Author: Brian Beyer
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300165439
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : la
Pages : 128
Book Description
"In this text for the upper-beginner and intermediate students, Brian Beyer collects authentic Latin prose from Book I of Eureopius's Breviarium ab urbe condita, which covers Roman history from Rome's foundation to the sack of Rome by the Gauls...Bottom-of-the-page glosses, passages in English from the Roman historian Livy, a running commentary on grammar and syntax, historical notes, and compiled vocabulary allow students foresight into the historical myths of ancient Rome and the historical context ov Eutropius's narrative"--P. [4] of cover.
Legends of Early Rome
Author: Brian Beyer
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300165439
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : la
Pages : 128
Book Description
"In this text for the upper-beginner and intermediate students, Brian Beyer collects authentic Latin prose from Book I of Eureopius's Breviarium ab urbe condita, which covers Roman history from Rome's foundation to the sack of Rome by the Gauls...Bottom-of-the-page glosses, passages in English from the Roman historian Livy, a running commentary on grammar and syntax, historical notes, and compiled vocabulary allow students foresight into the historical myths of ancient Rome and the historical context ov Eutropius's narrative"--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300165439
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : la
Pages : 128
Book Description
"In this text for the upper-beginner and intermediate students, Brian Beyer collects authentic Latin prose from Book I of Eureopius's Breviarium ab urbe condita, which covers Roman history from Rome's foundation to the sack of Rome by the Gauls...Bottom-of-the-page glosses, passages in English from the Roman historian Livy, a running commentary on grammar and syntax, historical notes, and compiled vocabulary allow students foresight into the historical myths of ancient Rome and the historical context ov Eutropius's narrative"--P. [4] of cover.
Early Rome and the Latins. [With a Map.].
Rome's World
Author: Richard J. A. Talbert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521764807
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
A long-overdue reinterpretation and appreciation of the Peutinger Map as a masterpiece both of mapmaking and imperial Roman ideology.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521764807
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
A long-overdue reinterpretation and appreciation of the Peutinger Map as a masterpiece both of mapmaking and imperial Roman ideology.
The Roman Land Surveyors
Author: Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The Beginnings of Rome
Author: Tim Cornell
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136754962
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
Using the results of archaeological techniques, and examining methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of the rise of Rome. The Beginnings of Rome offers insight on major issues such as: Rome’s relations with the Etruscans the conflict between patricians and plebeians the causes of Roman imperialism the growth of slave-based economy. Answering the need for raising acute questions and providing an analysis of the many different kinds of archaeological evidence with literary sources, this is the most comprehensive study of the subject available, and is essential reading for students of Roman history.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136754962
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
Using the results of archaeological techniques, and examining methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of the rise of Rome. The Beginnings of Rome offers insight on major issues such as: Rome’s relations with the Etruscans the conflict between patricians and plebeians the causes of Roman imperialism the growth of slave-based economy. Answering the need for raising acute questions and providing an analysis of the many different kinds of archaeological evidence with literary sources, this is the most comprehensive study of the subject available, and is essential reading for students of Roman history.
The Medieval Peutinger Map
Author: Emily Albu
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107059429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
This book challenges the Peutinger Map's self-presentation as a Roman map by examining its medieval contexts.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107059429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
This book challenges the Peutinger Map's self-presentation as a Roman map by examining its medieval contexts.
An Historical Atlas: Comprising 141 Maps
Author: Robert Henlopen Labberton
Publisher: New York : T. MacCoun
ISBN:
Category : Historical geography
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher: New York : T. MacCoun
ISBN:
Category : Historical geography
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
X-Treme Latin
Author: Henry Beard
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781592401048
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
In staff meetings and singles bars, on freeways and fairways, there are aggravating people lurking everywhere these days. But bestselling humorist Henry Beard has the perfect comeback for all prickly situations, offering a slew of quips your nemesis won't soon forget . . . or even understand. Beard's gift is his ability to make fun of popular culture and the current zeitgeist. In X-Treme Latin he provides Latin with an attitude, an indispensable phrasebook that taps the secret power of Latin to deliver, in total safety, hundreds of impeccable put-downs, comebacks, and wisecracks. Within its pages you will learn how to insult or fire coworkers; blame corporate scandals on someone else; cheer at a World Wrestling Entertainment match; talk back to your computer, TV, or Game Boy; deal with your road rage; evade threatening situations; snowboard in style; talk like Tony Soprano; and much more. With dozens more zingers for quashing e-mail pranks, psyching out your golf opponent, giving backhanded compliments, and evading awkward questions, X-Treme Latin is destined for magnus popularity and will have readers cheering, “Celebremus!”
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781592401048
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
In staff meetings and singles bars, on freeways and fairways, there are aggravating people lurking everywhere these days. But bestselling humorist Henry Beard has the perfect comeback for all prickly situations, offering a slew of quips your nemesis won't soon forget . . . or even understand. Beard's gift is his ability to make fun of popular culture and the current zeitgeist. In X-Treme Latin he provides Latin with an attitude, an indispensable phrasebook that taps the secret power of Latin to deliver, in total safety, hundreds of impeccable put-downs, comebacks, and wisecracks. Within its pages you will learn how to insult or fire coworkers; blame corporate scandals on someone else; cheer at a World Wrestling Entertainment match; talk back to your computer, TV, or Game Boy; deal with your road rage; evade threatening situations; snowboard in style; talk like Tony Soprano; and much more. With dozens more zingers for quashing e-mail pranks, psyching out your golf opponent, giving backhanded compliments, and evading awkward questions, X-Treme Latin is destined for magnus popularity and will have readers cheering, “Celebremus!”
The Early Roman Expansion into Italy
Author: Nicola Terrenato
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108422675
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Argues that Roman expansion in Italy was accomplished more by means of negotiation among local elites than through military conquest.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108422675
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Argues that Roman expansion in Italy was accomplished more by means of negotiation among local elites than through military conquest.
World History
Author: Eugene Berger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Annotation World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500. Authored by six USG faculty members with advance degrees in History, this textbook offers up-to-date original scholarship. It covers such cultures, states, and societies as Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Israel, Dynastic Egypt, India's Classical Age, the Dynasties of China, Archaic Greece, the Roman Empire, Islam, Medieval Africa, the Americas, and the Khanates of Central Asia. It includes 350 high-quality images and maps, chronologies, and learning questions to help guide student learning. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding their educational experience beyond the textbook. It provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making World History an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Annotation World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500. Authored by six USG faculty members with advance degrees in History, this textbook offers up-to-date original scholarship. It covers such cultures, states, and societies as Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Israel, Dynastic Egypt, India's Classical Age, the Dynasties of China, Archaic Greece, the Roman Empire, Islam, Medieval Africa, the Americas, and the Khanates of Central Asia. It includes 350 high-quality images and maps, chronologies, and learning questions to help guide student learning. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding their educational experience beyond the textbook. It provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making World History an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement.