Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowin...
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The war against the Germans won, Emperor Aurelius chooses the victorious General Maximus as his successor to the Roman empire. Commodus, Aurelius' heir, is jealous of this and enslaves Maximus to the gladiatorial arenas.
"Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars...
Edward Gibbon's book of Roman history spans 13 centuries and chronicles the rise and fall of the Roman empire. The author died in 1794 having written this classic text over a period of more than 12 years.
"The Escape Line's collapse would leave thousands stranded. Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, its architect and the acknowledged leader of The Choir, broods inside the Vatican, paralyzed by the perils of keeping his Roman underground railroad functioning. Meanwhile, SS Commander Paul Ha...
An ambitious young New Yorker, disillusioned with romance, takes a whirlwind trip to Rome, where she defiantly plucks magic coins from a fountain of love, inexplicably igniting the passion of an odd group of suitors: a sausage magnate, a street magician, an adoring painter, and a...
Epicenter: While transporting a computer hacker, an FBI agent gets caught in the middle of a devastating earthquake. / The chain reaction: A dangerous leak in a nuclear waste storage facility threatens to contaminate a community's water source as an engineer races to warn them. /...
Text and black and white illustrations show how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for the people who lived within them.
Eccentricity defines daily life in Rome, Wisconsin, where the Tin Man from "The wizard of Oz" is murdered, a student brings a severed hand to school for show-and-tell, and a woman runs over her husband with a steam roller pleading "not guilty by reason of menopause." Sheriff Jimm...
A pigeon carrying an important message takes the reader on a unique tour which includes both ancient and modern parts of the city of Rome.
Whilst Sara Farnese pours over ancient texts in the silent Vatican reading room, a brutal murder is taking place ina nearby church. Then suddenly a crazed man arrives in the Vatican carrying a bloodied bag. He walks up to Sara's desk. He has something he would like her to see. So...
A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, showing the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutality--a brilliant reflection of humanity itself.
Dogmatix and his indomitable pals, Gluttonix, Stamina, Bantera, and Asmatix, are in for a treat. Or rather, they may become the treat when they face a fearsome lion in the colosseum! And speaking of treats, Dogmatix and Stamina are cooking up some mischief for the Romans. Add mus...
Offers the ultimate survey of the colossal conflicts that determined the fate of the Weston world.
"Roman police detective Nic Costa has been sent undercover to Italy's beautiful, remote Calabrian coast to bring in the head of the feared mob, the 'Ndrangheta, who has offered to turn state witness for reasons of his own. Hoping to reel in the biggest prize the state police have...