Author: Richard Mertz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Two Thousand Years in Rome
Author: Richard Mertz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
When in Rome
Author: Matthew Sturgis
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1781010226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
This “dashing chronicle” reveals what tourists have been visiting in Rome, from the era of the Roman Republic to contemporary times (The Independent). There is no place like Rome. Throughout its long, long history, its many changes in form and fortune, Rome has always been a tourist centre. In every age—Classical, Christian, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic, Modern—people have flocked to see its wonders. This is the story of what Rome’s visitors have looked at over the past two thousand years, the buildings, the statues, the paintings, the artifacts that have most impressed each generation of travellers from the time of the Roman Republic in the second century BC up to the present age of mass tourism. It is the history both of how Rome has changed with the centuries and how the taste of those who have visited the city has changed with it.
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1781010226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
This “dashing chronicle” reveals what tourists have been visiting in Rome, from the era of the Roman Republic to contemporary times (The Independent). There is no place like Rome. Throughout its long, long history, its many changes in form and fortune, Rome has always been a tourist centre. In every age—Classical, Christian, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic, Modern—people have flocked to see its wonders. This is the story of what Rome’s visitors have looked at over the past two thousand years, the buildings, the statues, the paintings, the artifacts that have most impressed each generation of travellers from the time of the Roman Republic in the second century BC up to the present age of mass tourism. It is the history both of how Rome has changed with the centuries and how the taste of those who have visited the city has changed with it.
Two Thousand Years of Solitude
Author: Jennifer Ingleheart
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191619132
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Banished by the emperor Augustus in AD 8 from Rome to the far-off shores of Romania, the poet Ovid stands at the head of the Western tradition of exiled authors. In his Tristia (Sad Things) and Epistulae ex Ponto (Letters from the Black Sea), Ovid records his unhappy experience of political, cultural, and linguistic displacement from his homeland. Two Thousand Years of Solitude: Exile After Ovid is an interdisciplinary study of the impact of Ovid's banishment upon later Western literature, exploring responses to Ovid's portrait of his life in exile. For a huge variety of writers throughout the world in the two millennia after his exile, Ovid has performed the rôle of archetypal exile, allowing them to articulate a range of experiences of disgrace, dislocation, and alienation; and to explore exile from a number of perspectives, including both the personal and the fictional.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191619132
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Banished by the emperor Augustus in AD 8 from Rome to the far-off shores of Romania, the poet Ovid stands at the head of the Western tradition of exiled authors. In his Tristia (Sad Things) and Epistulae ex Ponto (Letters from the Black Sea), Ovid records his unhappy experience of political, cultural, and linguistic displacement from his homeland. Two Thousand Years of Solitude: Exile After Ovid is an interdisciplinary study of the impact of Ovid's banishment upon later Western literature, exploring responses to Ovid's portrait of his life in exile. For a huge variety of writers throughout the world in the two millennia after his exile, Ovid has performed the rôle of archetypal exile, allowing them to articulate a range of experiences of disgrace, dislocation, and alienation; and to explore exile from a number of perspectives, including both the personal and the fictional.
The Silk Road
Author: Frances Wood
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520243408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This gorgeously illustrated oversized book brings the history and cultures of the Silk Road alive -- from its beginnings to the present day -- covering more than 5000 years.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520243408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This gorgeously illustrated oversized book brings the history and cultures of the Silk Road alive -- from its beginnings to the present day -- covering more than 5000 years.
