Адриан Голдсуорси – лучшие книги

Римская империя не пала в одночасье, под копьями варваров в 476 г. - окончательный коллапс знаменовал собой лишь финальную сцену многолетней трагедии. По мнению Адриана Голдсуорти, первые признаки разложения империи появились уже при просвещенном правлении "императора-философа" Марка Аврелия. Но почему процесс разрушения не остановился? И что послужило причиной гибели государства - бездарность императоров, смена религии, всесильная коррупция, страх позднеримских правителей перед социальными реформами? В поисках ответов на эти вопросы Адриан Голдсуорти привлекает самые современные находки исследователей истории позднего Рима - свидетельства как документальные, так и археологические.

Книга посвящена истории Рима и его пятнадцати великим полководцам, охватывает период от начала Второй Пунической войны до эпохи Юстиниана, когда Западная римская империя уже перестала существовать. Спицион Африканский и Гай Марий, Помпей Великий и Цезарь, Тит и Траян, Юлиан и Велизарий... Именно под их руководством плохо обученное ополчение превратилось в те железные легионы, которые завоевали полмира. Книга будет интересна как специалистам, так и любителям истории.

Гай Юлий Цезарь - самый известный римлянин, чье имя знает каждый, - уже на протяжении нескольких столетий является героем бесчисленного множества книг, а после появления кинематографа - и кинофильмов. Он по праву считается одним из величайших полководцев всех времен, а также мудрым и дальновидным политиком, заложившим основы Римской империи, покорившей почти весь известный людям Античности мир.
Книга современного британского историка Адриана Голдсуорси, обладающего, помимо глубокого знания предмета, и несомненным литературным даром, позволит читателю погрузиться в сложный и противоречивый мир римской политической жизни I в. до н. э., понять подоплеку событий, изменивших мир, а также подлинные мотивы поступков таких политических деятелей, как Цицерон, Помпей Великий, Красс и Катон. Не были обойдены вниманием автора и многочисленные любовные похождения Цезаря, а также порочащие его репутацию слухи и их влияние на политическую карьеру будущего диктатора.
Более половины книги Адриан Голдсуорси посвятил военным кампаниям Цезаря, описанным ярко и эмоционально, с интереснейшими подробностями. Здесь и увлекательный рассказ о жестоких боях со свирепыми косматыми галлами, воинственными полуголыми германцами и размалеванными синей краской дикими бриттами, а также все перипетии ужасной гражданской войны, когда римляне бились с римлянами на полях кровавых сражений.
Эта книга является не только биографией самого Цезаря, но и, по сути дела, биографией целой эпохи, когда закладывались основы мира, в котором мы живем сегодня.

Гай Октавиан Август, создатель самого мощного государства Древнего мира… Он не щадил никого - и в первую очередь себя - ради достижения великой цели. Но как он стал "отцом отечества" - основателем великой Римской империи? В поисках ответа на это вопрос Адриан Голдсуорти привлекает самые современные находки исследователей истории Древнего Рима – свидетельства как документальные, так и археологические.

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AD 98: The bustling army base at Vindolanda lies on the northern frontier of Britannia and the entire Roman world. In just over 20 years time, the Emperor Hadrian will build his famous wall. But for now defenxes are weak as tribes rebel against Rome, and local druids preach the fiery destruction of the invaders. It falls to Flavius Ferox, Briton and Roman centurion, to keep the peace. But it will take more than just a soldier's courage to survive life in Roman Britain.

AD 100: Flavius Ferox, Briton and Roman centurion, is finding it hard to keep the peace. Based at Vindolanda – an army fort on the northern frontier of Britannia and the entire Roman world – he feels the eyes of his enemies on him at all hours.

Ambitious leaders sense a chance to carve out empires of their own. While men nearer at hand speak in whispers of war and the destruction of Rome.

And out at sea, ships of pirates and deserters restlessly wait for the time to launch their attack on the empire's land.

