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Count Belisarius

Author : Robert Graves
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Release Date : 2014-03-06
ISBN 10 : 9780795336713
Pages : 642 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (336 downloads)

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Download Count Belisarius PDF Format Full Free by Robert Graves and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “vigorous tale” by the acclaimed author of I, Claudius captures the sixth century fall of the Byzantine Empire as seen through the eyes of a servant (Kirkus Reviews). Threatened by invaders on all sides, the Eastern Roman Empire of the sixth century fought to maintain its borders. Leading its defense was the Byzantine general Belisarius, a man who earned the grudging respect of his enemies, and who rose to become Emperor Justinian’s greatest military leader. Loosely based on Procopius’s History of the Justinian Wars and Secret History, this novel tells the Belisarius’s story through the eyes of Eugenius, a eunuch and servant to the general’s wife. It presents a compelling portrait of a man bound by a strict code of honor and unrelenting loyalty to an emperor who is intelligent but flawed, and whose decisions bring him to a tragic end. Eminent historical novelist and classicist Robert Graves presents a vivid account of a time in history both dissolute and violent, and demonstrates one again his mastery of this historical period. “A brilliant piece of scholarship.” —Kirkus Reviews “The scope of the book is massive—encompassing religious controversy and cultural developments as well as military history—yet, throughout, Graves succeeds in blending historical details with the development of his main characters.” —Historical Novel Society

Count Belisarius and Lawrence of the Arabs

Author : Robert Graves
Publisher : Carcanet Press
Release Date : 2004
ISBN 10 : UOM:39015059178882
Pages : 668 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)

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Download Count Belisarius and Lawrence of the Arabs PDF Format Full Free by Robert Graves and published by Carcanet Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1938, Count Belisarius is one of Robert Graves's most consistently popular novels. A historical romance of the sixth century AD, this tells the story of Belisarius, the last of the great generals of the Roman Empire, who reconquered Africa and Italy for the emperor in Constantinople, only to be rewarded with suspicion and humiliation. Lawrence and the Arabs also tells of a military hero, but one whom Graves knew personally and who was still living when this first authorized biography was published in 1927. Both as an attempt to tell the story of the Arab Revolt and Lawrence's place in it, and as an installment in the growth of the legend of Lawrence of Arabia, it is an important historical and literary document. Read together, these books show Graves exploring the nature of heroism in a world grown profoundly suspicious of heroes.

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Author : Martin M. Winkler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2012-12-18
ISBN 10 : 9781118589816
Pages : 288 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (589 downloads)

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Download The Fall of the Roman Empire PDF Format Full Free by Martin M. Winkler and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays collected in this book present the first comprehensiveappreciation of The Fall of the Roman Empire fromhistorical, historiographical, and cinematic perspectives. The bookalso provides the principal classical sources on the period. It isa companion to Gladiator: Film and History (Blackwell, 2004)and Spartacus: Film and History (Blackwell, 2007) andcompletes a triad of scholarly studies on Hollywood’sgreatest films about Roman history. A critical re-evaluation of the 1964 epic film The Fall ofthe Roman Empire, directed by Anthony Mann, fromhistorical, film-historical, and contemporary points of view Presents a collection of scholarly essays and classical sourceson the period of Roman history that ancient and modern historianshave considered to be the turning point toward the eventual fall ofRome Contains a short essay by director Anthony Mann Includes a map of the Roman Empire and film stills, as well astranslations of the principal ancient sources, an extensivebibliography, and a chronology of events

Robert Graves and the Classical Tradition

Author : Alisdair G. G. Gibson
Publisher : Classical Presences
Release Date : 2015
ISBN 10 : 9780198738053
Pages : 381 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (738 downloads)

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Download Robert Graves and the Classical Tradition PDF Format Full Free by Alisdair G. G. Gibson and published by Classical Presences. This book was released on 2015 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The origin for this collection of essays was three research seminars held under a single title, 'Classics and Robert Graves: a relationship in literature, translation and adaptation' (acknowledgements).

Aristotelian Logic

Author : William T. Parry
Publisher : SUNY Press
Release Date : 1991-09-03
ISBN 10 : 0791406903
Pages : 560 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (791 downloads)

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Download Aristotelian Logic PDF Format Full Free by William T. Parry and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1991-09-03 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of an international research and development conference, Tuscon, Arizona, October 1985. One hundred and twenty-eight papers are presented in this hefty volume. They are grouped into chapters covering climate, underutilized plants, irrigation and water management, biosphere reserves, water policy, animal resources, desert ecology, crop physiology and agronomy, urban environments, desertification, land intensification, and other topics related to the economy and management of arid lands. Provides detailed treatment of topics in traditional logic: theory of terms, theory of definition, informal fallacies, and division and classification.

