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  • The History of the World in 100 Pandemics, Plagues and Epidemics

    de Paul Chrystal ...
    This "timely, topical, informative [and] exceptionally well written" history explores the impact of disease from prehistoric plagues to Covid-19 ( Midwest Book Review).Historian Paul Chrystal charts how human civilization has grappled with successive pandemics, plagues, and epidemics across millennia. Ranging from prehistory to the present day, this volume begins by defining what constitutes a ... Leer más

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  • When in Rome

    Social Life in Ancient Rome

    de Paul Chrystal ...
    When in Rome: Social Life in Ancient Rome is a vibrant and accessible social history of Rome from 753 BCE to the fall of the Empire some 1,300 years later. To support its findings, the book features hundreds of translations of inscriptions and graffiti from original authors – Roman, Greek and Jewish – and evidence culled from the visual arts, curse tablets, official records and letters, both ... Leer más

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  • War in Greek Mythology

    de Paul Chrystal ...
    A study of the Greek mythological wars between Olympians, Titans, giants, centaurs, lapiths and humans, and their significant influence on later cultures.Even though war and conflict generally feature prominently in Greek mythology, comparatively little has been written on the subject. This is surprising because wars and battles in Greek mythology are freighted with symbolism and laden with ... Leer más

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  • Reportage from Ancient Greece and Rome

    de Paul Chrystal ...
    A fascinating and truly unique survey of two of the world's most significant and influential civilisations spanning some 2000 years from the development of the Greek alphabet to the sack of Rome and a dinner date with Attila the Hun in 450 CE. Some ninety Greeks and Romans have contributed to the book with reports culled from 130 separate works. In addition to literary sources--history, letters, ... Leer más

    $9.38 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Roman Military Disasters

    Dark Days & Lost Legions

    de Paul Chrystal ...
    Over some 1200 years, the Romans proved adept at learning from military disaster and this was key to their eventual success and hegemony. Roman Military Disasters covers the most pivotal and decisive defeats, from the Celtic invasion of 390 BC to Alaric's sack of Rome in AD 410. Paul Chrystal details the politics and strategies leading to each conflict, how and why the Romans were defeated, the ... Leer más

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  • The History of Sweets

    de Paul Chrystal ...
    A chronicle of confectionaries throughout the centuries—from honeycombs to Haribo . "There is much to get your teeth into within these pages." — Best of British MagazineWe all remember sweets—objects of pure delight and the endless cause of squabbles, fights even, hoarding and swapping; a chance to gorge, suck, crunch, and chew. But they're by no means just a nostalgic thing of days past, and it ... Leer más

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  • Emperors of Rome: The Monsters

    From Tiberius to Theodora, AD 14–548

    de Paul Chrystal ...
    Series series History of Terror
    As with everything else, there were good and bad Roman emperors. The good, like Trajan (98117), Hadrian (117138), Antoninus Pius (138161) and Marcus Aurelius (161180) were largely civilized and civilizing. The bad, on the other hand, were sometimes nothing less than monsters, exhibiting varying degrees of corruption, cruelty, depravity and insanity. It is a sobering thought that these ogres were ... Leer más

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  • Roman Women

    The Women who influenced the History of Rome

    de Paul Chrystal ...
    Using historical sources ( Livy, Suetonius, et al) as well as numismatic and sculptural evidence, Roman Women details the lives of Rome’s most influential women to examine, uniquely, what effect they had on contemporary politics, and or how far they and their reputations and actions reflected and affected women generally in Roman society.No existing book provides biographies of these extraordinary ... Leer más

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  • Rome: Republic into Empire

    The Civil Wars of the First Century BCE

    de Paul Chrystal ...
    "A fast-paced narrative history of the dying years of the Republic, and one grounded in the characters, events, and voices of the period." — Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewRome: Republic into Empire looks at the political and social reasons why Rome repeatedly descended into civil war in the early 1st century BCE and why these conflicts continued for most of the century; it describes and examines the ... Leer más

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  • Women in Ancient Greece

    de Paul Chrystal ...
    Women in Ancient Greece is a much-needed analysis of how women behaved in Greek society, how they were regarded, and the restrictions imposed on their actions. Given that ancient Greece was very much a man’s world, most books on ancient Greek society tend to focus on men; this book redresses the imbalance by shining the spotlight on that neglected other half. Women had significant roles to play in ... Leer más

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  • Rowntrees

    The Early History

    de Paul Chrystal ...
    The Rowntree family, especially Henry and the younger Joseph Rowntree are, along with the Fry's, Cadbury's, Mars and Terry's, synonymous with the birth and growth of the chocolate industry in Britain. Between them, they were the chocolate industry in Britain. This book charts the fascinating story behind the birth and development of the chocolate empire that was Rowntrees. Background information ... Leer más

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  • War in Roman Myth and Legend

    de Paul Chrystal ...
    An enlightening look at the importance of war gods and their myths to the ancient Romans.This book redresses the relative lack of work published on the role of war in classical myth and legend. At the same time it debunks the popular view that the Romans had little mythology of their own and idly borrowed and adapted Greek myth to suit their own ends. While this is true to some extent, War in ... Leer más

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