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The Auctorati

Author : Jarrod D. King
Publisher : Jarrod D. King
ISBN 13 : 0998118753
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book The Auctorati written by Jarrod D. King and published by Jarrod D. King. This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libra, disillusioned from his days as a police officer, has become the Auctorat — a masked vigilante set on bringing his city back to its glory days. With a corrupt government running the show, he comes across an informational book that could lead to enough power to reclaim the city from its leader, Talon. But, it isn’t the only book, and if Talon finds them all first, he could gain control of a fearsome dragon and do greater damage to the country at large. Libra forms a team to aid in his quest to stop Talon and regain control of the city. But, when his mother’s life is suddenly on the line, he’s forced to serve up exactly what Talon wants. Set six years before the events of Pangaea: Unsettled Land, this is a magical tale of one man’s stand against the powers that be and a testament to the strength of teamwork. Can he save the city or will a threat from inside his own group cause it to fall?

Libertas and the Practice of Politics in the Late Roman Republic

Author : Valentina Arena
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139620169
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (396 download)

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Book Synopsis Libertas and the Practice of Politics in the Late Roman Republic by : Valentina Arena

Download or read book Libertas and the Practice of Politics in the Late Roman Republic written by Valentina Arena and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive analysis of the idea of libertas and its conflicting uses in the political struggles of the late Roman Republic. By reconstructing Roman political thinking about liberty against the background of Classical and Hellenistic thought, it excavates two distinct intellectual traditions on the means allowing for the preservation and the loss of libertas. Considering the interplay of these traditions in the political debates of the first century BC, Dr Arena offers a significant reinterpretation of the political struggles of the time as well as a radical reappraisal of the role played by the idea of liberty in the practice of politics. She argues that, as a result of its uses in rhetorical debates, libertas underwent a form of conceptual change at the end of the Republic and came to legitimise a new course of politics, which led progressively to the transformation of the whole political system.

A Supplement to Mr. Chambers's Cyclopaedia

Author : Ephraim Chambers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1054 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book A Supplement to Mr. Chambers's Cyclopaedia written by Ephraim Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1753 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gladiators

Author : Roger Dunkle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317905202
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Gladiators written by Roger Dunkle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The games comprised gladiatorial fights, staged animal hunts (venationes) and the executions of convicted criminals and prisoners of war. Besides entertaining the crowd, the games delivered a powerful message of Roman power: as a reminder of the wars in which Rome had acquired its empire, the distant regions of its far-flung empire (from where they had obtained wild beasts for the venatio), and the inevitability of Roman justice for criminals and those foreigners who had dared to challenge the empire's authority. Though we might see these games as bloodthirsty, cruel and reprehensible condemning any alien culture out of hand for a sport that offends our sensibilities smacks of cultural chauvinism. Instead one should judge an ancient sport by the standards of its contemporary cultural context. This book offers a fascinating, and fair historical appraisal of gladiatorial combat, which will bring the games alive to the reader and help them see them through the eyes of the ancient Romans. It will answer questions about gladiatorial combat such as: What were its origins? Why did it disappear? Who were gladiators? How did they become gladiators? What was there training like? How did the Romans view gladiators? How were gladiator shows produced and advertised? What were the different styles of gladiatorial fighting? Did gladiator matches have referees? Did every match end in the death of at least one gladiator? Were gladiator games mere entertainment or did they play a larger role in Roman society? What was their political significance?

Sport

Author : Peter J. Miller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350140228
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Sport written by Peter J. Miller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern sport cannot be understood without ancient sport. Sport saturates contemporary society and the global reach of sport and its intense popularity characterizes the modern world. But, at the same time, sport is one of the most ancient human pursuits. In the globalized sport of today, the type of athletic performance and the ideology of sport and its apparent origins are mostly derived from the model of one pre-modern civilization: Graeco-Roman antiquity. Juxtaposing ancient writers with recent ones, including the modern Olympic founder Pierre de Coubertin and physical fitness impresario Bernarr Macfadden, and by examining the representation of sport in Olympic films, Miller demonstrates the ancient heritage of contemporary sport, and the creative ways in which ancient sport has been adapted, appropriated, mishandled and reimagined. Sport today contains a surprising contradiction: its explicit modernity (from its technological sophistication and integration into capitalist markets to its institutionalization and celebrity culture) and its supposed antiquity (from the mythology of the Olympics to the ancient roots of sporting civic and national pride, and the emotional and near religious fervour of sports fans). This book intervenes in one of the most important of the receptions of classical antiquity by examining how sports personalities, agencies, institutions and movements have consciously connected themselves to the Graeco-Roman past, even as they continue to insist on their own centrality in the modern world.

