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One of Christianity's first powerful converts, the Emperor Constantine, was baptised into the Christian church on his deathbed by Eusebius, Bishop of Nicomedia, in 337 AD. But the religious character of his empire and the states which set themselves up as its successors was not thereby settled forever. It was not until 1386, over a millennium later, that the continent's last pagan ruler, Grand Duke Jogaila of the Lithuanians, was baptised and ...

An authoritative modern biography of Julius Caesar, placing the ruler in his historical context, and inquiring into the nature of politics and power of the late republic. 8pp b/w illus.

Il nuovo libro dell'autore del Vademecum italiano è un eserciziario che ha come scopo la ripetizione, l'approfondimento e l'ampliamento del lessico. Gli esercizi si rivolgono a studenti che vantano già una certa dimestichezza con la lingua italiana e offre loro la possibilità di sviluppare la propria competenza lessicale ripetendo vocaboli e locuzioni, cercando il termine appropriato confrontandolo con sinonimi, contrar...

A brilliantly entertaining and innovative history of the ancient Athenians' consuming passions for food, wine and sex.

Between the Sack of Rome in 390 BC and 200 BC, a part-time army of Roman peasants, under the leadership of the ruling oligarchy, conquered first Italy and then the whole of the Mediterranean. Wars, impoverishments, civil discord and slavery are a few of the subjects covered in this study.

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Within the space of three centuries, up to the great Persian invasion of 480BC, Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilization which dominated the shores of the Mediterranean from Spain to Syria and from the Crimea to Egypt - a culture whose achievements in the fields of art, science, philosophy and politics were to establish the canons of the Western world. The author of this book places this developmen...

A comprehensive study which introduces the reader to the vigour and variety of the fourth century AD.

A new cover reprint of the second volume of T. C. Smout's magnificent - and indispensable - account of the Scottish people, from 1830-1950.

With the use of quotations, this book examines the political events in the Hellenistic world. It also describes the different social systems of the peoples under Greek rule, developments in literature, science and technology and the founding of religious movements.