The love affair between Antony and Cleopatra is one of the most famous stories from the ancient world, and has been depicted in countless novels, plays and films. As one of the three men in control of the Roman Empire, Antony was perhaps the most powerful man of his day; while Cleopatra, who had already been Julius Caesar's lover, was the beautiful queen of Egypt, Rome's most important province. The clash of cultures, the power politics, and the personal passion have proven irresistable to storytellers.

But in the course of this storytelling dozens of myths have grown up. The popular image of Cleopatra in ancient Egyptian costume is a fallacy; she was actually Greek, and far better versed in Roman culture than most storytellers give her credit for. Despite her local dominance in Egypt, her real power came from her ability to forge strong personal allegiances with the most important men in Rome. Likewise, Mark Antony was not the bluff soldier of legend, brought low by his love for an exotic woman - actually he was first and foremost a politician, and never allowed Cleopatra to dictate policy to him.

In this history, based exclusively on ancient sources and archaeological evidence, Adrian Goldsworthy gives us the facts behind this famous couple. It may not be the story we expect or even wish for, but it is every bit as fascinating as the myth.

Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only the great Roman emperor’s accomplishments as charismatic orator, conquering general, and powerful dictator but also lesser-known chapters during which he was high priest of an exotic cult, captive of pirates, seducer not only of Cleopatra but also of the wives of his two main political rivals, and rebel condemned by his own country. Ultimately, Goldsworthy realizes the full complexity of Caesar’s character and shows why his political and military leadership continues to resonate some two thousand years later.

In the introduction to his biography of the great Roman emperor, Adrian Goldsworthy writes, “Caesar was at times many things, including a fugitive, prisoner, rising politician, army leader, legal advocate, rebel, dictator . . . as well as husband, father, lover and adulterer.” In this landmark biography, Goldsworthy examines Caesar as military leader, all of these roles and places his subject firmly within the context of Roman society in the first century B.C.

AD 100: Vindolanda.
A fort on the edge of the Roman World.
Flavius Ferox, Briton turned Roman centurion, is charged with keeping Rome's empire safe. But from his base at the northern frontier of Britannia, he feels enemies closing in from all sides.
Ambitious leaders await the chance to carve out empires of their own. While men nearer at hand speak in whispers of war and the destruction of Rome.
And now more sinister threats are reaching Ferox's ears. Stories about the sea-dwelling men of the night, who have cursed the land and only come ashore to feast on men's flesh.
These are just rumours for now. But Ferox knows that rumours stem from truth. And that no one on this isle is safe from the great, encircling sea...

The Eagle and The Lion is a story of the imperial rivalry between two of the greatest empires of the ancient world – how they rose and eventually fell.

The Roman empire shaped the culture of the western world against which all other great powers are compared. Stretching from the north of Britain to the Sahara, and from the Atlantic coast to the Euphrates, it imposed peace and prosperity on an unprecedented scale. However, the exception lay in the east, where the Parthian and then Persian empires ruled over great cities and the trade routes to mysterious lands beyond. This was the place Alexander the Great had swept through, creating a dream of glory and conquest which tantalised Greeks and Romans alike. Caesar, Mark Antony and a long succession of emperors longed to follow in Alexander's footsteps. All failed. Only here did the Roman empire slow down and eventually stop because it was unable to go any further.

Following seven centuries of conflict that ultimately, neither Rome nor Persia would win, The Eagle and The Lion delves into the clash, context and journeys of these entities of great power and the people caught in their wider struggle.

Fully illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an accessible introduction to Julius Caesar's Civil War.

Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great were two of the greatest generals Rome had ever produced. Together they had brought vast stretches of territory under Roman dominion. In 49 BC they turned against each other and plunged Rome into civil war. In this book, Adrian Goldsworthy relates the gripping story of this desperate power struggle. Drawing on original accounts of the war, he examines how legion was pitched against legion in a vicious battle for political domination of the vast Roman world. The armies were evenly matched, but in the end, Caesar's genius as a commander and his great good luck brought him victory in 45 BC.

