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Free Download Rivalries that Destroyed the Roman Republic by Jeremiah McCall
English | September 21, 2022 | ISBN: 152673317X | 328 pages | MOBI | 2.30 Mb
This is the story of how some Roman aristocrats grew so competitive in their political rivalries that they destroyed their Republic, in the late second to mid-first century BCE. Politics had always been a fractious game at Rome as aristocratic competitors strove to outshine one another in elected offices and honors, all ostensibly in the name of serving the Republic. And for centuries it had worked – or at least worked for these elite and elitist competitors. Enemies were defeated, glory was spread round the ruling class, and the empire of the Republic steadily grew. When rivalries grew too bitter, when aristocrats seemed headed toward excessive power, the oligarchy of the Roman Senate would curb its more competitive members, fostering consensus that allowed the system-the competitive arena for offices and honors, and the domination of the Senate-to continue.

Free Download Greco-Roman Medicine and What It Can Teach Us Today by Nick Summerton
English | December 23, 2021 | ISBN: 1526752875 | 238 pages | PDF | 47 Mb
There can be little doubt that the Romans experienced many of the illnesses that are still encountered today, and individuals have always had to decide how best to deal with their health-related concerns.

Free Download Forts and Roman Strategy: A New Approach and Interpretation by Paul Coby, M. C. Bishop
English | September 15, 2022 | ISBN: 1526772108 | 272 pages | MOBI | 44 Mb
Paul Coby here proposes a new system for the recording and mapping of Roman forts and fortifications that integrates all the data, including size, dating and identification of occupying units. Application of these methods allows analysis that brings new insights into the placement of these forts, the units garrisoning them and the strategy of conquest and defense they underpinned.

Free Download A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women by Emma Southon
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0861542304 | 416 pages | MOBI | 1.39 Mb
Here’s how the history of the Roman Empire usually goes…

Free Download A History of Greek and Roman Philosophy by John Hackney
English | September 6, 2022 | ISBN: 150407890X | 335 pages | PDF | 5.50 Mb
An accessible overview of how the principles of thought which dominate our civilization came to be, from philosophy’s Ionian beginnings to Neo-Platonism.

Free Download Iain Ferris, "Visions of the Roman North: Art and Identity in Northern Roman Britain "
English | ISBN: 1789699053 | 2021 | 216 pages | PDF | 8 MB

Free Download The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1 – 6 by Edward Gibbon, Philip Madoc, Neville Jason
English | 2000 | ISBN: B0000546YV | Format: MP3 / Bitrate: 32 Kbps + PDF | 2.03 Gb
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has always maintained its initial appeal to both the general public and scholars alike. Its sheer scale is daunting, encompassing over a millennium of history, covering not merely the Western Empire from the days of the early emperors to its extinction in AD 476, but also the Eastern Empire, which lasted for another thousand years until the Turks vanquished it in 1453. But Gibbon’s style, part historical fact and part literature, is enticing, and the sheer honesty of the man, who endeavours to be scrupulously impartial in his presentation, endears him to the reader. In this recording, David Timson incorporates the most salient of Gibbon’s footnotes.
In Volume I (chapters I-XV), Gibbon opens by setting the scene with the Empire as it stood in the time of Augustus (d. AD 14) before praising the time of the Antonines (AD 98-180). The death of Marcus Aurelius and the accession of Commodus and his successors ushers in turbulent and dangerous times which were only occasionally marked by a wise and temperate ruler. The volume ends in AD 324, with Constantine the Great becoming undisputed Roman emperor, uniting both the East and Western Empires.
In Volume II (Chapters XVI-XXVI), Gibbon continues his powerful history of the Empire, shining the spotlight on some of the best-known figures and their impact on the growing influence of Christianity, including Nero and, three centuries later, Constantine, whose establishment of Constantinople resulted in the division of the Empire into East and West. Gibbon also presents a sympathetic portrait of Julian, whose wisdom, courage and clarity bore the hallmarks of the great emperor that Rome needed.

Free Download Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine by Barry Strauss, Arthur Morey, Simon & Schuster Audio
English | 2019 | ISBN: B07JR2D9DN | Format: M4B / Bitrate: 64 Kbps / 12 hours and 52 minutes | 350 Mb
Best-selling classical historian Barry Strauss tells the story of three-and-a-half centuries of the Roman Empire through the lives of 10 of the most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine.
Barry Strauss’ Ten Caesars is the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who founded the empire, to Constantine, who made it Christian and moved the capital east to Constantinople.
During these centuries, Rome gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. The empire reached from modern-day Britain to Iraq, and gradually, emperors came not from the old families of the first century but from men born in the provinces, some of whom had never even seen Rome. By the fourth century, the time of Constantine, the Roman Empire had changed so dramatically in geography, ethnicity, religion, and culture that it would have been virtually unrecognizable to Augustus.

Free Download Nathan Leach, "Revelation and Material Religion in the Roman East: Essays in Honor of Steven J. Friesen "
English | ISBN: 1032382678 | 2023 | 344 pages | EPUB, PDF | 9 MB + 40 MB
This collection of essays from a diverse group of internationally recognized scholars builds on the work of Steven J. Friesen to analyze the material and ideological dimensions of John’s Apocalypse and the religious landscape of the Roman East.

Free Download Marc A. Pugliese, "Process Thought and Roman Catholicism: Challenges and Promises "
English | ISBN: 1793627789 | 2022 | 264 pages | EPUB, PDF | 484 KB + 20 MB
This collection of essays explores convergences and divergences between process thought and Roman Catholicism with the goal of identifying reasons for why process philosophy and theology has not had the same impact in Roman Catholic circles as in Protestantism, and of constructively navigating avenues of promising engagement between Process thought and Roman Catholicism. In creatively considering the Roman Catholic tradition from the vantage point of Process thought, different theoretical perspectives are brought to bear on Catholic characteristics of historical theology, fundamental theology, systematic theology, moral theology, social justice, and theology of religions. While the contributors draw upon a broad range of resources from the disciplines of the physical and social sciences, philosophy, and ethics from a process perspective, the primary methodology employed is theological reflection.