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Cargando... Ten Caesarspor Barry S. Strauss
   Best Biographies (204) Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.   ) jcvogan1 | Jul 24, 2023 |   ) Russell098 | Mar 28, 2023 | Barry Strauss has written a non-academic, highly-readable, and yet nuanced history of the first 250 years of the Roman Empire. While it focuses on a "top ten" list of emperors, the lives of those ten are connected together in a way that will give you a working knowledge of the "other" emperors that appeared during that time as well. The style was a bit unnerving in the beginning. I knew I was opening a non-academic work, but I was unprepared for Professor Strauss' frequent use of contractions and colloquialisms. On the other hand, the short, Hemingway-esque sentence structure was welcome. In the end, I came to like this new (to me) style of conversational and yet thoughtful and nuanced writing in a popular history book. It is much more like listening to a good, focused lecture or podcast (see, e.g., The History Of Rome) than reading an academic paper; and why shouldn't that be a good thing? The ten Emperors at the heart of the book are: Augustus (Octavian), Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Diocletian and Constantine. I was familiar with all ten from other reading, but was surprised to find new information about or a new way of looking at each of these subjects. In particular, Professor Strauss makes an effort to undermine common beliefs about these emperors that current academic work has refuted. Great stuff. Professor Strauss also can't resist debunking Gibbons' attribution of the fall of the Empire to its adoption of Christianity. And, in a "whatever happened to them?"-style coda, Professor Strauss teases the wonderful characters and stories of the Byzantine Empire. I would recommend reading this book after finishing first [b:The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic|34184069|The Storm Before the Storm The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic|Mike Duncan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492585818l/34184069._SY75_.jpg|55222026] and then [b:Julius Caesar|1701815|Julius Caesar|Philip Freeman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1349034194l/1701815._SY75_.jpg|1698868]. Highly recommended! (  ) TH_Shunk | Jul 6, 2021 |  ) Robertgreaves | Sep 19, 2020 | As always, the author often goes out of his way in an attempt to establish the importance of female actors when often the facts do not support his claim. This to some extent detracts from his overall credibility. Otherwise, a quality work which is recommended for those who seek an informative overview of the most significant emperors of the Roman Empire. ( ) la2bkk | Jun 11, 2020 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"Best-selling historian and classicist Barry Strauss tells the story of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through the lives of ten of its most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine"--
"Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss tells the story of the Roman Empire through the lives of ten men who ruled Rome, from Augustus, the founder, to Constantine, who refounded the empire as Christian and established a new capital at Constantinople, three and a half centuries later. During these centuries Rome gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. The empire reached from modern-day Britain to Iraq, and over time emperors came not from the old Roman families of the first century but from men born in the provinces, some of whom had never even seen Rome. By the time of Constantine, the Roman Empire had changed so dramatically in geography, ethnicity, religion, and culture that it would have been virtually unrecognizable to Augustus. But in one way it remained faithful to his vision: it survived, no matter the cost. In the imperial era Roman women--mothers, wives, mistresses--had substantial authority and influence over the emperors, and Strauss profiles the most important among them, from Livia, Augustus's wife, to Helena, Constantine's mother. But even women in the imperial family often found themselves forced by their emperors to marry or divorce for purely political reasons, and at times they faced exile or even murder. Rome laid the foundations of the West, and its legacy still shapes us today in so many ways, from language, law, and architecture to the seat of the Roman Catholic Church. Strauss examines this enduring heritage through the lives of the men who made it: Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Diocletian, and Constantine. In time they learned to maintain the family business--the government of an empire--by adapting when necessary and always persevering. [This book] is essential history as well as fascinating biography."--Dust jacket. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — Cargando...GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)937.060922History and Geography Ancient World Italian Peninsula to 476 and adjacent territories to 476 Italian Peninsula to 476 and adjacent territories to 476 Empire 31 B.C.-476 A.D.Clasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio: (3.57)
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