Myth and History in the Historiography of Early Rome

Myth and History in the Historiography of Early RomeThe histories of early Rome written in antiquity by the likes of Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus include many sensational stories, from the she wolf suckling the twins to the miraculous conception of Servius Tullius and the epiphany of the Dioscuri at Lake Regillus. Even the more sober parts of the narrative are of dubious historicity, and certainly include a good deal of rhetorical invention, aetiologies and folktales. The essays composing this

Will I See illuminates the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women

hemophilia is a genetic disease whose sufferers had little recourse until the mid-twentieth century

legt ihre geheimen Kontakte zur europäischen Diplomatie offen

dass sie in der Regel einen kleinen Schritt über den behandelten Stoff hinausführen

The author’s autistic son inspired her to write this book

A dramatization in blank verse of the central situation in Bulwer's Last Days of Pompeii

In four field studies in different parts of the country

Bedeuten und Verstehen

dass es dabei schon immer um mehr als nur Spionage ging

Using previously untapped company archives

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Im Reich ist es die Zeit des Umbruchs von der für die kaiserliche Seite siegreichen ersten Phase des langjährigen Krieges hin zu den katastrophalen Niederlagen nach der Landung der Schweden in Pommern und der Entlassung Wallensteins auf dem Regensburger Kurfürstentag von 1630