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It is 54 B.C. Gaius Julius Caesar is sweeping through Gaul. While his victories in the name of Rome are epic, the conservative leaders of the Republic are not pleased -- they are terrified. Where will the boundless ambition of Rome's most brilliant soldier stop? He must be destroyed before he...

"The First Man in Rome was not the best man: he was the First among other men who were his equals...To be the First Man in Rome was something far better than kingship..." In the first century B.C. at the height of the Roman Republic, two men set their sights on becoming the First Man - the Roman...

"L'Odyssée", est-il nécessaire de présenter ce " très vieux poème " ? La superbe traduction (en vers) de Philippe Jaccottet fait revivre l'épopée d'Homère, qui vient "à son lecteur ou, mieux peut-être, à son auditeur un peu comme viennent à la rencontre du voyageur ces statues ou ces colonnes lumineuses dans l'air cristallin de la Grèce...". D'après la tradition antique, Homère, l'aède aveugle, aurait vécu au IXe siècle avant J.-C. et serait l'auteur de cette épopée universellement connue, composée après "L'Iliade".

Cette œuvre est à la fois roman, histoire et poésie. En imaginant les Mémoires d'un grand empereur romain, l'auteur a voulu "refaire du dedans ce que les archéologues du XIXe siècle ont fait du dehors". Jugeant sans complaisance sa vie d'homme et son œuvre politique, Hadrien n'ignore pas que Rome finira un jour par périr, mais son réalisme romain et son humanisme hérité des Grecs lui font sentir l'importance de penser et de servir jusqu'au bout.

Trója. A valaha volt legcsodálatosabb királyság, az égei világ ékköve. Ragyogó Ilion, a város, amely nem egyszer, de kétszer tündöklött és bukott el. Az ókori görög mitológia legnagyobb és leghíresebb története, az, amely a trójai háború históriáját írja le. Az úgynevezett Nagy történetet olvashatjuk, illetve hallhatjuk tehát újra, amelyet először Homérosz írt le Íliász című halhatatlan művében, csak ezúttal Fry jól ismert, egyszerre humoros, szellemes, komoly, mégis szórakoztató stílusában

The greatest moment in Roman history, from the perspective of the man who could have had it all.Julius Caesar is dead. Mark Antony, his second in command, is surely also in the sights of the assassins.But for Antony, where there is danger, there is opportunity. Can he seize the chance, and replace Caesar as Rome's undisputed ruler? The portents are good until a young man named Octavian appears, claiming to be Caesar's heir... The following months and years are a time of shifting alliances, betrayals and score-settling.

De la autora de Circe, una epopeya inolvidable Grecia en la era de los héroes. Patroclo, un príncipe joven y torpe, ha sido exiliado al reino de Ftía, donde vive a la sombra del rey Peleo y su hijo divino, Aquiles. Aquiles, el mejor de los griegos, es todo lo que no es Patroclo: fuerte, apuesto, hijo de una diosa.

An epic re-creation of the exhilarating and mysterious time when the Sun King ruled Egypt, Ramses, the Son of Light, has become the rage in France. With over two million copies sold, it is the greatest publishing phenomenon to hit the shelves there in 20 years. Rameses is only 14 when his father, the Pharaoh Seti, begins testing his true mettle. Being the younger of two sons, the proud Ramses has a problem with being relegated to second place.

Seeress Meddi has been restored to her rightful position of influence within the Eorlingas tribe. But a heavy cloud hangs over the tribe's survival with the escape of the treacherous Elen who seeks to exact a bloody vengeance following Meddi's reinstatement and her downfall. Meddi knows Elen will return to settle the blood feud and the tribe must be ready to face this deadly threat with iron. Meanwhile, Wærmund, a warrior of Saxon descent, has escaped his enforced captivity and vows vengeance against his captors.

In the western hinterland of Roman Britannia, Meddi, the seeress of the Eorlingas tribe, can only obtain vengeance when her husband’s dead and her ancestral villa returned to her. With her brother, Madog, as leader, they unite and stand strong against those who seek the riches of their villa. They must harness the power of the lost magiks of iron to make weapons to mercilessly oppose those who seek to challenge and fight to rule.

On the heels of a failed rebellion by the governor of Germania Superior, Trajan is tasked by Emperor Domitian with a sensitive mission into tribal lands east of the Rhenus. His loyalty and leadership will be tested as he must overcome fierce tribesmen and suspicious plots that threaten to divide his command and put pressure on the Roman frontier. Follow the Legate of the Legio VII Gemina as he navigates an impossible task behind enemy lines with little support from his legion, in the hopes that Domitian will be pleased should he succeed.

Jerusalem — a city on edge. Empires collide, faiths clash, and one execution will alter the fate of the world. But this isn’t the story you think you know. In The Roads to Golgotha, the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth forms the backdrop to an epic human drama. Through the eyes of six ordinary people, we witness history unfolding — not in prophecy or miracle, but in duty, politics, and survival.

From childhood, Tito has seen the unthinkable: a village swallowed whole and lives lost to a cruel disaster no one else can sense. Other visions haunt him too, because they’re not warnings—they’re memories from another lifetime.

For fans of Conn Iggulden, Ben Kane, and Simon Scarrow comes a spellbinding tale of adventure and unshakeable friendship from the author of the bestselling Wolf of Corwick Castle Series. If you liked Hadrack of Corwick, you will love Marcus Agrippa!

Nine BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas by Mike Walker, chronicling Rome’s greatest rulers. Drawing on historical sources including Suetonius’ ‘Lives of the Caesars’, Mike Walker’s compelling drama cycle follows the story of the leaders of Rome, from Julius Caesar’s ascension to power to the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West in AD 475.

See how the Egyptian peasant woman creates a new story every moment of her day—women are a crown on our Egyptian heritage.

El reinado de Hatshepsut fue largo y próspero pero, tras su muerte, su nombre fue borrado de templos, esquelas y monumentos, y el mundo olvidó que hace miles de años una mujer extraordinaria fue faraón de Egipto. Los egiptólogos descubrieron su tumba y comenzaron a reconstruir su templo, pero la momia de la reina nunca apareció. Sus sucesores habían logrado privarla de lo que más ansiaban los antiguos egipcios: el acceso a la eternidad.

An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On the island of Sicily amid the Peloponnesian War, the Syracusans have figured out what to do with the surviving Athenians who had the gall to invade their city: they’ve herded the sorry prisoners of...

Rom, im Jahr 44 v. Chr.: Der Bürgerkrieg ist zu Ende, Gaius Julius Caesar hat auf ganzer Linie gesiegt und befindet sich auf dem Höhepunkt seiner Macht. Nicht wenige fürchten, dass er die Römische Republik beenden und sich zum König krönen könnte. Doch wie lässt sich ein Caesar aufhalten? Widerstand formiert sich, Verschwörer finden zusammen, um Caesar zu ermorden, unter ihnen Marcus Iunius Brutus.

The quintessential dramatisations of Homer’s two masterpieces, with exceptional casts including Derek Jacobi, Christopher Eccleston, Tim McInnerny and Benedict Cumberbatch Attributed to the Greek poet Homer, The Iliad and The Odyssey are among the greatest and most influential works of the...