Philip Matyszak's Classical Compendium (Inbunden)
avPhilip Matyszak
ISBN: 9780500051627 - UTGIVEN: 200909Many ancient writers from Pliny and Plutarch to Xenophon were incorrigible collectors of miscellany, lively anecdotes and after-dinner jokes. Here, writer and historian Philip Matyszak brings together his favourite incidents, wisecracks and curious facts from ancient Greece and Rome. The compendium [...]
Lives of the Romans (Inbunden)
avPhilip Matyszak, Joanne Berry, Philip Matyszak
ISBN: 9780500251447 - UTGIVEN: 2008-11A vibrant and lavishly illustrated portrait of a lost world, "Lives of the Romans" reveals the mightiest civilization of antiquity through the eyes of 100 of its citizens. As never before, the book gives a voice not just to Romes' most famous generals and rulers, such as Caesar and Caligula, but als[...]
Gladiator (Inbunden)
avPhilip Matyszak
ISBN: 9780500051672 - UTGIVEN: 201103Experience at first hand the spectacular, brutal life and savage death of the most iconic figure of ancient Rome. This manual will take the reader from the first faltering steps over the threshold of gladiator school, and through training to become a man of the sword. Find out how to get thousands t[...]
Legionary (Inbunden)
avPhilip Matyszak
ISBN: 9780500251515 - UTGIVEN: 200904The year is AD100 and Rome stands supreme and unconquerable, from the desert sands of Mesopotamia to the misty highlands of Caledonia. But the might of Rome rests entirely on the shoulders of the legionaries, who stand strong against the barbarian hordes, pushing back the frontiers of the empire. Th[...]
The Greek and Roman Myths (Inbunden)
avPhilip Matyszak
ISBN: 9780500251737 - UTGIVEN: 201008This handy guide to the Greek and Roman Myths brings classical mythology to life. Written by a bestselling author on Ancient Greece and Rome, the book features an engaging blend of stories, facts and quotations from ancient authors, and places ancient myths in a modern context, discussing the afterl[...]
Chronicle of the Roman Republic (Häftad)
avPhilip Matyszak
ISBN: 9780500287637 - UTGIVEN: 200809New in paperback, here is a highly readable account of 56 of the extraordinary characters whose lives were the defining threads in the great adventure and final tragedy that was the Roman Republic. In this history, we see the best and worst of the Roman elite superstitious, brutal and utterly uncomp[...]
The Roman Conquests: Macedonia and Greece (Inbunden)
avPhilip Matyszak
ISBN: 9781844159680 - UTGIVEN: 2009-11This is the third in the Roman Conquests series (following Italy and Spain) and one of those with the most obvious appeal. While Rome was struggling for her very survival against the Carthaginians in the Second Punic War, Philip V of Macedon attempted to take advantage of their apparent vulnerabilit[...]
