The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness - the same greatness which would herald the catastrophe of its fall. It is a story of incomparable drama. This was the century of Ju...(展开全部)

In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small border river called the Rubicon and plunged Rome into cataclysmic civil war. Tom Holland’s enthralling account tells the story of Caesar’s generation, witness to the twilight of the Republic and its bloody transformation into an empire. From Cicero, Spartacus, and Brutus, to Cleo...(展开全部)

In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small border river called the Rubicon and plunged Rome into cataclysmic civil war. Tom Holland’s enthralling account tells the story of Caesar’s generation, witness to the twilight of the Republic and its bloody transformation into an empire. From Cicero, Spartacus, and Brutus, to Cleo...(展开全部)

This collection of essays examines various aspects of the Roman Republic and its constituent groups of citizens, and discusses the nature and significance of the revolution that converted it into a monarchy. Professor Brunt's view is that the Republic was not a mere oligarchy, and that popular elements and conceptions of freedom were more important than is commonly supposed. Ri...(展开全部)

Available for the first time in paperback, with a new introduction that reviews related scholarship of the past twenty years, Erich Gruen's classic study of the late Republic examines institutions as well as personalities, social tensions as well as politics, the plebs and the army as well as the aristocracy.

德米特里·安东诺维奇·沃尔科戈诺夫，1928年3月22日生于俄罗斯。1969年获哲学博士学位。1970年以前在列宁政治学院教授哲学。从1970年起任苏联陆海军总政治部副主任、苏联国防部军史研究所所长。著有28部著作和500多篇论文。代表作《斯大林》在世界各国引起很大反响。曾荣获红星勋章、红旗勋章、“荣誉”勋章、4枚外国勋章和25枚奖章。

德米特里·安东诺维奇·沃尔科戈诺夫，1928年3月22日生于俄罗斯。1969年获哲学博士学位。1970年以前在列宁政治学院教授哲学。从1970年起任苏联陆海军总政治部副主任、苏联国防部军史研究所所长。著有28部著作和500多篇论文。代表作《斯大林》在世界各国引起很大反响。曾荣获红星勋章、红旗勋章、“荣誉”勋章、4枚外国勋章和25枚奖章。

A stirring account of the most influential battle in history For millennia, Carthage’s triumph over Rome at Cannae in 216 B.C. has inspired reverence and awe. It was the battle that countless armies tried to imitate, most notably in World Wars I and II, the battle that obsessed legendary military minds. Yet no general ever matched Hannibal’s most unexpected, innovative, and br...(展开全部)

A stirring account of the most influential battle in history For millennia, Carthage’s triumph over Rome at Cannae in 216 B.C. has inspired reverence and awe. It was the battle that countless armies tried to imitate, most notably in World Wars I and II, the battle that obsessed legendary military minds. Yet no general ever matched Hannibal’s most unexpected, innovative, and br...(展开全部)