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The other books dealt with philosophy (disciplina sapientiae). According to Plutarch, [17] these books were recovered some four hundred years later (in reality almost five hundred years, i.e. in 181 BC according to Livy 40:29:3-14) at the occasion of a natural accident that exposed the tomb. They were examined by the Senate, deemed to be ...
The History of Rome originally comprised 142 "books", 35 of which—Books 1–10 with the Preface and Books 21–45—still exist in reasonably complete form. [1] Damage to a manuscript of the 5th century resulted in large gaps in Books 41 and 43–45 (small lacunae exist elsewhere); that is, the material is not covered in any source of Livy's text.
The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000 is a 2009 history book by English historian Christopher Wickham at the University of Oxford.It is a broad history of the Early Middle Ages, the period after what is commonly called the fall of the Western Roman Empire (though multiple reviewers argue Wickham is critical of the view that Rome fell).
The Fall of Rome: A Novel of a World Lost (2007) by Michael Curtis Ford; Raptor (1993) by Gary Jennings is an historical novel set in the late 5th and early 6th centuries. It purports to be the memoirs of an Ostrogoth, Thorn, who has a secret. Threshold of Fire: A Novel of Fifth Century Rome (1966) by Hella Haasse; Legionary (2011) by Gordon ...
Now sole ruler of Rome, Octavian began a full-scale reformation of military, fiscal and political matters. The Senate granted him power over appointing its membership and several successive consulships , allowing him to operate within the existing constitutional machinery and thus reject titles that Romans associated with monarchy, such as rex ...
The Vengeance of Rome is a historical fiction novel by English author Michael Moorcock, published by Jonathan Cape in 2006. It is the fourth and final in the Pyat Quartet tetralogy , preceded by Jerusalem Commands .
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A Struggle for Rome — The Ostrogoths and Belisarius. trans. Lily Wolffsohn. London: Richard Bentley & Son. OCLC 36745149. Dahn, Felix (9 September 2005). A Struggle for Rome. trans. Herb Parker. Athena Press Ltd. ISBN 1-84401-444-4. OCLC 63393592. Ein Kampf um Rom (PDF; reprint of the 1888 edition in the Arno-Schmidt-Referenz library of GASL)