The Tiber Bridge
The Tiber Bridge

Author: Sherrie Seibert Goff

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2018-03-16

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1532045611

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The Tiber Bridge tells the story of Ancus Marcius, Romes fourth king, a man of power and ability haunted by the ghosts of his past, and of Vel Prasanai, a cast-out Etruscan who becomes his bridge builder. Conflict between gods and mortals intensifies over the sacrilege of spanning the Tiber in this spellbinding tale of war, political rivalry, love, and ambition set in the fabled years of early Rome. The many accomplishments of legendary King Ancus remain tarnished and unrewarding, as he faces endless war, endures the enmity of his predecessors son, is thwarted by Romes pontifex, and suffers the cruel suspicions of his wife. Engineers, priests, vestal virgins, generals, queens, and a family of shepherds all play a part in this sweeping tale of courage and endurance in the shadow of the first bridge built in Rome.

Tiber
Tiber

Author: Bruce Ware Allen

Publisher: Brandeis University Press

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1512600377

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A natural and social history of the great river of Rome

Models from the Past in Roman Culture
Models from the Past in Roman Culture

Author: Matthew B. Roller

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-03-22

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 1107162599

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Presents a coherent model for understanding historical examples in Ancient Rome and their rhetorical, moral and historiographical functions.

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome

Author: Paul Erdkamp

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 647

ISBN-13: 0521896290

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Rome was the largest city in the ancient world. As the capital of the Roman Empire, it was clearly an exceptional city in terms of size, diversity and complexity. While the Colosseum, imperial palaces and Pantheon are among its most famous features, this volume explores Rome primarily as a city in which many thousands of men and women were born, lived and died. The thirty-one chapters by leading historians, classicists and archaeologists discuss issues ranging from the monuments and the games to the food and water supply, from policing and riots to domestic housing, from death and disease to pagan cults and the impact of Christianity. Richly illustrated, the volume introduces groundbreaking new research against the background of current debates and is designed as a readable survey accessible in particular to undergraduates and non-specialists.

Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge
Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge

Author: Raymond Van Dam

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-04-29

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1139499726

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Constantine's victory in 312 at the battle of the Milvian Bridge established his rule as the first Christian emperor. This book examines the creation and dissemination of the legends about that battle and its significance. Christian histories, panegyrics and an honorific arch at Rome soon commemorated his victory, and the emperor himself contributed to the myth by describing his vision of a cross in the sky before the battle. Through meticulous research into the late Roman narratives and the medieval and Byzantine legends, this book moves beyond a strictly religious perspective by emphasizing the conflicts about the periphery of the Roman empire, the nature of emperorship and the role of Rome as a capital city. Throughout late antiquity and the medieval period, memories of Constantine's victory served as a powerful paradigm for understanding rulership in a Christian society.