Libros

Portraits have a long history in royal courts as a way of communicating the monarch's status, rulership, and even piety. This anthology places such art works studied in the context of their commission, production, and display. Artists use different representational strategies to convey important (...)

Il più grande sistema schiavistico che la storia abbia mai conosciuto è quello di Roma antica. Un'intera economia era basata sullo sfruttamento di una "merce" cara e redditizia quanto deperibile: l'essere umano. La società, l'economia e l'organizzazione dell'antica Roma non avrebbero potuto (...)

Almost everyone has heard of the famous three hundred Spartan soldiers who stood against the Persians at Thermopylae. But did you know that Sparta was home to two kings? Or that their women had more freedom than the women of Athens?The beautiful history of classical Sparta has been in the spotlight (...)