Verflechtungen zwischen Byzanz und dem Orient

Author : Michael Grünbart
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2019
ISBN 10 : 9783643132949
Pages : 102 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (132 downloads)

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Download Verflechtungen zwischen Byzanz und dem Orient PDF Format Full Free by Michael Grünbart and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2019 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Das Ziel der Sektion "Byzantinistik" im Rahmen des 32. Deutschen Orientalistentages war es, den Blick auf Verflechtungen zwischen dem oströmischen/byzantinischen Reich und seinen östlichen unmittelbareren oder ferneren Nachbarn zu werfen. Byzanz wirkte in vielen Bereichen prägend, es übernahm aber auch Einflüsse (und Anregungen aus anderen Kulturen). Nicht nur Seide und Papier kamen aus dem Osten nach Byzanz, auch Stoffe der Literatur wanderten in die mittelgriechische/byzantinische Tradition ein. Im vorliegenden Band werden sowohl Forschungsansätze (Orientalismus, studies of the crusades) als auch soziologische Phänomene (Eunuchentum in Byzanz und China) sowie Überlieferungen im arabisch- und jüdisch-byzantinischen Kontext untersucht.

The Generalship Of Belisarius

Author : Major Anthony Brogna
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2015-11-06
ISBN 10 : 9781786256058
Pages : 78 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (256 downloads)

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Download The Generalship Of Belisarius PDF Format Full Free by Major Anthony Brogna and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study reviews the campaigns and battles of the Sixth Century A. D. Byzantine General Belisarius, attempting to extract common threads of military thought and principles and providing an analysis as to the application of his method to today’s military operations. Belisarius won extraordinary victories on three continents, often fighting against overwhelming odds. The study reviews the world environment from the perspective of the Eastern Roman Empire along with the major personalities of the age. After a short review of the Eastern Roman Empire’s military structure, the study reviews chronologically, and analyzes Belisarius’ campaigns against the Persians, the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths. This study concludes showing that mastership of strategic and tactical thought, deception, psychological warfare, superior technology and training, and elite forces were among the keys of Belisarius success. Finally, these keys of success are related to modern day military operations.

Procopius and the Sixth Century

Author : Averil Cameron
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2006-02
ISBN 10 : 9781134764655
Pages : 321 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (764 downloads)

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Download Procopius and the Sixth Century PDF Format Full Free by Averil Cameron and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published by Duckworth and the University of California Press, Procopius is now available for the first time in paperback. Professor Cameron emphasises the essential unity of Procopius' three works and, starting from the `minor' ones, demonstrates their intimate connection with the Wars. Procopius' writings are seen to comprise a subtle whole; only if they are understood in this way can their historical value be properly appreciated. The result is a new evaluation of Procopius which will be central to any future history of the sixth century.

Wittgenstein on Freud and Frazer

Author : Frank Cioffi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-07-13
ISBN 10 : 0521626242
Pages : 328 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (521 downloads)

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Download Wittgenstein on Freud and Frazer PDF Format Full Free by Frank Cioffi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-07-13 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it that troubles and preoccupies us about the anxieties and anguishes of social and private life? Have advances in the disciplines of psychoanalysis, psychology or the social sciences in general ministered to our needs in these areas? In this forcefully argued collection of essays, Frank Cioffi examines Wittgenstein's reflections on the comparative claims of clarification and empirical enquiry. Though writing out of admiration and indebtedness, he expresses reservations as to the limits Wittgenstein places on the relevance and desirability of empirical knowledge. His discusssions extend from Wittgenstein's reflections on human sacrifice and other ritual practices dealt with by Frazer to Freud's account of the sources of anxiety, depression, dreams and laughter. He asks both whether it is empirical investigation or more lucid reflection that these phenomena demand, and what kind of question this itself is.

The Roman Triumph

Author : Mary Beard
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
ISBN 10 : 0674020596
Pages : 452 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (674 downloads)

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Download The Roman Triumph PDF Format Full Free by Mary Beard and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A radical reexamination of the most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman Triumph--but also its darker side, as it prompted the Romans to question as well as celebrate military glory. This richly illustrated work is a testament to the profound importance of the triumph in Roman culture--and for monarchs and generals ever since.

