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Ten Caesars

E-BookEPUB2 - DRM Adobe / Open Ebook FormatE-Book
432 Seiten
Englisch
Simon + Schuster LLCerschienen am05.03.2019
Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers ',an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empiremuch of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones' (The Wall Street Journal)a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of the most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine.In this essential and ',enlightening' (The New York Times Book Review) work, Barry Strauss tells the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who founded the empire, to Constantine, who made it Christian and moved the capital east to Constantinople. During these centuries Rome gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. By the fourth century, the time of Constantine, the Roman Empire had changed so dramatically in geography, ethnicity, religion, and culture that it would have been virtually unrecognizable to Augustus. Rome's legacy remains today in so many ways, from language, law, and architecture to the seat of the Roman Catholic Church. Strauss examines this enduring heritage through the lives of the men who shaped it: Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Diocletian, and Constantine. Over the ages, they learned to maintain the family businessthe government of an empireby adapting when necessary and always persevering no matter the cost. Ten Caesars is a ',captivating narrative that breathes new life into a host of transformative figures' (Publishers Weekly). This ',superb summation of four centuries of Roman history, a masterpiece of compression, confirms Barry Strauss as the foremost academic classicist writing for the general reader today' (The Wall Street Journal).mehr
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KlappentextBestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers ',an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empiremuch of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones' (The Wall Street Journal)a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of the most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine.In this essential and ',enlightening' (The New York Times Book Review) work, Barry Strauss tells the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who founded the empire, to Constantine, who made it Christian and moved the capital east to Constantinople. During these centuries Rome gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. By the fourth century, the time of Constantine, the Roman Empire had changed so dramatically in geography, ethnicity, religion, and culture that it would have been virtually unrecognizable to Augustus. Rome's legacy remains today in so many ways, from language, law, and architecture to the seat of the Roman Catholic Church. Strauss examines this enduring heritage through the lives of the men who shaped it: Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Diocletian, and Constantine. Over the ages, they learned to maintain the family businessthe government of an empireby adapting when necessary and always persevering no matter the cost. Ten Caesars is a ',captivating narrative that breathes new life into a host of transformative figures' (Publishers Weekly). This ',superb summation of four centuries of Roman history, a masterpiece of compression, confirms Barry Strauss as the foremost academic classicist writing for the general reader today' (The Wall Street Journal).
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Weitere ISBN/GTIN9781451668858
ProduktartE-Book
EinbandartE-Book
FormatEPUB
Erscheinungsjahr2019
Erscheinungsdatum05.03.2019
Seiten432 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Dateigrösse88000 Kbytes
Illustrationen1x8pg b&w insert; 3 b&w maps + chap. opener art thru-out;
Artikel-Nr.4806268
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Genre9201