Roman Empire


SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
Meditations
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
The Twelve Caesars
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
Memoirs of Hadrian
How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
Oded Galor
Після Великого повстання проти Римської імперії, яке спалахнуло в Юдеї 66 року н. е., римляни знищили Єрусалим і Єрусалимський храм. Кілька основних течій юдаїзму зникло, зокрема садукеї (священники й аристократи) та зелоти, які боролися за незалежність євреїв; фарисеї ж — порівняно поміркована фракція, яка віддавала вивченню релігійних текстів перевагу над церемоніальними богослужіннями в храмі, — стали панівною групою в юдейському світі. Вчені фарисеї закликали до масової доступності освіти, а ...more
Oded Galor, The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality

John  Williams
Mankind in the aggregate I have found to be brutish, ignorant and unkind, whether those qualities were covered by the coarse tunic of the peasant of the white and purple toga of a senator. And yet in the weakest of men, in moments when they are alone and themselves, I have found veins of strength like gold in decaying rock; in the cruelest of men, flashes of tenderness and compassion; and in the vainest of men, moments of simplicity and grace.
John Williams, Augustus

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