Guy de la Bédoyère

La fascinante historia de los Ptolomeos, la decadencia de Egipto y el auge del Imperio romano La era ptolemaica, la última y una de las más largas dinastías de Egipto, fue en muchos sentidos una épo

Una viaje por todas y cada una de las facetas de la vida en la antigua Roma: la ciudad, la educación, la política, el sexo, los espectáculos, la medicina, la gastronomía... Esclavos, gladiadores, vestales y comerciantes pueblan estas paginas que nos ayudan a entender como pensaban y como vivian los habitantes de la Ciudad Eterna.

Guy de la Bédoyère reivindica el trascendental papel que tuvieron las mujeres en la construcción del imperio romano, en especial la familia julio-claudia. Figuras como Octavia, Livia, Agripina o Mesa

The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine in the ancient world. More than that, it was the single largest organization in Western antiquity, taking in members from all classes, from senators to freed slaves. The Roman Empire depended on its army not just to win its wars, defend its frontiers, and control the seas, but to act as the very engine of the state.In Gladius, Guy de la Bedoyere takes us straight to the heart of what it meant to be a part of the Roman army. Rather than a history of the army itself, or a guide to military organization and fighting methods, this book is a ground-level recreation of what it was like to be a soldier in the army that made the empire. Surveying numerous aspects of life in the Roman army between 264 BCE and 337 CE, Gladiusthe Latin word for sworddraws not only on the words of famed Roman historians, but also those of the soldiers themselves, as recorded in their religious dedications, tombstones, and even private letters and graffiti. Gladius reveals the everyday life of these soldiers and their families, whether stationed in a bleak frontier garrison in Britain or North Africa, tasked with guarding the emperor in Rome, fighting on foreign battlefields, mutinying over pay, marching in triumph, throwing their weight around on city streets, or enjoying esteem in honorable retirement.By illuminating the history of one organization that reflected all corners of the Roman world, Gladius gives us a portrait of an ancient society that is unprecedented in both its broad sweep and gritty intimacy.

The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine the ancient world produced. The Roman Empire depended on soldiers not just to win its wars, defend its frontiers and control the seas but also to act as the engine of the state. Roman legionaries and auxiliaries came from across the Roman world and beyond. They served as tax collectors, policemen, surveyors, civil engineers and, if they survived, in retirement as civic worthies, craftsmen and politicians. Some even rose to become emperors.Gladius takes the reader right into the heart of what it meant to be a part of the Roman army through the words of Roman historians, and those of the men themselves through their religious dedications, tombstones, and even private letters and graffiti. Guy de la Bedoyere throws open a window on how the men, their wives and their children lived, from bleak frontier garrisons to guarding the emperor in Rome, enjoying a ringside seat to history fighting the emperors wars, mutinying over pay, marching in triumphs, throwing their weight around in city streets, and enjoying esteem in honorable retirement.

A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKAn impressive amalgamation of scholarly research with popular historyThe TimesAn evocative account of an era of epic riches and ruthlessnessHistory RevealedDe la Bédoyère ha

Viver, lutar e morrer na maior máquina de combate do mundo antigoO exército romano foi a maior máquina de combate do mundo antigo e a maior organização da Antiguidade Ocidental. O Império Romano depe

A brilliantly entertaining and revealing new transcription of Pepyss diary Claire TomalinA collection of the most personal aspects of Samuel Pepys diaries, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of their publicationThe Diary of Samuel Pepys is the most celebrated personal journal in the English language. His candid revelations as he forged his career as a civilian naval official in Restoration London have fascinated readers ever since the first selection was published in 1825. The Confessions of Samuel Pepys focuses on Pepyss controversial private life for a contemporary readership, by charting his varied and complex relationships with women. They included his wife Elizabeth whom he both loved and treated abominably, their domestic servants, the mistresses whom he secretly visited in Westminster and Deptford and other places, a host of other opportunistic encounters, the great ladies of the court whom he ogled, and the actresses and other female friends whose company he delighted in and combined with casual flirting and petting. All these he recounted in shorthand, often disguising the more salacious occasions in his own cryptic Franco-Latino polyglot or with a primitive system of extraneous consonants.Most of these controversial entries were excised from 19th century editions, but all are featured here in completely new transcriptions and Pepyss secret code translated, following fresh forensic examination, from the original shorthand diary. The Confessions of Samuel Pepys also reveals how all previous transcribers of the diary and many of his biographers have deliberately massaged Pepyss reputation.

The power of the Roman Empire was under constant challenge. Nowhere was this truer than in Britain, Romes remotest and most recalcitrant province. A succession of idealists, chancers and reactionaries fomented dissent and rebellion. Some, like Caratacus and Boudica, were tribal chiefs wanting to expel Rome and recover lost power. Others were military opportunists such as Carausius and Allectus, who wanted to become emperor and were prepared to exploit everything Britain had to offer to support their bids for power. Each of these rebellions reads like a story in itself, combining archaeology with the dramatic testimony of the historical and epigraphic sources, and explains why Britain was such a hot-bed of dissent.

A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient worldLiving in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Romes historians, philosophers, and poets who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous nature of a city that ruled the known world. Through the words of Tacitus, Seneca, Martial, and a host of others including ordinary Romans, Guy de la Bedoyere takes the reader into a world of violent politics, civil disorder, unspeakably brutal entertainments, extravagance, decadence, eroticism, exotica, and staggering inequality, participated in daily by the Roman people from the hyper-rich elite to the lowliest slaves. Populus places those who experienced Rome in person at the forefront of their story, from the rabble-rousing senator Clodius Pulcher to Pliny the Elder and Hortensia who defended the rights of women in court to the ex-slave and celebrity baker Eurysaces.A superb combination of wit, first-rate research and panache. Highly recommended!TONY ROBINSONA rollicking new book... de la Bedoyeres command of these disparate sources is masterful, and his curation of them forms the backbone of the bookHONOR CARGILL-MARTIN, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

La fascinante historia de los Ptolomeos, la decadencia de Egipto y el auge del Imperio romano La era ptolemaica, la ú,ltima y una de las má,s largas dinastí,as de Egipto, fue en muchos sentidos

Guy de la Bédoyère (La guardia pretoriana y Domina) realiza un recorrido por todas las facetas de la vida de un soldado romano. Su servicio, su familia, sus derechos, sus victorias y sus derrotas, su

Fundada por Augusto alrededor del 27 D.C., la lite pretoriana tena como tarea principal proteger al emperador y a su familia, pero con los siglos se convirtieron en una pieza clave del poder poltico en Roma.Su poder lleg a ser tal que eran ellos en ltima instancia quienes elevaban o derrocaban a un emperador. Su influencia fue decisiva para acabar con los reinados de Calgula, Nern o Pertinax, entre otros. Guy de la Bdoyre, historiador y divulgador britnico, ha construido un retrato histrico apasionante, con el aire de las mejores novelas de espas, slidamente basado en hechos y documentos y bibliografa actualizada.