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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Af: Simon Baker Engelsk Paperback
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This is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Simon Baker charts the rise and fall of the world''s first superpower, focusing on six momentous turning points that shaped Roman history. Welcome to Rome as you''ve never seen it before - awesome and splendid, gritty and squalid.

From the conquest of the Mediterranean beginning in the third century BC to the destruction of the Roman Empire at the hands of barbarian invaders some seven centuries later, we discover the most critical episodes in Roman history: the spectacular collapse of the ''free'' republic, the birth of the age of the ''Caesars'', the violent suppression of the strongest rebellion against Roman power, and the bloody civil war that launched Christianity as a world religion.

At the heart of this account are the dynamic, complex but flawed characters of some of the most powerful rulers in history: men such as Pompey the Great, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Nero and Constantine. Putting flesh on the bones of these distant, legendary figures, Simon Baker looks beyond the dusty, toga-clad caricatures and explores their real motivations and ambitions, intrigues and rivalries.

The superb narrative, full of energy and imagination, is a brilliant distillation of the latest scholarship and a wonderfully evocative account of Ancient Rome.

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This is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Simon Baker charts the rise and fall of the world''s first superpower, focusing on six momentous turning points that shaped Roman history. Welcome to Rome as you''ve never seen it before - awesome and splendid, gritty and squalid.

From the conquest of the Mediterranean beginning in the third century BC to the destruction of the Roman Empire at the hands of barbarian invaders some seven centuries later, we discover the most critical episodes in Roman history: the spectacular collapse of the ''free'' republic, the birth of the age of the ''Caesars'', the violent suppression of the strongest rebellion against Roman power, and the bloody civil war that launched Christianity as a world religion.

At the heart of this account are the dynamic, complex but flawed characters of some of the most powerful rulers in history: men such as Pompey the Great, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Nero and Constantine. Putting flesh on the bones of these distant, legendary figures, Simon Baker looks beyond the dusty, toga-clad caricatures and explores their real motivations and ambitions, intrigues and rivalries.

The superb narrative, full of energy and imagination, is a brilliant distillation of the latest scholarship and a wonderfully evocative account of Ancient Rome.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 448
ISBN-13: 9781846072840
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1846072840
Kategori: Ancient Rome
Udg. Dato: 7 jun 2007
Længde: 29mm
Bredde: 129mm
Højde: 200mm
Forlag: Ebury Publishing
Oplagsdato: 7 jun 2007
Forfatter(e): Simon Baker
Forfatter(e) Simon Baker


Kategori Ancient Rome


ISBN-13 9781846072840


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 448


Udgave


Længde 29mm


Bredde 129mm


Højde 200mm


Udg. Dato 7 jun 2007


Oplagsdato 7 jun 2007


Forlag Ebury Publishing

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