Byzantine Athens, 10th - 12th Centuries

In this masterful synthesis, Charalambos Bouras draws together material and textual evidence for Athens in the Middle Byzantine period, from the mid-tenth century to 1204, when it was conquered by Cru...

The Eagle and the Wolves

Ordered by the emperor Vespasian of 44 AD's Roman empire to provide an aged ruler with an army, centurions Macro and Cato find their efforts compromised by a deadly plot against their eagles comrades,...

History of Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece sowed the seeds that blossomed into modern democracy, philosophy, medicine, science, architecture, and theatre. Understanding Greek culture is essential for understanding our own world,...

Praetorian

The brand new thrilling Roman adventure from the bestselling author of THE LEGION and THE GLADIATOR. The city of Rome in AD 50 is a dangerous place. Treachery lurks on every corner, and a shadowy Repu...

The Twelve Caesars

The personalities of the Twelve Caesars of ancient Rome - Julius Caesar and the first eleven Roman emperors who followed him - have profoundly impressed themselves upon the world. They formed the them...

The Myths of Greece and Rome

This generously illustrated book of classical myths has become a classic itself, long prized for its simple, graphic, accurate retelling of the principal myths of Greece and Rome, and for its commenta...

Soldatenkaiser

The Roman Forum

*Includes pictures.*Includes ancient descriptions of the Forum.*Includes footnotes for further reading.“A circular trench was dug around what is now the Comitium, and in this were deposited first-frui...

The Eagle's Prophecy

The arresting sixth novel in Simon Scarrow's epic series of the Roman armyIt is spring A.D. 45 in Rome, and Centurions Macro and Cato, dismissed from the Second Legion in Britain, are waiting for an i...

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire

An authoritative account of Roman imperial, military and political power, and of classical Rome's far-reaching influence on Western culture, architecture and art. Nearly 1000 colour photographs, fine...

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Discusses the Roman Empire's rise to greatness as well as its eventual decline and fall brought about by increasingly dramatic military, economic, and social changes.

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edited, abridged, and with a critical Foreword by Hans-Friedrich Mueller Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin Illustrations by Giovanni Battista Piranesi Edward Gibbon's masterpiece, which narrates th...

The Fall of the Roman Household

Edward Gibbon laid the fall of the Roman Empire at Christianity's door, suggesting that 'pusillanimous youth preferred the penance of the monastic to the dangers of a military life ... whole legions w...

Klassiek

Klassiek

Keizers van het Colosseum

Keizers van het Colosseum

Germanicus

GERMANICUS (a.k.a. Germanicus Iulius Caesar) was regarded by many Romans as a hero in the mould of Alexander the Great. His untimely death, in suspicious circumstances, ended the possibility of a retu...

Geographie in Der Antiken Welt

In der Antike – einer Epoche, in der die meisten Menschen ihren Geburtsort nicht verließen – war der Horizont eng und fremde Regionen furchteinflößend. Es gab nur wenige, sehr einfache technische Hilf...

Nachtleben Im Alten ROM

The Altars of Republican Rome and Latium

In this book, Claudia Moser offers a new understanding of Roman religion in the Republican era through an exploration of sacrifice, its principal ritual. Examining the long-term imprint of sacrificial...