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5) Ancient Rome
Author
Series
Eyewitness books volume 24
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
"Step into the world of ancient Rome and meet its emperors, gods, soldiers, and gladiators. Who were Rome's most famous emperors? What was everyday life like for a soldier in the Roman army? How did the citizens of ancient Rome live? Did gladiators really fight to the death in the mighty Colosseum? Find out the answers to all these questions, and many more, in Eyewitness Ancient Rome. Photographs of real artefacts and detailed illustrations will help...
Series
Handbuch der Orientalistik. Fünfte Abteilung Japan volume 14. Bd
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Series
Cultural interactions in the Mediterranean volume Volume 1
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"Very few of the Roman emperors died a natural death. The insane Caligula was murdered after leaving the theatre; Caracalla while he was relieving himself. Caesar was stabbed twenty-three times and Ortho was dragged into the Tiber with a flesh-hook. However great an emperor's power, danger was ever present." "This book looks at each of the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar in 44 BC to Romulus Augustulus in AD 476, illuminating not only the manner...