The Cyclopaedia

Author : Abraham Rees
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Cyclopaedia written by Abraham Rees and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cyclopaedia; Or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature

Author : Abraham Rees
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The Cyclopaedia; Or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature written by Abraham Rees and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 858 pages
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Gladiator: The Roman Fighter's [Unofficial] Manual

Author : Philip Matyszak
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500771723
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Gladiator: The Roman Fighter's [Unofficial] Manual written by Philip Matyszak and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining yet factual insider's guide: how to become a gladiator, hone your fighting skills, and thrill the crowds in the Colosseum. So you think you’d like to be a gladiator? Find out how to get thousands to idolize you as the strongest, meanest fighter in the Roman empire. Win fame and fortune in one of Rome’s most glamorous locations, in the presence of the emperor himself. Who wouldn’t kill for a job like that? This handy guide tells you everything you need to know before you step out to fight for your life in front of a roaring crowd: Why you should become a gladiator How to join the most glamorous—yet lethal—profession on earth Who will try to kill you, and with what Which arena of the empire is the right one for you When and how often you will fight What happens before, during, and after a duel Combining the latest research with modern reconstructions, Gladiator helps you experience firsthand the spectacular yet brutal life and death of the most iconic figure of ancient Rome.

Labour Power

Author : Roberto Ciccarelli
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030708624
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Labour Power written by Roberto Ciccarelli and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a critical account of Karl Marx’s dazzling theory of labour power which is also one of the most influential concepts in the history of contemporary philosophy. Labour power is the dark side of the digital revolution. Working men and women are invisible and treated like human service, flesh and blood automatons or organic extensions of a machine that produces data on its own. Automation is viewed as something magic made possible by algorithms whose life is independent of human beings. Labour power, however, has not disappeared. Without drivers, Uber cannot connect customers on its platform; without searches on its browser, Google grinds to a halt; without us, Facebook or Instagram is desert. Labour power is the dwarf hidden inside the puppet of technology that allows algorithms to be intelligent and make the biggest profits in the history of capitalism. The invisible centrality of labour power is the political enigma of our times. Today a new account of the theory of labour power is needed more than ever in order to understand the political economy of digital capitalism on new grounds. Unlike a long tradition in the history of work, labour power is not only the work or the data it produces, but a potency that does not coincide with its current commodification. The actuality of labour power does not exhaust the virtuality that can be actualised by its faculty. Even when reduced to a commodity, labour power does not exhaust the potency of its being otherwise. Immersed in the constant propaganda that boosts the latest technological inventions, we neglect the fact that this wealth is produced by us and that it could be ours precisely because it is a part of our potential to be other than what we are at present. This book is a vibrant invitation to consider the fact that we are always connected with the potency that is constantly at work in our life. If this were not the case, we would not be alive. If we do not strive to become consciously and collectively active, we will never know.

Pangaea

Author : Jarrod D. King
Publisher : JDK Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 0998118729
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Pangaea written by Jarrod D. King and published by JDK Publishing Co. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a young noble hears of an ancient mythical sword that’s said to have brought magic to world, he teams up with a handsome warrior and his best friend to explore its secrets, landing them all squarely within a dangerous queen’s sights.

Aspects of Ancient Institutions and Geography

Author : Lee L. Brice
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004283722
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Aspects of Ancient Institutions and Geography written by Lee L. Brice and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Aspects of Ancient Institutions and Geography colleagues and students honor Richard J.A. Talbert for his numerous contributions and influence on the fields of ancient history, political and social science, as well as cartography and geography. This collection of original and useful examinations is focused around the core theme of Talbert’s work – how ancient individuals and groups organized their world, through their institutions and geography. The first half of the book considers institutional history in chapters on such diverse topics as the Roman Senate, Roman provincial politics and administration, healing springs, gladiators, and soldiers. Chapters on the geography of Thucydides and Alexander III, imperial geography, tracking letters and using sundials round out the second half of the book.

Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome

Author : Donald G. Kyle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134862725
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome written by Donald G. Kyle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The elaborate and inventive slaughter of humans and animals in the arena fed an insatiable desire for violent spectacle among the Roman people. Donald G. Kyle combines the words of ancient authors with current scholarly research and cross-cultural perspectives, as he explores * the origins and historical development of the games * who the victims were and why they were chosen * how the Romans disposed of the thousands of resulting corpses * the complex religious and ritual aspects of institutionalised violence * the particularly savage treatment given to defiant Christians. This lively and original work provides compelling, sometimes controversial, perspectives on the bloody entertainments of ancient Rome, which continue to fascinate us to this day.

