Riding For Caesar

Author : Micheal P. Speidel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135782547
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riding for Caesar written by Micheal P. Speidel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Speidel's book represents the first history of the Roman horse guard ever written and provides a readable account of the intricate part these men played in the fate of the Roman empire and its emperors.

Author : Michael P. Speidel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riding for Caesar written by Michael P. Speidel and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rose Mary Sheldon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538114895
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kill Caesar! written by Rose Mary Sheldon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Why were Rome’s first emperors—the good, the bad, and the ugly—so vulnerable to conspiracies and assassination? . . . an expert analysis . . . compelling.” —Adrienne Mayor, author of The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates and Rome’s Deadliest Enemy Exploring the history of internal security under the first Roman dynasty, this groundbreaking book answers the enduring question: If there were 9,000 men guarding the emperor, how were three-quarters of Rome’s leaders assassinated? Rose Mary Sheldon traces the evolution of internal security mechanisms under the Julio-Claudians, evaluating the system that Augustus first developed to protect the imperial family and the stability of his dynasty. Yet in spite of the intensive precautions taken, there were multiple attempts on his life. Like all emperors, Augustus had a number of competing constituencies—the senate, the army, his extended family, the provincials, and the populace of Rome—but were they all equally threatening? Indeed, the biggest threat would come from those closest to the emperor—his family and the aristocracy. Even Roman imperial women were deeply involved in instigating regime change. By the fourth emperor, Caligula, the Praetorian Guards were already participating in assassinations, and the army too was becoming more politicized. Sheldon weighs the accuracy of ancient sources: Does the image of the emperor presented to us represent reality or what the people who killed him wanted us to think? Were Caligula and Nero really crazy, or did senatorial historians portray them that way to justify their murder? Was Claudius really the fool found drooling behind a curtain and made emperor, or was he in on the plot from the beginning? These and other fascinating questions are answered as Sheldon concludes that the repeated problem of “killing Caesar” reflected the empire’s larger dynamics and turmoil.

Author : Barry Strauss
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451668813
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Death of Caesar written by Barry Strauss and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A professor of history and classics describes the actual events of March 15, 44 BC, when Julius Caesar was murdered during the Roman civil wars, and comparies them to those outlined by William Shakespeare in his famous play.--Publisher's description.

Author : Colleen McCullough
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063019833
Total Pages : 928 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caesar written by Colleen McCullough and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the long, fabled history of Rome, never was there one more adored -- yet more feared -- than Gaius Julius Caesar. Invincible on the field of battle, he commands the love and loyalty of those who fight at his side and would gladly give their lives for his glory. Yet in Rome there are enemies everywhere orchestrating his downfall and disgrace. Fanatical rivals like Cato and Bibulus would tear Rome asunder just to destroy her greatest champion -- using their wiles, position, and false promises to seduce others into the fold: vacillating Cicero, the spineless Brutus ... even Pompey the Great, Caesar's former ally. But only ill fortune can come to the "Good Men" who underestimate Caesar. For Rome is his glorious destiny -- one that will impel him reluctantly to the banks of the Rubicon ... and beyond, into triumphant legend.

Author : Jan Cheripko
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
ISBN 13 : 9781590780657
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caesar Rodney's Ride written by Jan Cheripko and published by Boyds Mills Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates how one delegate to the Second Continental Congress battled bad weather and physical disabilities to arrive in Philadelphia in 1776, in time for the historic vote that led to independence.

Author : William W. Johnstone
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
ISBN 13 : 0786039043
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preacher and the Mountain Caesar written by William W. Johnstone and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preacher isn’t going down without a fight in this classic Western novel from the New York Times and USA Todaybestselling author of Cheyenne Challenge. One Man And . . . No one remembered when he’d come to the mountains—it seemed that Preacher had always been there. He’d seen a great deal in the unmapped hills and forests of the grand North American frontier. In fact, he’d just told a friend that he wasn’t surprised by anything anymore. But Preacher hadn’t seen Nova Roma yet . . . . . . A Deadly Dream of Glory Suddenly, Preacher is faced with the strangest, most dangerous army the High Lonesome has ever seen. Its leader is a blood-mad fanatic right out of the ancient history books. All Preacher’s got on his side are his brother mountain men: tough as hardtack good old boys like Philadelphia Braddock and Frenchie Dupree; the Arapaho warrior Bold Pony; and his surefire Walker Colt . . . Praise for the novels of William W. Johnstone “[A] rousing, two-fisted saga of the growing American frontier.”—Publishers Weekly on Eyes of Eagles “There’s plenty of gunplay and fast-paced action as this old-time hero proves again that a steady eye and quick reflexes are the keys to survival on the Western frontier.”—Curled Up with a Good Book on Dead Before Sundown

Author : Henry Fisk Carlton
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781532786327
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caesar Rodney's Ride written by Henry Fisk Carlton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to [email protected] This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via [email protected]

Author : Henry Fisk Carlton
Publisher : Alpha Edition
ISBN 13 : 9789354543678
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caesar Rodney's Ride written by Henry Fisk Carlton and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2021-05 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Author : Alexander Merrow
Publisher : Frontline Books
ISBN 13 : 1473855888
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caesar's Great Success written by Alexander Merrow and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the world’s first ever military logistical supply system and how it fed Caesar’s armies in the field. Logistics have become a principal, if not a governing factor, in modern military operations. Armies need to be fed and supplied, and the larger the army, the greater the logistical difficulties that have to be overcome. Two thousand years ago, when communications were far more primitive, the size of armies was limited by the difficulties of supply. It was because the Romans developed a sophisticated supply system that they were able to maintain large armies in the field—armies that conquered much of the then known world. In Caesar’s Great Success, the authors examine and detail the world’s first ever fully-developed logistical supply system—the forerunner of today’s complex arrangements. This includes an examination of the sea, river, and land transportation of food while on campaign, and of how the food was assembled at the operational bases and subsequently distributed. The defense of the Roman food supplies, and especially of lines of communication, was an important factor in Caesar’s operational planning, as was interdicting the enemy’s supplies. The eating habits of Caesar’s men are considered and what items could be obtained locally by forage and which were taken by requisition—and how much food a legionnaire was expected to carry on campaign. With this, the nature of the actual food consumed by the legionnaires is therefore examined and sample recipes are provided with each chapter of the book to enable the reader to relive those momentous days when Caesar and Rome ruled the world.