Author: Richard PerrinchiefPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Syracusan Tyrant, Or, The Life of Agathocles
Author: Richard PerrinchiefPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Tyrants of Syracuse Volume II
Author: Jeff ChampionPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 184468296X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
This is the story of one of the most important classical cities, Syracuse, and its struggles (both internal and external) for freedom and survival. Situated at the heart of the Mediterranean, Syracuse was caught in the middle as Carthage, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Athens and then Rome battled to gain control of Sicily. The threat of expansionist enemies on all sides made for a tumultuous situation within the city, resulting in repeated coups that threw up a series of remarkable tyrants, such as Gelon, Timoleon and Dionysius. In this first volume Jeff Champion traces the course of Syracuse's wars under the tyrants from the Battle of Himera (480 BC) against the Carthaginians down to the death of Dionysius I (367 BC), whose reign proved to be the high tide of the city's power and influence. One of the highlights along the way is the city's heroic resistance to, and eventual decisive defeat of, the Athenian expeditionary force that besieged them for over two years (415-413 BC), an event with massive ramifications for the Greek world. This is the eventful life story of one of the forgotten major powers of the ancient Mediterranean world.
A Catalogue of English, Welsh, Scotch, and Irish History and Topography: Including Nearly the Whole of the Printed Books Relating to Saxon History and Literature; to which are Added, the Monastic Historians and the Old Chroniclers, Followed by the Various Histories, ... Relating to this Kingdom. ... The Whole Forming Part III. ... Offered at the Reduced Prices Affixed
Author: William StrongThe Carthaginians
Author: Dexter HoyosPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136968628
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Carthaginians reveals the complex culture, society and achievements of a famous, yet misunderstood, ancient people. Beginning as Phoenician settlers in North Africa, the Carthaginians then broadened their civilization with influences from neighbouring North African peoples, Egypt, and the Greek world. Their own cultural influence in turn spread across the Western Mediterranean as they imposed dominance over Sardinia, western Sicily, and finally southern Spain. As a stable republic Carthage earned respectful praise from Greek observers, notably Aristotle, and from many Romans – even Cato, otherwise notorious for insisting that ‘Carthage must be destroyed’. Carthage matched the great city-state of Syracuse in power and ambition, then clashed with Rome for mastery of the Mediterranean West. For a time, led by her greatest general Hannibal, she did become the leading power between the Atlantic and the Adriatic. It was chiefly after her destruction in 146 BC that Carthage came to be depicted by Greeks and Romans as an alien civilization, harsh, gloomy and bloodstained. Demonising the victim eased the embarrassment of Rome’s aggression; Virgil in his Aeneid was one of the few to offer a more sensitive vision. Exploring both written and archaeological evidence, The Carthaginians reveals a complex, multicultural and innovative people whose achievements left an indelible impact on their Roman conquerors and on history.
The English portion of the library of ... Francis Wrangham [a catalogue, compiled by himself].
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Author: Francis WranghamThe English Portion of the Library of the Ven. Francis Wrangham
Author: Francis WranghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Leslie StephenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1368
Book Description
The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith
Author: Third and Final Series of Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature, 1474-1700
Author: William Carew HazlittPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Drama and Politics in the English Civil War
Author: Susan WisemanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521472210
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
In 1642 an ordinance closed the theatres of England. Critics and historians have assumed that the edict was to be firm and inviolate. Susan Wiseman challenges this assumption and argues that the period 1640 to 1660 was not a gap in the production and performance of drama nor a blank space between 'Renaissance drama' and the 'Restoration stage'. Rather, throughout the period, writers focused instead on a range of dramas with political perspectives, from republican to royalist. This group included the short pamphlet dramas of the 1640s and the texts produced by the writers of the 1650s, such as William Davenant, Margaret Cavendish and James Shirley. In analysing the diverse forms of dramatic production of the 1640s and 1650s, Wiseman reveals the political and generic diversity produced by the changes in dramatic production, and offers insights into the theatre of the Civil War.