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A monumental photo book documenting the scenes of more than 3, 000 years of human conflict

From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome comes the definitive history of Hadrian's Wall, the largest Roman artifact known today and located in northern England.

From an award-winning historian of ancient Rome comes the definitive history of Hadrian's Wall, the largest Roman artifact known today and located in northern England.

Sequel to "Vindolanda". It's AD100, and Roman Centurion Flavius Ferox is struggling to keep the peace at his army on the northern frontier of Britannia.

Stretching eighty miles from coast to coast across northern England, Hadrian's Wall is the largest Roman artifact known today. It is commonly viewed as a defiant barrier, the end of the empire, a place where civilization stopped and barbarism began ... In [this book], [the author] embarks on a historical and archaeological investigation, sifting fact from legend while simultaneously situating the wall in the wider scene of Roman Britain"--Amaz...

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The Pax Romana is famous for having provided a remarkable period of peace and stability, rarely seen before or since. Yet the Romans were first and foremost conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates in the east to the Atlantic coast in the west. Their peace meant Roman victory and was brought about by strength and dominance rather than co-existence with neighbours. The Romans were aggressive and rut...

Set in AD 98, this is an atmospheric novel set in Roman Britain and includes historical notes and maps.

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Het Romeinse Rijk was een lange tijd oppermachtig: geen andere staat ooit heeft over alle landen rond de Middellandse Zee geheerst. De Romeinen vormden niet alleen een politieke en militaire grootmacht, maar waren hun tijd ook ver vooruit op het gebied van retoriek, wetgeving, literatuur, wegenbouw en architectuur. In de vierde eeuw werd het Rijk gesplitst in een westelijk en een oostelijk deel en niet lang daarna kwam het West-Romeinse Rijk ...

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Encuadernación: Cartoné Colección: Novela HistoricaA principios del verano de 1808, los hombres del regimiento inglés 106 de Infantería están deseando entrar en acción contra los siempre victoriosos ejércitos de Napoleón. Y la oportunidad les llega antes de lo esperado, cuando estalla la guerra en España tras la estremecedora masacre de civiles realizada por soldados franceses en Madrid.Mientras los inexpertos reclutas hacen instrucción en la ...

Subtitled, "The Life Of A Colossus". The story of one of the most brilliant, flamboyant historically important men who ever lived and the first major biography of Julius Caesar for decades. 'Adrian Goldsworthy's account of this extraordinary period is a superb achievement. He writes at length and in detail, but with a light touch, never allowing the complexities to obscure the sharpness of the story line... It is a model of the way ancient bio...

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An authentic historical novel set near Hadiran's Wall in AD 98, the first in a new series from a leading British historian. Flavius Ferox is a Briton and a Roman centurion, given the task of keeping the peace on this wild frontier. With historical notes and maps.

The story of how Augustus rose from an obscure teenager to become Rome's first and greatest emperor.

The Pax Romana is famous, for peace has been rare in the history of the world, which makes the centuries of stability and 'Roman Peace' from 27 BC to 180 AD all the more remarkable. Yet the Romans were conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates in the east to the Atlantic coast in the west. Their peace came from Roman victory and was not about co-existence with neighbours, but strength and dominance....

The complete and definitive history of how Roman generals carved out the greatest and longest-lasting empire the world has ever seen.

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Comprehensive history of the struggle between Rome and Carthage.