Wild History of Ancient Rome

Wild History of Ancient Rome

Nathan Mercer / Peter Hollins

16,93 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
PKCS Media, Inc.
Año de edición:
2026
Materia
Historia social y cultural
ISBN:
9781647436377
16,93 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

What do you really know about Ancient Rome?Gladiators. Emperors. Conquest. You’ve heard the names - Caesar, Nero, Spartacus. But the history books only tell half the story. The real Rome was wilder, stranger, and more brutal than anything you’ve been taught.Did you know a Roman emperor declared war on the ocean - and won? That gladiators were the rockstars of their age, with fan clubs, sponsorship deals, and screaming crowds? That Rome’s greatest military disaster was caused by a general who walked his entire army into a swamp?This is the Rome they forgot to tell you about.Inside these pages, you’ll find 15 extraordinary true stories pulled straight from the chaos, glory, and madness of the ancient world’s most powerful empire. Stories of betrayal and bravery. Of emperors who lost their minds and soldiers who never lost their nerve. Of a city that rose from a handful of farmers on a muddy riverbank to conquer half the known world - and then burned from the inside out.Each story is short enough to read in one sitting. Gripping enough that you won’t want to stop. Once you open this book, Ancient Rome will never feel like homework again.Perfect for young history lovers aged 9-12, Wild History: Ancient Rome brings the ancient world roaring back to life - one jaw-dropping story at a time.

Artículos relacionados

  • Arizal
    Raphael Afilalo
    The Ari overflowed with Torah. He was expert in Scripture, Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, Maaseh Bereishit and Maaseh Merkavah. About all the different levels of prophecy, their details and from which level the prophets had their revelations.  He understood the whistling of the trees, the grass and stones, the language of the birds and other animals, the conversations of angels, the...
  • Rose-tinted Memory
    Michael S Fryer
    “Those who deny Auschwitz would be ready to remake it”.  ~ Primo Levi, Holocaust survivor and author Seventy years after the mass murder of the Jews of Europe, Holocaust denial and Holocaust revisionism are creeping into our overall perception of what actually happened.Christendom has not ‘denied’ Holocaust, but it has attempted to create a memory of Holocaust which suggests th...
  • Pan Kapitan of Jordanow
    William Leibner
    Yeshayahu Drucker devoted a good part of his life to rescuing Jewish children from non-Jewish homes. Many parents had given their children to Polish neighbors for safekeeping during the war. Unfortunately most of the parents did not survive the Shoah. At the end of the war, there was no one to claim the children and they remained with the “adopted” Polish families. Following hi...
  • Holy Dissent
    Glenn Dynner
    BThe religious communities of early modern Eastern Europe—particularly those with a mystical bent—are typically studied in isolation. Yet the heavy Slavic imprint on Jewish popular mysticism and pervasive Judaizing tendencies among Christian dissenters call into question the presumed binary quality of Jewish-Christian interactions. In Holy Dissent: Jewish and Christian Mystics ...
  • AL-FARD
    Ali Mahdi Muhammad
    The Al-Fard, or the The Dawn, has captured the early rays of Our history. This history is essential if we are to be brought face to face with the One true and living God of the universe. The purpose of this writing is to bring the reader step by step, one degree at a time to the reality of God in person. The teachings of Our Father elevates the believer to the level of Godhood ...
  • Wild Things. Nature and the Social Imagination
    HISTORIES OF HUMAN CONSTRUCTIONS OF NATUREWild Things: Nature and the Social Imagination assembles eleven substantive and original essays on the cultural and social dimensions of environmental history. They address a global cornucopia of social and ecological systems, from Africa to Europe, North America and the Caribbean, and their temporal range extends from the 1830s into th...

Otros libros del autor

  • Gold
    Nathan Mercer / Peter Hollins
    What if the most powerful force in human history wasn’t an empire, an invention, or an idea-but a metal?Gold has inspired exploration, fueled conquests, toppled kingdoms, launched migrations, and transformed ordinary people into legends. Though it cannot feed the hungry or build civilizations, humanity has prized it for thousands of years.In Gold: Eight Stories of the Material ...
    Disponible

    16,06 €

  • Marcus Aurelius
    Nathan Mercer / Peter Hollins
    What can a Roman emperor teach us about living a better life today?Marcus Aurelius commanded the most powerful empire on Earth. He led armies through brutal wars, governed millions of people, endured political betrayal, and buried many of those he loved.Yet his greatest battle was not against foreign enemies.It was against fear, anger, ego, grief, and the restless voice within ...
    Disponible

    16,10 €

  • Wild History of Greek Mythology
    Nathan Mercer / Peter Hollins
    You’ve heard the names - Zeus, Hercules, Medusa. But the myths they teach in school are the cleaned-up version. The real stories are stranger, messier, and way more ridiculous than anyone let on.Did you know the god of the sea once turned a man into a horse just because he lost a bet? That the most famous hero in Greece completed twelve impossible tasks - then accidentally pois...
    Disponible

    15,18 €

  • Alexander the Great
    Nathan Mercer / Peter Hollins
    Alexander the Great did not plan to stop. He never did.At twenty years old, he inherited a kingdom on the edge of collapse. By thirty-two, he had conquered the known world. No general before him had moved faster, struck harder, or thought further ahead.His story is not simply one of military genius. It is a study in vision, charisma, and the rare ability to make men believe tha...
    Disponible

    14,30 €

  • Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Empire
    Nathan Mercer / Peter Hollins
    Power bends to those who understand people, timing, and relentless momentum. Napoleon Bonaparte mastered all three.Napoleon did not simply rise to power. He engineered it.In an age of revolution, fragile governments, and constant warfare, Napoleon transformed himself from a little-known officer into the most powerful man in Europe. His story is not just about conquest, but abou...
    Disponible

    13,33 €

  • Athens vs. Sparta
    Nathan Mercer / Peter Hollins
    What happens when the greatest civilization in the ancient world turns against itself?Athens was wealthy, innovative, and fiercely democratic. Sparta was disciplined, militaristic, and built upon an uncompromising way of life. Together, they had helped save Greece from the Persian Empire.Then they went to war.What began as a rivalry between two powerful city-states grew into a ...
    Disponible

    21,55 €