Resultados para "Hansen" en Antigua

Captured centaurs and satyrs, incompetent seers, people who suddenly change sex, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh—these are just some of the colorful characters who feature in the unforgettable stories that ancient Greeks and Romans told in their daily lives. Together they created an incredibly rich body of popular oral stories that include, but range well beyond, mythology—from heroic legends, fairy tales, and fables to ghost stories, urban legends, and jokes. This unique anthology presents the largest collection of these tales ever assembled.

In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors, their wives, and children personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman emperor in 476. That leader became Theoderic the Great (454-526). This engaging history of his life and reign immerses listeners in the world of the warrior-king who ushered in decades of peace and stability in Italy as king of Goths and Romans.

In The Pagan World: Ancient Religions Before Christianity, you will meet the fascinating, ancient polytheistic peoples of the Mediterranean and beyond, their many gods and goddesses, and their public and private worship practices, as you come to appreciate the foundational role religion played in their lives. Professor Hans-Friedrich Mueller, of Union College in Schenectady, New York, makes this ancient world come alive in 24 lectures with captivating stories of intrigue, artifacts, illustrations, and detailed descriptions from primary sources of intriguing personalities.

Am 28. August 476 setzt der weströmische Offizier und Rebell Odoaker, Sohn eines hunnischen Adeligen und einer Germanin, den 16-jährigen Romulus Augustulus ab, der nominell der letzte Kaiser des weströmischen Reiches ist. Sein Vater, ein römischer Heermeister, hatte ihn 475 als Kind von seinen Soldaten zum Kaiser ausrufen lassen, diese meuterten und töteten ihn. Ihr Anführer Odoaker ließ sich, vom oströmischen Kaiser Zenon gebilligt, zum König von Italien, zum 'rex Italiae', ausrufen, und Romulus wird in ein Kastell in der Nähe von Neapel verbannt.

*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice* From celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a “vivid” and “astonishingly comprehensive account [that] casts world history in a brilliant new light” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and shows how bold explorations and daring trade...

Lucius Annaeus Seneca war ein römischer Philosoph, Dramatiker, Naturforscher, Staatsmann und als Stoiker einer der meistgelesenen Schriftsteller seiner Zeit - kurz: ein Allround-Talent erster Güte und ein brillanter Stilist dazu. Karl-Wilhelm Weeber führt in diesem Hörbuch fiktive Kurzinterviews mit Seneca, buchstäblich über Gott und die Welt.