Ergebnis für "het original" in Antike

The Roman gladiator has long been a figure of fascination. Portrayed frequently in fine art and popular culture alike, the gladiator is both a real part of history and a legend of a romanticized past. We know that these men entertained Roman audiences by fighting in dangerous and often deadly games. But who were the gladiators? What were their lives like? And why do they continue to have such a strong hold on our imagination, centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire?

Prosegue e termina, con questo quarto volume, il nostro viaggio nella storia dell’omicidio attraverso le età contemporanea, rinascimentale, medioevale e antica. In particolare “Nero come l’Abisso” tratterà del crimine violento durante il periodo delle grandi civiltà: assiri, egizi, greci, romani. Un lungo viaggio dalle origini dell’uomo fino alla caduta dell’Impero Romano, nel 476 dopo Cristo: la chiamano tutti l’età antica, dove affondano le radici della nostra cultura, delle nostre usanze e delle nostre paure più ancestrali.

In the thirteenth century BC, a quarter of a century before the Trojan War, seven Greek warrior heroes went against the Greek city of Thebes to restore one of their number to the throne of his father, the famous King Oedipus. Several children of those seven heroes would later take part in the siege of Troy. This adventure was equal in the minds of Greeks and Romans with the siege of Troy as told in Homer’s epic The Iliad, an event which it predated by a generation.

Sin lugar a duda, Moctezuma es de enorme importancia, no sólo para los mexicanos, sino para el mundo entero. Se trata de un personaje mencionado en los libros, artículos, libros, documentales, cursos y del cual prácticamente todas las personas han oído hablar. Por eso es importante, en medio de tan abundante información, la edición de esta obra, porque hace un acercamiento cuidadoso a su vida. Se detiene en su nombre, y lo reivindica: Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, muchas veces mal interpretado. Luego se acerca a su vida.

After advice on which skin care will get you glowing? Our gal Cleo knew a thing or two. Feeling a bit gloomy? Aristotle's got a cure for that. Never quite sure which cutlery to use at social occasions, or how to boost your fitness?

Comment était-ce de vivre dans l'une des villes les plus puissantes et les plus animées du monde antique, une ville huit fois plus densément peuplée que l'est New York de nos jours ? Dans ce guide aussi divertissant qu'instructif, l'historien à succès Philip Matyszak nous présente différentes personnes qui ont vécu et travaillé dans la Rome antique.

What is power and who is allowed to wield it? Why is female power so rare and, often, so feared? What can the women who gained power in the ancient world teach us about the contemporary world and our modern ideas of gender, authority, and equality? Listeners will explore these and other questions as you travel back to the ancient world and uncover the stories of remarkable women who overcame a host of barriers to wield power in a male-dominated world.

Ptahhotep was a vizier in ancient Egypt who was known for his influential wisdom literature. The teachings in this book emphasize the importance of humility, faithfulness to one's own duties, and that silence really can be golden. One of the major reasons why this book is so interesting is because it shows that Black people actually wrote in that time period.