The Roman Castrati

Author : Shaun Tougher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-12
ISBN 10 : 9781441174413
Pages : 232 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (174 downloads)

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Download The Roman Castrati PDF Format Full Free by Shaun Tougher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eunuchs tend to be associated with eastern courts, popularly perceived as harem personnel. However, the Roman empire was also distinguished by eunuchs – they existed as slaves, court officials, religious figures and free men. This book is the first to be devoted to the range of Roman eunuchs. Across seven chapters (spanning the third century BC to the sixth century AD), Shaun Tougher examines the history of Roman eunuchs, focusing on key texts and specific individuals. Subjects met include the Galli (the self-castrating devotees of the goddess the Great Mother), Terence's comedy The Eunuch (the earliest surviving Latin text to use the word 'eunuch'), Sporus and Earinus the eunuch favourites of the emperors Nero and Domitian, the 'Ethiopian eunuch' of the Acts of the Apostles (an early convert to Christianity), Favorinus of Arles (a superstar intersex philosopher), the Grand Chamberlain Eutropius (the only eunuch ever to be consul), and Narses the eunuch general who defeated the Ostrogoths and restored Italy to Roman rule. A key theme of the chapters is gender, inescapable when studying castrated males. Ultimately this book is as much about the eunuch in the Roman imagination as it is the reality of the eunuch in the Roman empire.

Robert Graves: Peace-Weaver

Author : James S. Mehoke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2017-12-04
ISBN 10 : 9783110814903
Pages : 167 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (814 downloads)

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De Bellis Antiquitatis Version 3.0

Author : Phil Barker
Publisher : Lulu.com
Release Date : 2019-04-17
ISBN 10 : 9780244697686
Pages : 148 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (697 downloads)

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Download De Bellis Antiquitatis Version 3.0 PDF Format Full Free by Phil Barker and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-04-17 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DBA Version 3.0 updates the highly successful De Bellis Antiquitatis wargame rules for recreating ancient and medieval battles with miniature figures. The brainchild of well-known wargame designer Phil Barker and his wife Sue Laflin-Barker, the simple DBA rule system combines fast play play with historical realism to produce a visually realistic and exciting contest.

The Savior Generals

Author : Victor Davis Hanson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2013-05-14
ISBN 10 : 9781608193639
Pages : 256 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (193 downloads)

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Download The Savior Generals PDF Format Full Free by Victor Davis Hanson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stirring portraits of five commanders whose dynamic leadership changed the course of war and history by prominent military historian Victor Davis Hanson. "Victor Davis Hanson has written another outstanding and eye-opening book"--The Washington Examiner Leading military historian Victor Davis Hanson returns to non-fiction in The Savior Generals, a set of brilliantly executed pocket biographies of five generals who single-handedly saved their nations from defeat in war. War is rarely a predictable enterprise--it is a mess of luck, chance, and incalculable variables. Today's sure winner can easily become tomorrow's doomed loser. Sudden, sharp changes in fortune can reverse the course of war. These intractable circumstances are sometimes mastered by leaders of genius--asked at the eleventh hour to save a hopeless conflict, created by others, often unpopular with politics and the public. These savior generals often come from outside the established power structure, employ radical strategies, and flame out quickly. Their careers often end in controversy. But their dramatic feats of leadership are vital slices of history--not merely as stirring military narrative, but as lessons on the dynamic nature of consensus, leadership, and destiny.

Swords from the Sea

Author : Harold Lamb
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2010-05-01
ISBN 10 : 9780803228337
Pages : 568 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (228 downloads)

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Download Swords from the Sea PDF Format Full Free by Harold Lamb and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sail with John Paul Jones as he fights to save the crippled Russian fleet from the Turks, one eye always alert for the knives of his czarist rivals. Venture across the desert with a lone American on a desperate venture against the Barbary corsairs. Seek the Northeast Passage, beset by ice, storms, and traitors from within, at the side of explorer Ralph Thorne. Ride the whale road with the Vikings, plying their swords from Iceland to Byzantium. Introduced by best-selling author S. M. Stirling, this volume concludes with a rare behind-the-scenes look at Harold Lamb's writing secrets, penned by the editor who made him famous.

Emulating Alexander

Author : Glenn Barnett
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2017-07-19
ISBN 10 : 9781526703026
Pages : 192 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (73 downloads)

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Download Emulating Alexander PDF Format Full Free by Glenn Barnett and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an account of the Roman relationship with Persia and how it was shaped by the actions of Alexander the Great long before the events. Numerous Roman emperors led armies eastward against the Persians, seeking to emulate or exceed the glorious conquests of Alexander. Some achieved successes but more often the result was ignominious defeat or death. Even as the empire declined, court propagandists and courtiers looked for flattering ways to compare their now-throne-bound emperors with Alexander. All the while there was a small segment of the Roman intelligentsia who disparaged Alexander and his misdeeds.While the Romans dreamed of conquering the Persian realm, the Persians of the Parthian and Sasanian dynasties dreamed of regaining the lands of the eastern Mediterranean snatched from their Achaemenid ancestors by Alexander. Echoes of this revanchist policy can be seen in Iran's support of Shiites in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon. Glenn Barnett draws comparisons between the era-long struggle of Rome and Persia with the current wars in the Middle-East where they once fought.

Literaturimport transatlantisch

Author : Uwe Baumann
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
Release Date : 1997
ISBN 10 : 3823340913
Pages : 292 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (823 downloads)

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