Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece, Waterfield Robin

Автор: Waterfield Robin
Название: Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece
ISBN: 0190468882 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190468880
Издательство: Oxford Academ
Цена: 22060.00 T
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Описание: "Is there anyone on earth who is so narrow-minded or uninquisitive that he could fail to want to know how and thanks to what kind of political system almost the entire known world was conquered and brought under a single empire in less than fifty-three years?" --Polybius, Histories
The 53-year period Polybius had in mind stretched from the start of the Second Punic War in 219 BCE until 167, when Rome overthrew the Macedonian monarchy and divided the country into four independent republics. This was the crucial half-century of Rome's spectacular rise to imperial status, but Roman interest in its eastern neighbors began a little earlier, with the First Illyrian War of 229, and climaxed later with the infamous destruction of Corinth in 146.
Taken at the Flood chronicles this momentous move by Rome into the Greek east. Until now, this period of history has been overshadowed by the threat of Carthage in the west, but events in the east were no less important in themselves, and Robin Waterfield's account reveals the peculiar nature of Rome's eastern policy. For over seventy years, the Romans avoided annexation so that they could commit their military and financial resources to the fight against Carthage and elsewhere. Though ultimately a failure, this policy of indirect rule, punctuated by periodic brutal military interventions and intense diplomacy, worked well for several decades, until the Senate finally settled on more direct forms of control.
Waterfield's fast-paced narrative focuses mainly on military and diplomatic maneuvers, but throughout he interweaves other topics and themes, such as the influence of Greek culture on Rome, the Roman aristocratic ethos, and the clash between the two best fighting machines the ancient world ever produced: the Macedonian phalanx and Roman legion. The result is an absorbing account of a critical chapter in Rome's mastery of the Mediterranean.

Автор: Waterfield, Robin
Название: Hidden depths
ISBN: 1509848029 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781509848027
Издательство: Pan Macmillan
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Описание: A readable, authoritative and fascinating history of hypnosis

Автор: Waterfield, Robin
Название: Jacob Boehme
ISBN: 1556433573 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781556433573
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: Kenneth Glyn Jones has revised his definitive version of Messier`s catalogue. His own observations and drawings, together with maps and diagrams, make this a valuable introduction to deep sky observing. Historical and astrophysical notes bring the science of these nebulae to the fore. This is a unique handbook, unlikely ever to be equalled in its completeness and importance to the telescope owner.

Автор: Waterfield, Robin
Название: The Roman Myths
ISBN: 1784298778 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784298777
Издательство: Hodder
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Автор: Waterfield, Robin,Waterfield, Kathryn
Название: The Greek Myths
ISBN: 1435132424 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781435132429
Издательство: Hodder
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Описание: This book offers a critical analysis of African Americans` intra- and inter-generational resistance actions where, when, why, and how sport has been utilized to express their humanity, preserve their cultural heritages, empower themselves and their communities, project political views, and pursue freedom, equality, and justice.

Автор: Plato; Annas; Waterfield
Название: Plato: The Statesman
ISBN: 0521442621 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521442626
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This translation and introduction to the "The Statesman", Plato`s neglected political work, is crucial to understanding the development of his political thinking. In some respects, it continues themes from the "Republic", particularly the importance of knowledge as an entitlement to rule.