Rome Italy History

Roma tenía buenos y malos emperadores, egoístas y desinteresados. Algunos eran sabios, otros eran tontos. Y cada uno dejó su legado y su impronta en los conceptos históricos del propio imperio romano. En este libro, exploraremos los detalles de varios de estos emperadores, especialmente algunos de los más conocidos que han sido cuidadosamente seleccionados por los editores de este libro.

Did you know that the Roman Empire was infamous for its slave trade? The slaves had very different lives, though. Some were treated nicely, others badly, and some sexually. There were slave rebellions, wars, and many other things going on. Dive into the Roman customs, the perspective on slaves, their ways of dealing with them, and the ways how people could become a free man. These and other details about life during Roman times will come to light fast in this comprehensive guide.

This audiobook offers the perfect explanation of how the Roman empire began, how it was run, what some of the emperors did, and much more. You’ll also find out why and how it ended, how the wars influenced their expansion and shrinkage, and other facts.

In this audiobook bundle, you get the best historical facts and knowledge you deserve. All in all, you get over plenty of explanations and clarifications of what the Romans and their empire looked about 2,000 years ago. In the first audiobook, various aspects of the Roman Empire, its government, and its place in human history will be discussed. In the second audiobook, a number of emperors come to light. In the third audiobook, Spartacus is covered in the first few sections.

The Roman Empire has been in the spotlight for ages. It has been studied, research, and taught in schools across the world. Inventions, words, vocabulary, and philosophy have been derived from those important transition in human history. The Romans were ruthless in some ways yet civilized in others. They were a peculiar people who did things differently than those they called barbarians. Their warfare, their habits, their vision of the future...these all made their empire what it became. What is that makes us so obsessed with this particular time period?

Naples (or, in Italian, Napoli) is the local capital of Campania and Italy's third-largest city, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 967,069 people living within the city's administrative limits since 2017. With a population of 3,115,320 people, its province-level town is Italy's third-most inhabited urbane city, and its city periods for around twenty miles outside the city walls. Naples, established by Greeks in the first millennium BC, is just one of the world's oldest constantly occupied cities.

"Ab Urbe Condita". La fondazione di Roma. Tratto dal più venduto dei volumi di Montanelli, "Storia di Roma", si ripercorre qui, tra mito e storiografia, la fondazione della città che darà vita all'Impero più longevo di sempre. Un saggio esemplare dello stile divulgativo di Montanelli, capace di mettere in luce, a tratti con ironia e con grande sapienza stilistica, i rapporti con i popoli italici, soprattutto gli etruschi, che avrebbero poi generato quel particolare milieu culturale destinato a governare il mondo nell'antichità.

SCHIETTA, CHIARA, PER TUTTI. LA STORIA RACCONTATA DA INDRO MONTANELLI. "Il Barbarossa". Tratto da "L'Italia dei comuni", un focus sulla figura di un sovrano che in Italia ha lasciato il segno. Oltre a una descrizione dell'uomo e del politico Federico II, Indro Montanelli tratteggia con precisione e acume la situazione italiana del XII secolo, gli scontri tra Impero e Papato, la complessa e cangiante rete di alleanze delle città del Nord. Fino alla battaglia di Legnano e a quel Carroccio che sarà elemento duraturo nell'immaginario collettivo italiano.

It is the translation of the famous book written by an officer of Julius Caesar that tells us about the war in Alexandria of 47 BC, and other episodes that happened immediately after the battle of Farsalo. The book belongs to the series of books that tell of Julius Caesar's wars.

This is the story of freedom fighters who defied Italy’s despot by opposing the rising tide of populism and xenophobia. Chief among them: poet and aviator Lauro de Bosis, firstborn of an Italian aristocrat and a New Englander, who transformed himself into a modern Icarus and amazed the world as he risked his life in the skies to bring Il Duce down. Taras Grescoe’s inspiring story of resistance, risk, and sacrifice paints a portrait of heroes in the fight against authoritarianism. This is an essential biography for our time. 

La extravagancia de Nerón se ha convertido en nada menos que legendaria. En su día, fue increíblemente destructiva para su pueblo, particularmente después del Gran Incendio de Roma, un incendio que incluso podría haber comenzado él. En lugar de acudir en ayuda de los diez distritos que habían sido dañados por el fuego, Nerón aprovechó el espacio extra para construirse un palacio dorado. Asesinó, entre otros, a su propia madre, su exmujer y su hermanastro. Además, fue un violador, abusó sexualmente de niños y fue un abusador brutal.

When people think of ancient Italy, the Romans are usually the first and last people who come to mind, but long before Rome was built by Latin-speaking people, the culture of Italy was dominated by the Etruscans. Although the Etruscans may not comprise the core of most histories of the ancient Mediterranean, they exerted a profound influence on the region from the eighth to fifth centuries BCE that continued to resonate for centuries after as the Romans carried on many of their traditions.

A wonderful journey through the splendors of the Eternayl City: Forum Romanum, Pantheon, Baths of Caracalla, Theater of Pompey, Forum of Augustus, Colosseum and Palatine.

Si quiere descubrir la fascinante historia de la guerra de las Galias, continúe leyendo...Mientras Roma se llenaba de comerciantes, artesanos, esclavos y familias ricas de comerciantes, sus políticos luchaban por mantener las propiedades democráticas fundamentales del gobierno republicano. Las reglas se doblegaban y rompían, políticos y votantes eran sobornados y engañados, hasta que finalmente, el poder de Roma cayó en manos del único hombre que podía reunir el respeto y la lealtad del mundialmente famoso ejército romano.

As Rome swelled with tradespeople, artisans, slaves, and wealthy merchant families, its politicians struggled to maintain the fundamental democratic properties of the republican government. Rules were bent and broken, politicians and voters were bribed and lied to, and eventually, the power of Rome fell to the one man who could muster the respect and loyalty of the world-famous Roman army. That man was Gaius Julius Caesar.