 2500 years ago a confederation of small Greek city-states defeated the invading armies of Persia, the most powerful empire in the world. In this meticulously researched study, historian Paul Rahe ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 240 páginas
PVP: 29,25 €
ISBN 978-1-63149-235-8
EAN 9781631492358
The only historic figure outside the early Christian tradition to whom the Gospels ascribe a dialogue with Jesus is the first-century Roman prefect Pontius Pilate. Presiding over the trial and execution of Jesus, Pilate is a figure who has straddled history and legend for over two thousand years. Now, Aldo Schiavone presents a comprehensive, revisionist ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 456 páginas
PVP: 44,40 €
ISBN 978-0-520-29483-7
EAN 9780520294837
This pioneering study examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the Near East. Spanning the ancient and medieval worlds, it investigates the shared ideal of sacred kingship that emerged in the late Roman and Persian empires. Bridging the traditional divide between classical and Iranian history, this book brings to life the dazzling ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 224 páginas
PVP: 30,85 €
ISBN 978-0-19-021003-8
EAN 9780190210038
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 432 páginas
PVP: 41,30 €
ISBN 978-0-393-29282-4
EAN 9780393292824
Major figures in the civil wars that ended the Roman Republic, the names Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus and Antony haunt us with questions of character and authority. Plutarch's rich, vivid profiles show character-shaping history through grand scale events and intimate details. The creator and master of the biographical form, Plutarch locates character in small gestures ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 344 páginas
PVP: 34,05 €
ISBN 978-0-300-21895-4
EAN 9780300218954
A riveting account of ancient Rome's imperial bodyguard, the select band of soldiers who wielded the power to make-or destroy-the emperors they served Founded by Augustus around 27 B.C., the elite Praetorian Guard was tasked with the protection of the emperor and his family. As the centuries unfolded, however, Praetorian soldiers served not only as ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 192 páginas
PVP: 18,80 €
ISBN 978-1-78076-318-7
EAN 9781780763187
The greatest of Roman historians, Publius Cornelius Tacitus (56-117 CE) studied rhetoric in Rome. His rhetorical and oratorical gifts are evident throughout his most substantial works, the incomplete but still remarkable Annals and Histories. In concise and concentrated prose, marked by sometimes bitter and ironic reflections on the human capacity to misuse power, Tacitus charts ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 608 páginas
PVP: 13,75 €
ISBN 978-0-19-964602-9
EAN 9780199646029
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 354 páginas
ISBN 978-1-107-17728-4
EAN 9781107177284
The River Nile fascinated the Romans and appeared in maps, written descriptions, texts, poems and paintings of the developing empire. Tantalised by the unique status of the river, explorers were sent to find the sources of the Nile, while natural philosophers meditated on its deeper metaphysical significance. Andy Merrills' book, Roman Geographies of the Nile, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 264 páginas
PVP: 36,90 €
ISBN 978-1-4738-5908-1
EAN 9781473859081
Of the thousands of commanders who served in history's armies, why is it that only a few are remembered as great leaders of men in battle? What combination of personal and circumstantial influences conspire to produce great commanders? What makes a great leader great? Richard A Gabriel analyses the biographies of ten great generals who ...
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