Tag: Emperors

Emperors of Dreams Drugs in the Nineteenth Century


Free Download Mike Jay, "Emperors of Dreams: Drugs in the Nineteenth Century"
English | 2002 | pages: 277 | ISBN: 1873982488 | EPUB | 0,4 mb
Coleridge and de Quincey swilling bitter draughts of opium, Sigmund Freud and Sherlock Holmes dallying with cocaine, Baudelaire and Gautier rapt in hashish fantasies behind velvet curtains, even Queen Victoria swallowing her prescription dose of cannabis – these snapshot images are familiar, but what is the story which lies behind them? How did cannabis and cocaine, opium and ether, mushrooms and mescaline enter the modern world, and what was their impact on the nineteenth century’s dreams and nightmares?

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Ten Caesars Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine


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English | 2019 | ISBN: B07JR2D9DN | Format: M4B / Bitrate: 64 Kbps / 12 hours and 52 minutes | 350 Mb
Best-selling classical historian Barry Strauss tells the story of three-and-a-half centuries of the Roman Empire through the lives of 10 of the most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine.
Barry Strauss’ Ten Caesars is the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who founded the empire, to Constantine, who made it Christian and moved the capital east to Constantinople.
During these centuries, Rome gained in splendor and territory, then lost both. The empire reached from modern-day Britain to Iraq, and gradually, emperors came not from the old families of the first century but from men born in the provinces, some of whom had never even seen Rome. By the fourth century, the time of Constantine, the Roman Empire had changed so dramatically in geography, ethnicity, religion, and culture that it would have been virtually unrecognizable to Augustus.

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Emperors and Rhetoricians Panegyric, Communication, and Power in the Fourth-Century Roman Empire (Volume 65)


Free Download Moysés Marcos, "Emperors and Rhetoricians: Panegyric, Communication, and Power in the Fourth-Century Roman Empire (Volume 65) "
English | ISBN: 0520394976 | 2023 | 304 pages | EPUB, PDF | 5 MB + 17 MB
Panegyric, the art of publicly praising prominent political figures, occupied an important place in the Roman Empire throughout late antiquity. Orators were skilled political actors who manipulated the conventions of praise giving, taking great license with what they chose to present (or omit). Their ancient speeches are rare windows into the world of panegyrists, emperors, and their audiences. In Emperors and Rhetoricians,

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Autocracy and China’s Rebel Founding Emperors Comparing Chairman Mao and Ming Taizu


Free Download John A. Rapp Anita M. Andrew, "Autocracy and China’s Rebel Founding Emperors: Comparing Chairman Mao and Ming Taizu"
English | 2000 | ISBN: 0847695808, 0847695794 | PDF | pages: 375 | 14.3 mb
It is now common to hear Mao Zedong referred to as a modern-day ’emperor,’ and the authors argue that Mao can best be compared to a specific imperial predecessor, Ming Taizu, the fourteenth-century peasant rebel who founded the Ming dynasty. Both rulers created autocratic regimes that violently purged political enemies; both used the power of their own words to transform the masses. Utilizing a rich mix of analysis and new translations, the book begins by examining other imperial predecessors and the elements linking Mao and Taizu, as well as critiques of Western and Chinese scholarship. The book presents translations with commentary of PRC scholars on Taizu and Mao, showing the evolution in Chinese thought toward both rulers from the Cultural Revolution to the Deng Xiaoping reform era.

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Ten Caesars Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine


Free Download Barry Strauss, "Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine"
English | 2019 | pages: 432 | ISBN: 145166883X, 1451668848 | EPUB | 28,2 mb
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 summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of the most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine.

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