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Download or read book Empty Triumphs written by R. Hyslop and published by Cuthan Books. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Baltic (984-85) Ethelwulf the Wanderer and his company arrive in the court of the aged Harald Bluetooth in Denmark. Along with the giant Thorgrim the Short, Ethelwulf is persuaded to help a Wendish tribe plundered by the mysterious Sons of Hel. There follows the horrors of pagan rites, the treachery of a king and then the enforced recruitment into the forces of Styrbjorn, claimant to the Swedish throne. The attempt is a disaster and Ethelwulf has to somehow slip away without the slur of ‘niddering’. With extensive factual End-Notes Part 5 of a nine part series set in the 10th century Viking world. Here the background is a pagan world of the Baltic Sea, with a divided Viking society and savage neighbours.
Download or read book The Roman Triumph written by Mary Beard and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-31 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It followed every major military victory in ancient Rome: the successful general drove through the streets to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill; behind him streamed his raucous soldiers; in front were his most glamorous prisoners, as well as the booty he’d captured, from enemy ships and precious statues to plants and animals from the conquered territory. Occasionally there was so much on display that the show lasted two or three days. A radical reexamination of this most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman triumph, but also its darker side. What did it mean when the axle broke under Julius Caesar’s chariot? Or when Pompey’s elephants got stuck trying to squeeze through an arch? Or when exotic or pathetic prisoners stole the general’s show? And what are the implications of the Roman triumph, as a celebration of imperialism and military might, for questions about military power and “victory” in our own day? The triumph, Mary Beard contends, prompted the Romans to question as well as celebrate military glory. Her richly illustrated work is a testament to the profound importance of the triumph in Roman culture—and for monarchs, dynasts and generals ever since. But how can we re-create the ceremony as it was celebrated in Rome? How can we piece together its elusive traces in art and literature? Beard addresses these questions, opening a window on the intriguing process of sifting through and making sense of what constitutes “history.”
Book Synopsis Triumphs in the Age of Civil War by : Carsten Hjort Lange
Download or read book Triumphs in the Age of Civil War written by Carsten Hjort Lange and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the wars of the Late Republic were largely civil conflicts. There was, therefore, a tension between the traditional expectation that triumphs should be celebrated for victories over foreign enemies and the need of the great commanders to give full expression to their prestige and charisma, and to legitimize their power. Triumphs in the Age of Civil War rethinks the nature and the character of the phenomenon of civil war during the Late Republic. At the same time it focuses on a key feature of the Roman socio-political order, the triumph, and argues that a commander could in practice expect to triumph after a civil war victory if it could also be represented as being over a foreign enemy, even if the principal opponent was clearly Roman. Significantly, the civil aspect of the war did not have to be denied. Carsten Hjort Lange provides the first study to consider the Roman triumph during the age of civil war, and argues that the idea of civil war as "normal" reflects the way civil war permeated the politics and society of the Late Roman Republic.
Download or read book Magic Triumphs written by Ilona Andrews and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercenary Kate Daniels must risk all to protect everything she holds dear in this epic, can't-miss entry in the thrilling #1 New York Times bestselling urban-fantasy series. Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taking care of paranormal problems in post-Shift Atlanta. She's made friends and enemies. She's found love and started a family with Curran Lennart, the former Beast Lord. But her magic is too strong for the power players of the world to let her be. Kate and her father, Roland, currently have an uneasy truce, but when he starts testing her defenses again, she knows that sooner or later a confrontation is inevitable. The Witch Oracle has begun seeing visions of blood, fire, and human bones. And when a mysterious box is delivered to Kate's doorstep, a threat of war from the ancient enemy who nearly destroyed her family, she knows her time is up. Kate Daniels sees no other choice but to combine forces with the unlikeliest of allies. She knows betrayal is inevitable. She knows she may not survive the coming battle. But she has to try. For her child. For Atlanta. For the world.
Book Synopsis Religion and Memory in Tacitus' Annals by : Kelly E. Shannon-Henderson
Download or read book Religion and Memory in Tacitus' Annals written by Kelly E. Shannon-Henderson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his narrative of Julio-Claudian Rome in the Annals, Tacitus includes numerous references to the gods, fate, fortune, astrology, omens, temples, priests, the emperor cult, and other religious material. Though scholars have long considered Tacitus' discussion of religion of minor importance, this volume demonstrates the significance of such references to an understanding of the work as a whole by analyzing them using cultural memory theory, which views religious ritual as a key component in any society's efforts to create a lived version of the past that helps define cultural identity in the present. Tacitus, who was not only an historian, but also a member of Rome's quindecimviral priesthood, shows a marked interest in even the most detailed rituals of Roman religious life, yet his portrayal of religious material also suggests that the system is under threat with the advent of the principate. Some traditional rituals are forgotten as the shape of the Roman state changes while, simultaneously, a new form of cultic commemoration develops as deceased emperors are deified and the living emperor and his family members are treated in increasingly worshipful ways by his subjects. This study traces the deployment of religious material throughout Tacitus' narrative in order to show how he views the development of this cultic "amnesia" over time, from the reign of the cryptic, autocratic, and oddly mystical Tiberius, through Claudius' failed attempts at reviving tradition, to the final sacrilegious disasters of the impious Nero. As the first book-length treatment of religion in the Annals, it reveals how these references are a key vehicle for his assessment of the principate as a system of government, the activities of individual emperors, and their impact on Roman society and cultural identity.
Book Synopsis Triumphs and Tragedies by : Peter Wright
Download or read book Triumphs and Tragedies written by Peter Wright and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Wright writes from the heart in a simple straightforward manner. Early in his life, the Great War (WW 1) affected him deeply. He could not and still will not understand mans' complete disregard for the lives of his fellow man.
Download or read book Empty Words written by Mario Levrero and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A writer begins keeping a notebook of handwriting exercises hoping that, if he is able to improve his penmanship, he himself will also improve. What begins as a mere physical exercise is filled involuntarily with humorous reflections and tender anecdotes about living, writing, and the sense—or nonsense—of existence.
Book Synopsis Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley by : Cassell, ltd
Download or read book Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley written by Cassell, ltd and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Game of Triumphs by : Laura Powell
Download or read book The Game of Triumphs written by Laura Powell and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen-year-old Cat and three other London teens are drawn into a dangerous game in which Tarot cards open doorways into a different dimension, and while there is everything to win, losing can be fatal.
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Download or read book Shorter English Poems written by Morley and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis 11 Triumphs Trials Turbulence by : Sanjay Jha
Download or read book 11 Triumphs Trials Turbulence written by Sanjay Jha and published by Orient Paperbacks. This book was released on 2010 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Distance of Planting Rural New Yorker No. 2 and Triumph Potatoes as Affecting Yield, Hollow Heart, Growth Cracks, and Second-growth Tubers by : Alexander Campbell Martin
Download or read book Distance of Planting Rural New Yorker No. 2 and Triumph Potatoes as Affecting Yield, Hollow Heart, Growth Cracks, and Second-growth Tubers written by Alexander Campbell Martin and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Collection of Poems written by and published by . This book was released on 1701 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson by : English poets
Download or read book The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson written by English poets and published by . This book was released on 1790 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Principles of Political Economy by : Henry Charles Carey
Download or read book Principles of Political Economy written by Henry Charles Carey and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Triumphs of Rome Over Despised Protestancie. [By George Hall.] by : George HALL (Bishop of Chester.)
Download or read book The Triumphs of Rome Over Despised Protestancie. [By George Hall.] written by George HALL (Bishop of Chester.) and published by . This book was released on 1655 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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