Ancient Rome

233 books

Perspectives and Coordinates of Empire: Ancient Rome and Byzantium cover
Perspectives and Coordinates of Empire: Ancient Rome and Byzantium 阿尔贝托·安杰拉 / Edward N. Luttwak Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2019 Perspectives and Coordinates of Empire: Ancient Rome and Byzantium is a two-volume set in the Social Sciences Academic Press "Thought Society" series,…
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern cover
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern Stephen Greenblatt Social Sciences Academic Press · Oracle Bone Studio · 2020 In January 1417, the Italian humanist and papal secretary Poggio Bracciolini braved the winter cold, riding through the dense forests and valleys of s…
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Abridged by D. M. Low), Volume II cover
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Abridged by D. M. Low), Volume II Edward Gibbon / D.M.托马斯 The Commercial Press · 1997 This is the second volume of the Chinese abridged edition of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by the English historian Edward Gibbon, abridged…
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Augustus: From Revolutionary to Emperor Adrian Goldsworthy Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2016 This is a full biography of Augustus by the British ancient historian Adrian Goldsworthy, translated into Chinese by Lu Dapeng and published in 2016 b…
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Meditations Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Central Compilation & Translation Press · 2008 Meditations is a collection of notes written by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180 AD) to himself in the intervals between military …
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National Geographic, May 1984 (Vol. 165, No. 5) National Geographic Society National Geographic Society · 1984 This is the May 1984 issue of National Geographic (US edition), Volume 165, Number 5, published by the National Geographic Society in Washington. The …
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The Twelve Caesars Suetonius The Commercial Press · 1995 The Twelve Caesars (Latin original De Vita Caesarum, also translated as Lives of the Twelve Caesars) is the masterpiece of the ancient Roman biographe…
The History of Rome (Complete Translation) cover
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The History of Rome (Complete Translation) 特奥多尔·蒙森 The Commercial Press · 2015 The History of Rome is the magnum opus of the German historian and jurist Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903), published in installments from 1854 onward. Thi…
A Short History of Maritime Civilization: Navigation and World History over 5000 Years cover
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A Short History of Maritime Civilization: Navigation and World History over 5000 Years Philip de Souza CITIC Press · 2016 This book is a short history of world civilization from a maritime perspective by the British historian Philip de Souza. Concise in length, it is divi…
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Dion and the Sibyls: A Romance of the First Century Miles Gerald Keon · 1866 Dion and the Sibyls: A Romance of the First Century is a historical novel by the Irish writer Miles Gerald Keon, a former colonial secretary of Bermud…
The History of Rome (Complete Translation) cover
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The History of Rome (Complete Translation) 特奥多尔·蒙森 The Commercial Press · 2015 The History of Rome is the life's work of the German historian and jurist Theodor Mommsen, published in installments between 1854 and 1885; the Commer…
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Tacitus: The Histories Tacitus The Commercial Press · 1981 Tacitus's Histories is a late historical work by the Roman historian Tacitus (c. 55–c. 120 CE); it dovetails with his Annals, and together they form a…
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Performance and Voyeurism 小白 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2012 Performance and Voyeurism is Shanghai writer Bai Xiao's second collection of essays, following his acclaimed Lustful Hamlet. It gathers columns he pub…
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The Catiline Conspiracy & The Jugurthine War Sallustius The Commercial Press · 1994 This volume presents a Chinese translation of two historical works by the Roman historian Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86–c. 34 BCE), offering Chinese-la…
The History of Rome (Complete Translation) cover
The History of Rome (Complete Translation) 特奥多尔·蒙森 The Commercial Press · 2015 The History of Rome is the magnum opus of the German historian and jurist Theodor Mommsen. Originally planned as five volumes, it was completed in fou…
The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine cover
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The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine Simon Price / Peter Thorneman CITIC Press · 2019 This is the first volume of the nine-volume Penguin History of Europe, co-authored by the Oxford ancient historians Simon Price and Peter Thonemann an…
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Hunting Rome The Last Cigarette Butt Hunting Rome is a long-form alternate-history novel by the web novelist "The Last Cigarette Butt," first serialized on Qidian and now completed, total…
Meditations cover
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Meditations Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Central Compilation & Translation Press · 2008 Meditations is a private notebook kept by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121–180) amid the demands of military campaigns. In twelve books and abou…
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Agricola and Germania Tacitus The Commercial Press · 1997 This volume is a combined Chinese translation of two early works by the Roman historian Tacitus (c. 55–c. 120), translated by Ma Yong and Fu Zhengyuan…
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Meditations Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Central Compilation & Translation Press · 2008 Meditations is a series of personal writings in Greek by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121–180), composed in the intervals between military campa…