SPQR. The history of ancient Rome
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Books on the history of ancient Rome or scare the unusual reader by the line of strangers, concepts and places, or everyone simplifies. Mary Bird offers a different approach: we quickly plunge into a fascinating story, remote from us for 2000 years and more, we do not know much about it, but almost all modern political systems of the world are built on it. The acquaintance will not be simple, but you can’t do without it: without knowing anything about ancient Rome, we will not understand the present. Victor Sonkin,
The author of the book "here was Rome", laureate of the Prize "Enlightener"
Thanks to Mary Bird, the distant past seems alive and fascinating. It has an amazing ability to convince that antiquity is a standing topic for discussions.
Sunday Times
We meet with the images and history of ancient Rome in science, literature, art. But how close to reality are our ideas about the era on which all Western civilization relies? The leading world specialist in the ancient History of Mary Bird in his book "SPQR: The History of Ancient Rome" explains why Roman history is so important to us, how a small, unremarkable town of Central Italy turned into an empire of three continents.
The name "spqr" is the abbreviation of the Latin expression Senatus populus que romanus, meaning "Senate and the people of Rome". The Senate gave the name to modern legislative assemblies around the world.
SPQR - a book about Rome and how he retained his dominance for several centuries in a row, about his inhabitants, emperors and conspirators. Describing the relationship between the authorities and man, the political structure and conflicts, the formation of statehood and the empire, famous and unknown to anyone, the author destroys myths through scientific data.
The presentation of the history of ancient Rome begins in the middle of the 1st century. BC. e., when Rome was already an extensive metro with a population of more than a million inhabitants, with the pre -trial of the coup and description of the star hour of Cicero. And it ends with the climax when in 212 the emperor Karakalla gave all the free residents of the Roman Empire the right to complete Roman citizenship, destroying the differences between the winners and the defeated.
Why is the book worthy of reading
- There is all the best that the reader can find in popular science literature: a deep and comprehensive knowledge of the subject, a magnificent language, a sense of pulsation of everyday life.
- with an increase in the number of finds found in the ground, underground waters and even in libraries, the historiography of ancient Rome has undergone strong changes over the past 50 years. The book contains relevant scientific data.
- This book is a historical performance, the connection between the past and the present. It is amazing how many similar events and parallels with today the reader will find in the story of ancient Rome.
About the author
Mary Bird - professor of the history of the ancient world of Cambridge University, editor of the anti -bearing of The Times Literary Supplement (literary application to The Times) Having received recognition in the world scientific community, she became a member of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. I was awarded the highest awards: the Order of the British Empire, the Awards of the National Society of Book Critics, the Princess of Princess of Asturia.
Key concepts
The history of ancient Rome, the Senate and the people, Cicero, Katilina, Hannibal, Caesar, Cleopatra, August, Nero, Emperor
The author of the book "here was Rome", laureate of the Prize "Enlightener"
Thanks to Mary Bird, the distant past seems alive and fascinating. It has an amazing ability to convince that antiquity is a standing topic for discussions.
Sunday Times
We meet with the images and history of ancient Rome in science, literature, art. But how close to reality are our ideas about the era on which all Western civilization relies? The leading world specialist in the ancient History of Mary Bird in his book "SPQR: The History of Ancient Rome" explains why Roman history is so important to us, how a small, unremarkable town of Central Italy turned into an empire of three continents.
The name "spqr" is the abbreviation of the Latin expression Senatus populus que romanus, meaning "Senate and the people of Rome". The Senate gave the name to modern legislative assemblies around the world.
SPQR - a book about Rome and how he retained his dominance for several centuries in a row, about his inhabitants, emperors and conspirators. Describing the relationship between the authorities and man, the political structure and conflicts, the formation of statehood and the empire, famous and unknown to anyone, the author destroys myths through scientific data.
The presentation of the history of ancient Rome begins in the middle of the 1st century. BC. e., when Rome was already an extensive metro with a population of more than a million inhabitants, with the pre -trial of the coup and description of the star hour of Cicero. And it ends with the climax when in 212 the emperor Karakalla gave all the free residents of the Roman Empire the right to complete Roman citizenship, destroying the differences between the winners and the defeated.
Why is the book worthy of reading
- There is all the best that the reader can find in popular science literature: a deep and comprehensive knowledge of the subject, a magnificent language, a sense of pulsation of everyday life.
- with an increase in the number of finds found in the ground, underground waters and even in libraries, the historiography of ancient Rome has undergone strong changes over the past 50 years. The book contains relevant scientific data.
- This book is a historical performance, the connection between the past and the present. It is amazing how many similar events and parallels with today the reader will find in the story of ancient Rome.
About the author
Mary Bird - professor of the history of the ancient world of Cambridge University, editor of the anti -bearing of The Times Literary Supplement (literary application to The Times) Having received recognition in the world scientific community, she became a member of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. I was awarded the highest awards: the Order of the British Empire, the Awards of the National Society of Book Critics, the Princess of Princess of Asturia.
Key concepts
The history of ancient Rome, the Senate and the people, Cicero, Katilina, Hannibal, Caesar, Cleopatra, August, Nero, Emperor
Author:
Author:Mary Berd
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:white
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-00139-011-4
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