Guy de la Bédoyère

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

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.