Emperors of Rome: The Story of Imperial Rome from Julius Caesar to the Last EmperorBOOKSALES Incorporated REMAINDERS, 2007 - 255 pagine Charting the 500 years that followed the triumph of Augustus, this book profiles the greatest and most notorious of the emperors. All the key events of the Roman imperial history are described here, from the Golden Age of Augustus to the destruction of Pompeli, from the reorganization of the Empire under Diocletion in 284 to the division of the Empire into Eastern and Western halves in 395, and from Constantine's Edict of Milan of 313 to the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410. Contains 150 color images. |
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Pagina 69
... palace , making for the house of a freedman named Phaon , not knowing that Phaon had already betrayed him . As he heard his captors approach , Nero stabbed himself to death . Vain and deluded to the last , the emperor's reported last ...
... palace , making for the house of a freedman named Phaon , not knowing that Phaon had already betrayed him . As he heard his captors approach , Nero stabbed himself to death . Vain and deluded to the last , the emperor's reported last ...
Pagina 79
... palace . Although the official name of this new building was the Flavian Amphitheatre , it would become known to later generations as the Colosseum . It was conceived as a monument commemorating the suppression of the Jewish revolt ...
... palace . Although the official name of this new building was the Flavian Amphitheatre , it would become known to later generations as the Colosseum . It was conceived as a monument commemorating the suppression of the Jewish revolt ...
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... palace and the more bureaucratic elements that had supported Macrinus . The ascendant palace group made genuine efforts to include members of the senate and senior equestrian bureaucracy in the regime . Contemporary commentators such as ...
... palace and the more bureaucratic elements that had supported Macrinus . The ascendant palace group made genuine efforts to include members of the senate and senior equestrian bureaucracy in the regime . Contemporary commentators such as ...
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Emperors of Rome: The Story of Imperial Rome from Julius Caesar to the Last ... David Potter Anteprima limitata - 2014 |
Emperors of Rome: Imperial Rome from Julius Caesar to the Last Emperor David Stone Potter Anteprima non disponibile - 2008 |
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