A new book joins meticulous historical analysis with more than 150 lush, full-color illustrations of these magnificent books and their elaborate bindings. Back cover of the Lindau Gospels. Salzburg ...

On March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar lay dead from 23 knife wounds inflicted by his assassins. The next day, the question on every Roman citizen’s mind was: Who will rule Rome now? Getting to the ...

The eastern Roman empire was founded by Constantine the Great on May 11, A.D. 330. The empire fell on May 29, 1453, when the army of the Ottoman sultan Mehmet II breached the walls of Constantinople.

Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. Pp. viii, 1152. Illus., maps, appends, gloss., notes, biblio., index. $45.00. ISBN: 0197549322 The Empire that ...

In this insightful work, Prof. Hoyos (Sydney), author or editor numerous works in ancient history, such as Truceless War: Carthage's Fight for Survival, 241 to 237 BC and A Companion to Roman ...

In two new books, the historians Adrian Goldsworthy and Tom Holland portray an empire that knew how to hold back from a fight and make room for upstarts. Someone’s husband trying on a Roman centurion ...

I, CLAUDIUS—R.obert Graves—Smith & Haas ($3). “What sort of speech did Caesar make before the Battle of Pharsalia? Did he beg us to remember our wives and children and the sacred temples of Rome and ...

Roman historian Tacitus gave a powerful quote about empire, war, and peace. The quote explains how rulers sometimes destroy places but describe their actions as bringing order. His words criticize the ...

The French writer and historian Voltaire famously quipped that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor even an empire. Names aside, a new book shows that this wide-ranging confederation ...