Roma
Author: Steven Saylor
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429917067
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Spanning a thousand years, and following the shifting fortunes of two families though the ages, this is the epic saga of Rome, the city and its people. Weaving history, legend, and new archaeological discoveries into a spellbinding narrative, critically acclaimed novelist Steven Saylor gives new life to the drama of the city's first thousand years — from the founding of the city by the ill-fated twins Romulus and Remus, through Rome's astonishing ascent to become the capitol of the most powerful empire in history. Roma recounts the tragedy of the hero-traitor Coriolanus, the capture of the city by the Gauls, the invasion of Hannibal, the bitter political struggles of the patricians and plebeians, and the ultimate death of Rome's republic with the triumph, and assassination, of Julius Caesar. Witnessing this history, and sometimes playing key roles, are the descendents of two of Rome's first families, the Potitius and Pinarius clans: One is the confidant of Romulus. One is born a slave and tempts a Vestal virgin to break her vows. One becomes a mass murderer. And one becomes the heir of Julius Caesar. Linking the generations is a mysterious talisman as ancient as the city itself. Epic in every sense of the word, Roma is a panoramic historical saga and Saylor's finest achievement to date.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429917067
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Spanning a thousand years, and following the shifting fortunes of two families though the ages, this is the epic saga of Rome, the city and its people. Weaving history, legend, and new archaeological discoveries into a spellbinding narrative, critically acclaimed novelist Steven Saylor gives new life to the drama of the city's first thousand years — from the founding of the city by the ill-fated twins Romulus and Remus, through Rome's astonishing ascent to become the capitol of the most powerful empire in history. Roma recounts the tragedy of the hero-traitor Coriolanus, the capture of the city by the Gauls, the invasion of Hannibal, the bitter political struggles of the patricians and plebeians, and the ultimate death of Rome's republic with the triumph, and assassination, of Julius Caesar. Witnessing this history, and sometimes playing key roles, are the descendents of two of Rome's first families, the Potitius and Pinarius clans: One is the confidant of Romulus. One is born a slave and tempts a Vestal virgin to break her vows. One becomes a mass murderer. And one becomes the heir of Julius Caesar. Linking the generations is a mysterious talisman as ancient as the city itself. Epic in every sense of the word, Roma is a panoramic historical saga and Saylor's finest achievement to date.
Rome's Last Citizen
Author: Rob Goodman
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312681232
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
This biography of Marcus Cato the Younger -- Rome's bravest statesman, an aristocratic soldier, a Stoic philosopher, and staunch defender of sacred Roman tradition -- is rich with resonances for current politics and contemporary notions of freedom.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312681232
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
This biography of Marcus Cato the Younger -- Rome's bravest statesman, an aristocratic soldier, a Stoic philosopher, and staunch defender of sacred Roman tradition -- is rich with resonances for current politics and contemporary notions of freedom.
Christianity: First 2000 Years
Author: Geoffrey Edwards
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826424457
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
"David Edwards provides a sensitive critique which is helpful to those with no specialist knowledge and satisfying to the theologically educated." --Church Growth Digest
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826424457
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
"David Edwards provides a sensitive critique which is helpful to those with no specialist knowledge and satisfying to the theologically educated." --Church Growth Digest
Two Thousand Years of Missions Before Carey
Author: Lemuel Call Barnes
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
ISBN: 9788120615397
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Based upon and embodying many of the earliest extent Accounts with map and illustrations Part 1: Genesis Missions, Part II: distributions of Missions: Asia, Africa, Europe, Artic Regions, America. Part III: Continuity of Missions, 32 plates, 152 illust., 1 map.
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
ISBN: 9788120615397
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Based upon and embodying many of the earliest extent Accounts with map and illustrations Part 1: Genesis Missions, Part II: distributions of Missions: Asia, Africa, Europe, Artic Regions, America. Part III: Continuity of Missions, 32 plates, 152 illust., 1 map.
Two Thousand Years with the Word
Author: C. H. Ren
Publisher: Institute for Christianity
ISBN: 0788016059
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher: Institute for Christianity
ISBN: 0788016059
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Roman Power
Author: W. V. Harris
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107152712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
This book explains the growth, durability and eventual shrinkage of Roman imperial power alongside the Roman state's internal power structures.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107152712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
This book explains the growth, durability and eventual shrinkage of Roman imperial power alongside the Roman state's internal power structures.