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Por primera vez en castellano, la obra definitiva sobre Tácito, uno de los historiadores más importantes de la literatura universal.Una obra determinante para entender el primer siglo del Imperio romano. Aclamado a menudo como el mejor historiador romano y, en general, como uno de los prosistas latinos mas brillantes, Tacito es una figura literaria clave sobre la que, sin embargo, existen muchas incognitas. Son muchas las sombras que se ciernen sobre su vida y su obra. El influyente latinista Ronald Syme le dedica la que se considera la mas completa monografia sobre el escritor. En ella no solo analiza de forma pormenorizada la obra conservada de Tacito, sino que ofrece un vasto contexto historico y politico tanto de su vida como de su obra. En el segundo tomo, Syme continua analizando la rica e inagotable produccion del autor romano y como su personalidad inconfundible marca todos y cada uno de sus textos. Culmina el ensayo una completisima compilacion de apendices que ayudan a comprender mejor al hombre, su obra y el contexto historico que la rodeo.

Septimius Severus was Romes black emperor. Born in the blistering heat of a North African spring in Leptis Magna AD 145, he died in the freezing cold of a northern British winter in York in AD 211. A giant of an emperor, whose career can be counted in superlatives, Severus was in power at the height of Romes might. He led the largest army to ever campaign in Britain, comprising 50,000 men, part of a Roman military establishment which peaked at 33 legions under his rule.Born into the richest family, in the richest part of the Roman Empire, Severus monumentalised his rule across the empire. He visited - and often fought in - every region. Where he did, he left a mighty legacy in the built environment, for example in Rome where much of the Forum Romanum and most of the imperial palaces are Severan. In North Africa, his hometown of Leptis Magna is all Severan, as are the Roman cities at the Atlas mountains. In London, the land walls that still define the Citys Square Mile were delineated under his rule. Visitors to the under croft at York Minster can stand where he died.Septimius Severus was one of the greatest warrior emperors, a hard man who almost died in battle several times and whose attitude is reflected in his deathbed advice to two sons: Be of one mind with your family, enrich the soldiers, and despise the rest.

Kings supreme ability is to imagine himself into the past. The scope of his knowledge is staggering JOHN CAREY, SUNDAY TIMESAt its largest extent, the Roman Empire stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Irish Sea, from North Africa to central Europe. A fifth of the worlds population were Romancitizens. Even after the empires dramatic decline and fall, its legacy continued to shape politics and laws, language and numerals, calendars and architecture.But what was Rome, who were the Romans, how did they achieve such domination and why did their mighty empire fall?Ross Kings cast of characters includes murderous emperors, rebellious women, remarkable thinkers, fugitive slaves and persecuted Christians.From the foundation myths of Romulus and Remus to the barbarian invasions, this is an unputdownable account of one of the greatest empires the world has seen.