Emperor Severus is on his deathbed. His sons Geta & Caracalla, feuding in Britannia, are readying for a devastating power struggle.

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Roman scout Silus is deep behind enemy lines in Caledonia. As he spies on a raiding party, he is abruptly discovered by an enemy

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In 27 BC Octavian was proclaimed emperor by the Roman Senate & given the title ' Augustus'. He ruled over an Empire that embraced the territories of 25 some modern countries & had more than 50 million subjects. Its provinces stretched from Hadrian's Wall in the North to Egypt in the South, & from Portugal in the West to Syria in the East. Emperors of Rome charts the 500 years that followed the triumph of Augustus, during which Rome reached heights of economic prosperity & cultural achievement, but also plumbed depths of anarchy, cruelty & chaos. It profiles the greatest & most notorious of the emperors
- the autocratic Augustus, the feeble Claudius, the vicious Nero, the beneficent Marcus Aurelius, the maniac Commodus. But these colourful accounts of the Emperors are just part of a wider narrative charting the vicissitudes & ultimate decline of the Roman polity. All of the key events of Roman imperial history are described here, from the Golden Age of Augustus to the destruction of Pompeii, from the reorganization of the Empire under Diocletian in 284 to the division of the Empire into Eastern & Western halves in 395, & from Constantine's Edict of Milan of 313 to the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410.
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Recreates the excitement, brutality & adventure of the British Empire. This book is a major reinterpretation of the British Empire as one of the world's modernising forces. It shows how the British Empire in the 19th Century spearheaded real globalisation with steampower, telegraphs, guns, engineers, missionaries & millions of settlers. ...

Empire' marks the return of Kasabian, the indie-electronica fusionists who became the heroes of 2004 with their self-titled debut album. Empire is their second album & sees them combining their vocal style & swagger with some stomping glam-rock sounds. This book features all the songs on the album arranged for voice with guitar tabulature. ...

Although the great historic imperial systems have collapsed during the past, their legacies shape almost every aspect of life on a global scale. What has replaced the old territorial empires in world politics? Do the United States & its allies
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The influence of the British Empire is everywhere, from the very existence of the United Kingdom to the ethnic composition of our cities. This title describes the selection process for colonial officers, the importance of sport, the sweating domestic life of the colonial officer's wife & the crazed end for General Gordon of Khartoum. ...

This text identifies a radical shift in concepts that form the philosophical basis of modern politics, concepts such as sovereignty, nation & people
- & links this philosophical transformation to cultural & economic changes in postmodern society.
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Fresh from their victory in Germania, Marcus Aquila & the Tungrians have been sent to Dacia, on the north-eastern edge of the Roman Empire, with the mission to safeguard a major source of imperial power. The mines of Alburnus Major contain enough gold to pave the road to Rome. They would make a mighty prize for the marauding Sarmatae tribesmen who threaten the province, & the outnumbered auxiliaries are entrusted with their safety in the face of a barbarian invasion. Beset by both the Sarmatian horde & more subtle threats offered by men who should be their comrades, the Tungrians must also come to terms with the danger posed by a new & unexpected enemy. They will have to fight to the death to save the honour of the empire
- & their own skins.
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Ants have been walking the Earth since the age of the dinosaurs. Today there are one million ants for every one of us.



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