Ancient Rome in So Many Words
Title | Ancient Rome in So Many Words PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Francese |
Publisher | Hippocrene Books |
Total Pages | 252 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780781811538 |
The brief word-histories in this book are meant to provide background on some words that everyone learns when they study Latin, as well as some rarer terms that have interesting stories to tell about Roman culture. This book lists a new word or phrase that came into American English every year from 1975 to 1998, with a selection of early additions from 1497 to 1750, and discusses the history behind the adoption of each. Teachers and students of Latin can benefit from the slightly more formal, but still anecdotal, approach taken here to some key words in the Latin lexicon.
A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome
Title | A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome PDF eBook |
Author | Alberto Angela |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 396 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Fiction |
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This voyage of exploration chronicles twenty-four hours in the life of a Roman patrician, beginning at dawn on an ordinary day in the year 115 A.D., with Imperial Rome at the height of its power.
The Latin Sexual Vocabulary
Title | The Latin Sexual Vocabulary PDF eBook |
Author | J. N. Adams |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Total Pages | 292 |
Release | 1990-10 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780801841064 |
LIke other languages, Latin contained certain words its speakers considered obscene as well as a rich stock of sexual euphemism and metaphor. Our sources for this information range from surviving graffiti to literary works with a marked sexual content. Yet despite its manifest literary and linguistic interest, the sexual vocabulary of Latin has remained uninvestigated by scholars. J. A. Adams's pioneering and unique reference work collects for the first time evidence of Latin obscenities and sexual euphemisms drawn from both literary and nonliterary sources from the early Republic to about he fouth century A.D. Separate chaptes treat each of the sexual pasrts of the body and the terminology used to describe sexual acts. General topics include the influence of Greek language on Latin, changes in the Latin vocabulary over time (including the evolution of sexual words into general terms of abuse), and lexical differences among various literary genres.
The Ruin of the Roman Empire
Title | The Ruin of the Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | James J O'Donnell |
Publisher | Profile Books |
Total Pages | 768 |
Release | 2011-05-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1847653960 |
What really marked the end of the Roman Empire? James O'Donnell's magnificent new book takes us back to the sixth century and the last time the Empire could be regarded as a single community. Two figures dominate his narrative - Theodoric the 'barbarian', whose civilized rule in Italy with his philosopher minister Boethius might have been an inspiration, and in Constantinople Justinian, who destroyed the Empire with his rigid passion for orthodoxy and his restless inability to secure his frontiers with peace. The book closes with Pope Gregory the Great, the polished product of ancient Roman schools, presiding over a Rome in ruins.
A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome
Title | A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Ball Platner |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 689 |
Release | 2015-05-21 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1108083242 |
This 1929 topographical dictionary provides a comprehensive list of the buildings, streets and geographical features in ancient Rome.
The Common People of Ancient Rome
Title | The Common People of Ancient Rome PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Frost Abbott |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Total Pages | 149 |
Release | 2022-07-20 |
Genre | History |
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This book is a historical novel by the American classical scholar, Frank Frost Abbot. It deals with the lives of the Roman common people, their language and literature, their occupations and amusements, and with their social, political and economic conditions. We are interested in the common people of Rome because they made the Roman Empire what it was. They carried the Roman standards to the Euphrates and the Atlantic: they lived abroad as traders, farmer and soldiers to Romanize the provinces. Or they stayed at home, working in different professions to supply the needs of the capital.
24 Hours in Ancient Rome
Title | 24 Hours in Ancient Rome PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Matyszak |
Publisher | Michael O'Mara Books |
Total Pages | 249 |
Release | 2017-10-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1782438572 |
Walk a day in a Roman's sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world's most powerful and bustling cities - one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York?