Messallina The Longest Shadow

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Messallina The Longest Shadow

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Author : J P Graham
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2018-11-02

Messallina The Longest Shadow written by J P Graham and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-02 with History categories.

Ancient Roman society was male-centred to its core. The wives of emperors were largely meant to be seen and not heard, and were often not treated much better in the literature of antiquity than any other high-ranking women. Any whose behaviour breached the boundaries set by the male ruling elite were often savagely punished. The Empress Messallina, third wife of the Emperor Claudius, was one of them. Her devastating reputation has set a benchmark which has lasted in the annals of history for two thousand years.

The Senecans

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Author : Peter Stothard
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 2016-09-27

The Senecans written by Peter Stothard and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-27 with History categories.

“This unconventional account of the Margaret Thatcher years by a former editor of the Times . . . mixes reminiscence, gossip, and classical philosophy.” —The New Yorker A year after the death of Margaret Thatcher, a young historian arrives to ask Peter Stothard, Editor of the Times Literary Supplement and former editor of the Times, some sharp questions about his memories of the Thatcher era. During the interview the offices from where he long observed British politics are being systematically flattened by wrecking balls. From the dust and destruction of a collapsing newspaper plant emerge portraits of the Senecans, four of the men who made the Thatcher court so different from that of her successors. As well as love of Britain’s first female Prime Minister they shared strange Latin lessons in a crumbling riverside bar. They took their name from their taste for the work of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a pioneer writer from Cordoba in Roman Spain, a philosopher, courtier and acquirer of massive wealth from the age of the Emperor Nero. Blending memoir with ancient and modern politics in the manner of his acclaimed diaries, Spartacus Road and Alexandria, Peter Stothard sheds a sideways light on Margaret Thatcher’s “believing age.” In finally identifying his interviewer he also answers questions about his own literary and political journey. “[An] artful blend of truth and fiction . . . Stothard’s poetically written, supremely stylish memoir only partly conceals its underlying mission, to insist that antiquity still has urgent things to tell us.” —Emily Gowers, The Guardian “This thoughtful and unexpectedly moving memoir . . . brilliantly captures the excitement of the Thatcher years.” —Richard Aldous, The Wall Street Journal

Roman Tombs And The Art Of Commemoration

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Author : Barbara Borg
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-04-18

Roman Tombs And The Art Of Commemoration written by Barbara Borg and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-18 with Art categories.

Explores four key questions around Roman funerary customs that change our view of the society and its values.

The Shadow Of The Parthenon

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Author : Peter Green
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2008-12-01

The Shadow Of The Parthenon written by Peter Green and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-01 with History categories.

A lively combination of scholarship and unorthodoxy makes these studies in ancient history and literature unusually rewarding. Few of the objects of conventional admiration gain much support from Peter Green (Pericles and the "democracy" of fifth-century Athens are treated to a very cool scrutiny) but he has a warm regard for the real virtues of antiquity and for those who spoke with "an individual voice." The studies cover both history and literature, Greece and Rome. They range from the real nature of Athenian society to poets as diverse as Sappho and Juvenal, and all of them, without laboring any parallels, make the ancient world immediately relevant to our own. (There is, for example, a very perceptive essay on how classical history often becomes a vehicle for the historian's own political beliefs and fantasies of power.) The student of classical history will find plenty in this book to enrich his own studies. The general reader will enjoy the vision of a classical world which differs radically from what he probably expects.

The Cult Of Castor And Pollux In Ancient Rome

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Author : Amber Gartrell
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-04-29

The Cult Of Castor And Pollux In Ancient Rome written by Amber Gartrell and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-29 with Art categories.

The Dioscuri first appeared at the Battle of Lake Regillus in 496 BC to save the new Republic. Receiving a temple in the Forum in gratitude, the gods continued to play an important role in Roman life for centuries and took on new responsibilities as the needs of the society evolved. Protectors of elite horsemen, boxers and sailors, they also served as guarantors of the Republic's continuation and, eventually, as models for potential future emperors. Over the course of centuries, the cult and its temples underwent many changes. In this book, Amber Gartrell explores the evolution of the cult. Drawing on a range of methodological approaches and a wide range of ancient evidence, she focuses on four key aspects: the gods' two temples in Rome, their epiphanies, their protection of varied groups, and their role as divine parallels for imperial heirs, revealing how religion, politics and society interacted and influenced each other.

Livia

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Author : Anthony A. Barrett
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2002-01-01

Livia written by Anthony A. Barrett and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

This is the first biography in English of one of Rome's most famous and infamous women, Livia (58 BC-AD 29), wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius, who dominated imperial politics for decades.

Caligula

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Author : Anthony A. Barrett
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-01-04

Caligula written by Anthony A. Barrett and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Of all Roman emperors none, with the possible exception of Nero, surpasses Caligula's reputation for infamy. But was Caligula really the mad despot and depraved monster of popular legend or the victim of hostile ancient historians? In this study of Caligula's life, reign and violent death, Anthony A. Barrett draws on the archaeological and numismatic evidence to supplement the later written record. In Professor Barrett's view, the mystery of Caligula's reign is not why he descended into autocracy, but how any intelligent Roman could have expected a different outcome - to grant total power to an inexperienced and arrogant young man was a recipe for disaster. This book, scholarly and accessible, offers a careful reconstruction of Caligula's life and times, and a shrewd assessment of his historical importance.

The Satires Of Juvenal

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Author : Juvenal
language : la
Publisher:
Release Date : 1785

The Satires Of Juvenal written by Juvenal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1785 with Satire, Latin categories.

Jane Eyre

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Author : Charlotte Brontë
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-03

Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Brontë and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03 with categories.

The novel is a first-person narrative from the perspective of the title character. The novel's setting is somewhere in the north of England, late in the reign of George III (1760-1820).[a] It goes through five distinct stages: Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where she gains friends and role models but suffers privations and oppression; her time as governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with her mysterious employer, Edward Fairfax Rochester; her time in the Moor House, during which her earnest but cold clergyman cousin, St. John Rivers, proposes to her; and ultimately her reunion with, and marriage to, her beloved Rochester. Throughout these sections, the novel provides perspectives on a number of important social issues and ideas, many of which are critical of the status quo.

Roman Clothing And Fashion

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Author : Alexandra Croom
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2010-09-15

Roman Clothing And Fashion written by Alexandra Croom and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-15 with Design categories.

A detailed, finely researched and profusely illustrated history of clothing and fashion in the Roman Empire.