The Left Hand of Calvus

Author : Ann Gallagher
Publisher : GallagherWitt
ISBN 13 : 1943426309
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The Left Hand of Calvus written by Ann Gallagher and published by GallagherWitt. This book was released on 2016-11-06 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former gladiator Saevius is certain Fortune’s smiling on him when a Pompeiian politician buys him to be his bodyguard. That is until his new master, Laurea Calvus, orders Saevius to discover the gladiator with whom his wife is having a sordid affair. In order to do that, Saevius must return to the arena, training alongside the very men on whom he’s spying. Worse, he’s now under the command of Drusus, a notoriously cruel—and yet strangely intriguing—lanista. But Saevius’s ruse is the least of his worries. There’s more to the affair than a wife humiliating her prominent husband, and now Saevius is part of a dangerous game between dangerous men. He isn’t the only gladiator out to expose the Lady Verina’s transgressions, and her husband wants more than just the guilty man’s name. When Saevius learns the truth about the affair, he’s left with no choice but to betray a master: one he’s come to fear, one he’s come to respect, and either of whom could have him killed without repercussion. For the first time in his life, the most dangerous place for this gladiator isn’t the arena. The Left Hand of Calvus is an M/M transgender enemies to lovers romantic suspense novel set in Ancient Rome. Class differences, intrigue, and a slow burning romance in a historical setting! This 52,500 word novel was previously published under the pseudonym L.A. Witt, and has been lightly revised.

Bethsaida in Archaeology, History and Ancient Culture

Author : J. Harold Ellens
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 144386160X
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Bethsaida in Archaeology, History and Ancient Culture written by J. Harold Ellens and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an archaeological analysis, history, and description of a key excavation of the site of biblical Bethsaida, the most important Holy Land location in the narrative of Jesus’ life. This volume presents some of the pre-eminent biblical archaeological scholars in the field, all of whom were associated with Professor John T. Greene, either in the process of decades of archaeological exploration of the ancient site of Bethsaida, or in some other related activity in the field of biblical studies and religion. Professor Greene has been a leading scholar in the excavation and publication of field reports and historical and biblical analysis of the rich lode of discoveries that Bethsaida has revealed to us. This volume will be the highly sought-after summary of the historical-biblical information now available about ancient Bethsaida, the location at which Jesus vacationed, taught, healed, and announced his self-perception as the promised Jewish Messiah who became a new kind of Christian Messiah after his death by crucifixion on a Roman cross in approximately 30 CE in Jerusalem. Bethsaida in Archaeology, History, and Ancient Culture: A Festschrift in Honor of John T. Greene, describes the operational life of the ordinary people, religious communities, military movements, and socio-political hierarchy, from a ground-level perspective of the centuries before and during the lifetimes of Philo Judaeus, Jesus of Nazareth, and Flavius Josephus. It is unique in its popular presentation of this key era for scholarly research, appealing to both scholars in the field and informed non-professional readers, as well as scholars in corollary disciplines. This volume will be immensely sought after by a wide range of those persons who expect interesting, important, and highly readable works from municipal and academic libraries, as well as the popular book stores throughout the English speaking world.

Greek Sport and Social Status

Author : Mark Golden
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292778953
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Greek Sport and Social Status written by Mark Golden and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the ancient Olympic games to the World Series and the World Cup, athletic achievement has always conferred social status. In this collection of essays, a noted authority on ancient sport discusses how Greek sport has been used to claim and enhance social status, both in antiquity and in modern times. Mark Golden explores a variety of ways in which sport provided a route to social status. In the first essay, he explains how elite horsemen and athletes tried to ignore the important roles that jockeys, drivers, and trainers played in their victories, as well as how female owners tried to rank their equestrian achievements above those of men and other women. In the next essay, Golden looks at the varied contributions that slaves made to sport, despite its use as a marker of free, Greek status. In the third essay, he evaluates the claims made by gladiators in the Greek east that they be regarded as high-status athletes and asserts that gladiatorial spectacle is much more like Greek sport than scholars today usually admit. In the final essay, Golden critiques the accepted accounts of ancient and modern Olympic history, arguing that attempts to raise the status of the modern games by stressing their links to the ancient ones are misleading. He concludes that the contemporary movement to call a truce in world conflicts during the Olympics is likewise based on misunderstandings of ancient Greek traditions.

Working IX to V

Author : Vicki León
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802718620
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Working IX to V written by Vicki León and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vicki Leon, the popular author of the Uppity Women series (more than 335,000 in print), has turned her impressive writing and research skills to the entertaining and unusual array of the peculiar jobs, prized careers and passionate pursuits of ancient Greece and Rome. From Architect to Vicarius (a deputy or stand-in)-and everything in between-Working IX to V introduces readers to the most unique (dream incubator), most courageous (elephant commander), and even the most ordinary (postal worker) jobs of the ancient world. Vicki Leon brought a light and thoughtful touch to women's history in her earlier books, and she brings the same joy and singular voice to the daily work of the ancient world. You'll be surprised to learn how bloody an editor's job used to be, how even a slave could purchase a vicarius to carry out his duties and that early Greeks had their own ghost-busters with the apt title of psychopompus. In addition to stand-alone profiles on callings, trades, and professions, Leon offers numerous sidebar entries about actual people who performed these jobs, giving a human face to the ancient workplace. Combining wit and rich scholarship, Working IX to V is filled with anecdotes, insights, and little-known facts that will inform and amuse readers of all ages. For anyone captivated by the ancient past, Working IX to V brings a unique insight into the daily grind of the classical world. You may never look at your day-to-day work in the same way!