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| Author | : Sherrie Seibert Goff |
| Publisher | : iUniverse |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2018-03-16 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1532045611 |
The Tiber Bridge tells the story of Ancus Marcius, Romes fourth king, a man of power and ability haunted by the ghosts of his past, and of Vel Prasanai, a cast-out Etruscan who becomes his bridge builder. Conflict between gods and mortals intensifies over the sacrilege of spanning the Tiber in this spellbinding tale of war, political rivalry, love, and ambition set in the fabled years of early Rome. The many accomplishments of legendary King Ancus remain tarnished and unrewarding, as he faces endless war, endures the enmity of his predecessors son, is thwarted by Romes pontifex, and suffers the cruel suspicions of his wife. Engineers, priests, vestal virgins, generals, queens, and a family of shepherds all play a part in this sweeping tale of courage and endurance in the shadow of the first bridge built in Rome.
| Author | : Matthew B. Roller |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 343 |
| Release | : 2018-03-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1107162599 |
Presents a coherent model for understanding historical examples in Ancient Rome and their rhetorical, moral and historiographical functions.
| Author | : Gregory S. Aldrete |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 378 |
| Release | : 2007-03-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780801884054 |
| Author | : Paul Erdkamp |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 647 |
| Release | : 2013-09-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0521896290 |
Rome was the largest city in the ancient world. As the capital of the Roman Empire, it was clearly an exceptional city in terms of size, diversity and complexity. While the Colosseum, imperial palaces and Pantheon are among its most famous features, this volume explores Rome primarily as a city in which many thousands of men and women were born, lived and died. The thirty-one chapters by leading historians, classicists and archaeologists discuss issues ranging from the monuments and the games to the food and water supply, from policing and riots to domestic housing, from death and disease to pagan cults and the impact of Christianity. Richly illustrated, the volume introduces groundbreaking new research against the background of current debates and is designed as a readable survey accessible in particular to undergraduates and non-specialists.
| Author | : Raymond Van Dam |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 311 |
| Release | : 2011-04-29 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1139499726 |
Constantine's victory in 312 at the battle of the Milvian Bridge established his rule as the first Christian emperor. This book examines the creation and dissemination of the legends about that battle and its significance. Christian histories, panegyrics and an honorific arch at Rome soon commemorated his victory, and the emperor himself contributed to the myth by describing his vision of a cross in the sky before the battle. Through meticulous research into the late Roman narratives and the medieval and Byzantine legends, this book moves beyond a strictly religious perspective by emphasizing the conflicts about the periphery of the Roman empire, the nature of emperorship and the role of Rome as a capital city. Throughout late antiquity and the medieval period, memories of Constantine's victory served as a powerful paradigm for understanding rulership in a Christian society.
| Author | : Hella Eckardt |
| Publisher | : Britannia Monograph |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2021-08 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780907764489 |
When Roman objects are discovered in rivers they are commonly interpreted as accidental losses or as rubbish deposits revealed by fluvial erosion; this is in contrast to prehistoric assemblages, which are often seen as ritual offerings. Our project challenges these assumptions by publishing for the first time an entire riverine artifact assemblage and comparing its composition to nearby excavated assemblages. The ca. 3,600 finds retrieved by two divers from the River Tees at Piercebridge are also related to the Roman bridges, settlement, and fort, and analyzed to better understand the people who used and deposited them.
| Author | : Livy |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 576 |
| Release | : 1909 |
| Genre | : Rome |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Colin O'Connor |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 1993-12-16 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780521393263 |
The Romans were the first great builders of bridges in the western world. Professor O'Connor, a civil engineer and expert in bridge construction, has examined a very large number of those bridges that still remain all over the Roman empire. In this book he presents a thorough listing and description of all known bridges, in many cases illustrating the construction of the bridges by his own photographs and sketches. Introductory chapters place the bridges in their geographical and historical contexts, with detailed maps of the empire-wide system of Roman roads and discussion of how these came to be constructed, and an investigation of the technology available to the Romans. Finally, in order to elucidate the principles used by the Romans in designing their bridges Professor O'Connor examines the proportions of the stone arches, and subjects the rules that emerge to modern structural analysis.
| Author | : Livy |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 1872 |
| Genre | : Latin language |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Rabun M. Taylor |
| Publisher | : L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9788882651008 |
A meticuously detailed investigation of Rome's practical solution to the problems of providing and distributing the city's water supply between the end of the Republic and Trajan's reign. Taylor's principal aims are to determine where and why aqueduct systems crossed the Tiber and to assess the function of the enigmatic Aqua Alsietia. An initial discussion of the technical and legal context for aqueduct planning is followed by a topographical inquiry into several specific aqueducts including the four earliest aqueduct river crossings: the Aqua Appia, Anio Velus, Aqua Marcia and the Aqua Virgo. Taylor also examines the expansion and organisation of water supply within the Transiberim, a heavily populated district of Rome to the west of the Tiber, and assesses its influence on Rome's wider urban policy.
