Tras el asesinato de Julio César en el 44 a. C., fueron dos los hombres que se disputaban el mandato de la todopoderosa Roma: Marco Antonio y el heredero elegido por el propio César, el joven Octavio,...

Una mañana de septiembre del año 480 a.C., las aguas que separan la isla de Salamina de Grecia fueron escenario de una de las batalla navales más trascendentales de todos los tiempos. Se enfrentaban las...

EDICIÓN REVISADA Punto de partida de la Ilíada de Homero; la guerra de Troya es; sin duda; uno de los conflictos bélicos más importantes y reconocidos de la Historia; una de las piedras angulares de...

En este trabajo esencial y esclarecedor, Barry Strauss cuenta la histoira del Imperio romano desde sus inicios hasta su cambio final; desde Augusto, que fundó el imperio como tal, hasta Constantino, que...

The story of the most famous revolt of the ancient world, and its legendary leader, Spartacus the Gladiator.Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who started a prison breakout with 74 men, armed with kitchen...

15 mars -44, Jules César est au faîte de sa gloire ; ses détracteurs le soupçonnent de vouloir obtenir du Sénat, en cette séance des Ides de Mars, le titre, honni entre tous, de « roi ». Ils passent à...

The Trojan War is the most famous conflict in history, the subject of Homer's Iliad, one of the cornerstones of Western literature. Although many readers know that this literary masterwork is based on...

A brilliant and dramatic account of the most famous naval battle of the ancient world, coupled with an in-depth analysis of the diverse Persian empire and the birth of the Athenian empire.On a late September...

In this story of the most famous assassination in history, “the last bloody day of the [Roman] Republic has never been painted so brilliantly” (The Wall Street Journal).Julius Caesar was stabbed to death...

Bestselling author and historian Barry Strauss compares the way the three greatest generals of the ancient world waged war and draws lessons from their experiences that apply on and off the battlefield.Alexander,...

An authoritative account from an expert author: The Spartacus War is the first popular history of the revolt in English. The Spartacus War is the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellion...

A “splendid” (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, whose outcome determined the future...

Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)—a...