Outstanding figures who have shaped the path of history are profiled in these handsome, inexpensive volumes. These biographies detail the facts known about their subjects and emphasize their childhood, motivation, accomplishments, and humanity, as well as their impact on history. Figuras destacadas que han protagonizado los hechos m�s importantes de la historia est�n retratados en estos bellos vol�menes econ�micos. Tan fascinante como los hechos que los hicieron famosos, estas biograf�as detallan los hechos conocidos acerca de los sujetos con �nfasis en sus ni�eces, sus motivaciones, sus triunfos y el impacto que tuvieron en la historia, revelando tambi�n sus lados humanos.
"A leading authority on imperial Rome and the historical work of Tacitus, as well as being an expert on coins, David Shotter has a distinguished record of publications on the Julio-Claudians.
In this book, Alan Forrest, tells the remarkable story of how the son of a Corsican attorney became the most powerful man in Europe, a man whose charisma and legacy endured after his lonely death many thousands of miles from the country ...
In this volume, Farquharson's work is brought up to date and supplied with an introduction and notes for the student and general reader.
The Emperor Titus
Augustan History , Life of Alexander Severus , 28.6 . 2 Aulus Gellius , Attic Nights , 9.11.7–10 . 3 Dio , 55.10.3 . 4 This is also depicted on coins ( e.g. BMC , I , p . 103 no . 633 – denarius , 29 to 27 BC ) .
"It’s one of the most incredible stories in all of history.
本书中描述了拿破仑叱咤风云的一生中经历过的各次重大战役及其辉煌的军事成就.
滑鐵盧戰役: 拿破崙四之四
帝王养生术
Bajo la forma de una autobiografía imaginaria minuciosamente fundamentada en la realidad histórica, Marguerite Yourcenar reconstruye un tramo espectacular de la historia.