Updated and revised for the new edition, with full-colour maps and 40 new images, this is a detailed introduction to one of the last conflicts in the Roman Republic before the establishment of the Roman Empire.

AD 105: Dacia
The Dacian kingdom and Rome are at peace, but no one thinks that it will last. Sent to command an isolated fort beyond the Danube, centurion Flavius Ferox can sense that war is coming, but also knows that enemies may be closer to home.
Many of the Brigantes under his command are former rebels and convicts, as likely to kill him as obey an order. And then there is Hadrian, the emperor's cousin, and a man with plans of his own...
Gritty, gripping and profoundly authentic, The Fort is the first book in a brand new trilogy set in the Roman empire from bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy.

AD 114: Nicopolis
In the arid plains beyond the empire's Eastern Frontier, a Roman legion lays siege to the city of Nicopolis.
Estranged from his beloved Enica to keep her safe, centurion Flavius Ferox is still working for the emperor's cousin, the calculating and ruthless Hadrian. Sent to uncover corruption in the army, Ferox has killed a tribune and is under suspended sentence of death - but he knows more traitors are at large.
As the siege builds, Ferox will have to figure out who can be trusted, and just what it is that Hadrian really wants...
Gritty, gripping and profoundly authentic, The City is the second book in the City of Victory trilogy, set in the Roman empire from bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy.

AD 100: Britannia.
The Edge of the Roman World.
Flavius Ferox is the hardbitten centurion charged with keeping the peace on Britannia's frontier with the barbarian tribes of the north. Now he's been summoned to Londinium by the governor, but before he sets out an imperial freedman is found brutally murdered in a latrine at Vindolanda fort - and Ferox must find the killer.
As he follows the trail, the murder leads him to plots against the empire and Rome itself, and an old foe gathering mysterious artefacts in the hope of working a great magic. Bandits, soldiers, and gladiators alike are trying to kill him, old friends turn traitor, and Ferox is lured reluctantly to the sinister haunts of the old druids on the isle of Mona, and the bitter power struggle among the Brigantes, the great tribe of the north...

This definitive biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the story of two rulers who gripped the world - and their rise and fall from power.

Alexander the Great's conquests staggered the world. He led his army across thousands of miles, overthrowing the greatest empires of his time and building a new one in their place. He claimed to be the son of a god, but he was actually the son of Philip II of Macedon.

Philip inherited a minor kingdom that was on the verge of dismemberment, but despite his youth and inexperience, he made Macedonia dominant throughout Greece. It was Philip who created the armies that Alexander led into war against Persia. In Philip and Alexander, classical historian Adrian Goldsworthy shows that without the work and influence of his father, Alexander could not have achieved so much. This is the groundbreaking biography of two men who together conquered the world.

The story of how Augustus rose from an obscure teenager to become Rome's first and greatest emperor.
Caesar Augustus schemed and fought his way to absolute power. He became Rome's first emperor and ruled for forty-four years before dying peacefully in his bed. The system he created would endure for centuries.
Yet, despite his exceptional success, he is a difficult man to pin down, and far less well-known than his great-uncle, Julius Caesar. His story is not always edifying: he murdered his opponents, exiled his daughter when she failed to conform and freely made and broke alliances as he climbed ever higher. However, the peace and stability he fostered were real, and under his rule the empire prospered. Adrian Goldsworthy examines the ancient sources to understand the man and his times.

Гай Октавиан Август, создатель самого мощного государства Древнего мира…
Он не щадил никого – и в первую очередь себя – ради достижения великой цели.
Но как он стал «отцом отечества» – основателем великой Римской империи?
В поисках ответа на это вопрос Адриан Голдсуорти привлекает самые современные находки исследователей истории Древнего Рима – свидетельства как документальные, так и археологические.