• The historiography of Rome and its empire series / Carsten Hjort Lange & Jesper Majbom Madsen
• La fiabilité de zonaras dans les deux premières décades de l'histoire romaine de Cassius Dion: le cas des discours / Valérie Fromentin
• Cassio Dione e le fonti pre-liviane: una versione alternativa dei primi secoli di Roma / Gianpaolo Urso
• The regal period in the Excerpta Constantiniana and in some early Byzantine extracts from Dio's Roman history / Chris Mallan
• From nobles to villains: the story of the Republican Senate in Cassius Dio's Roman history / Jesper Majbom Madsen
• The "great men" of the middle republic in Cassius Dio's Roman history / Marianne Coudry
• Cassius Dio on violence, stasis, and civil war: the early years / Carsten Hjort Lange
• Breaking the idealistic paradigm: competition in Dio's earlier republic / Mads Lindholmer
• Speech in Cassius Dio's Roman history, books 1-35 / John Rich
• Cultural interactions and identities in Cassius Dio's early books / Brandon Jones
• Defining the good ruler: early kings as proto-imperial figures in Cassius Dio / Verena Schulz.

"Brill's Historiography of Rome and Its Empire Series aims to gather innovative and outstanding contributions in order to identity debates and trends, and in order to help provide a better understanding of ancient historiography, as well as how to approach Roman history and historiography"-- Provided by publisher.

• Acknowledgements Figures Table of the Medici Dynasty
• Introduction and Global Perspective of Animal Collecting and Menageries
• Part 1: Cultural Uses of Animals at the Medici Court 1Zoological Collecting at the Medici Court: Practices of Exchange and Processes of Procurement 2Menageries and aviaries in Medicean Florence 3The Sport of the Chase: "Exotic Hunts" at the Medici Court 4Spectacles of Slaughter and Courtly Pageants: Exotic Beasts as Symbols of Power and Colonial Ambitions
• Part 2: Exotic Animals in the Art of the Medici Court 5Animal Imagery in the service of Political Imaging 6Medici Patronage and Early Modern Naturalism: Tensions between Scientific and Decorative Naturalism 7The Ambrogiana Series of Animal Paintings Conclusion
• Appendices 1Medici Archive Project Database of Documents Relating to "exotic and unusual" Animals 2Transcribed Extract from Vincenzio Follini and Modesto Rastrelli, Firenze antica e moderna illustrata-Describing the Serraglio de leoni near San Marco, in Florence 3Transcribed Extract from Cesare Agolanti's La Descrizione di Pratolino del Ser.mo Gran Duca di Toscana Poeticamente Descritto da M. Cesare Agolanti Fiorentino 4Transcribed extract from Gateano Cambiagi's Descrizione dell' Imperiale Giardino di Boboli-Describing the Serraglio degli animali rari
• Bibliography.
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The book examines the roles that rare and exotic animals played in the cultural self-fashioning and the political imaging of the Medici court during the family's reign, first as Dukes of Florence (1532-1569) and subsequently as Grand Dukes of Tuscany (1569-1737). The book opens with an examination of global practices in zoological collecting and cultural uses of animals. The Medici's activities as collectors of exotic species, the menageries they established and their deployment of animals in the ceremonial life of the court and in their art are examined in relation to this wider global perspective. The book seeks to nuance the myth promoted by the Medici themselves that theirs was the most successful princely serraglio in early modern Europe.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9789004368989 20181203

• The Italian Peninsula in the late eighteenth century
• Birth of a national idea: 1796-1850
• A perfect storm: Italian unification, 1850-1871
• The creation of the liberal state: 1871-1887
• Liberal Italy under siege: 1887-1900
• Liberal Italy's golden age: 1901-1914
• The Great War and the crisis of liberal Italy, 1914-1920
• The rise and triumph of fascism: 1921-1925
• Forging the fascist totalitarian regime: 1925-1935
• Fascism on the war path: 1934-1940
• From fascist dictatorship to democratic republic: 1940-1948
• Italy transformed: 1948-1970
• Italy adrift: 1972-1991
• An elusive transition: Italy since 1992.

• Introduction: charting the history of the equestrian order
• Riding for Rome
• Cicero's equestrian order
• Questions of status
• Pathways to the principate
• An imperial order
• Cursus and vita (I): officers
• Cursus and vita (II): administrators
• Ceremonies and consensus
• Spectators and performers
• Religion and the Res Publica
• Governors and generals
• The last Equites Romani.

"This book is an institutional and social history of the equestrian order (ordo equester) in the Roman world. It charts the history of the equestrians (equites) in their various guises from the eighth century BC to the fifth century AD. We begin with the mounted aristocracy of the Regal period and the cavalry of the early Republic, as the Romans regarded as these warriors as the ancestors of the later equestrian order. The order itself only emerged as a constituent status group within the Roman state (res publica), distinct from both the senate and the plebs, in the late second century BC. Membership of the equestrian order in the Republican period included tax-collectors, businessmen, jurors, and military officers. The equites Romani were distinguished by their own status symbols, such as gold rings and the tunic with a narrow stripe, ceremonies with religious and political meaning, and privileges such as front-row seats of the theatre. In the age of the emperors, the ranks of the equites included governors, financial administrators and other officials, as Augustus and his successors gave them an important role in the management of the res publica alongside senators"-- Provided by publisher.

• List of illustrations
• Acknowledgements
• List of abbreviations
• List of Maps
• Chronology
• 1 Opinion and Source
• 2 The Stage is Set
• 3 A Child of Two Courts
• 4 Young Lion of the West
• 5 Crisis in North Africa
• 6 Restoration and Manipulation
• 7 Pro Patria
• 8 The Emperor and his Church
• 9 A Kind of Peace
• Glossary of ancient terms
• General bibliography
• Index.
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Honorius explores the personal life and tumultuous times of one of the last emperors of the Roman West. From his accession to the throne aged ten to his death at thirty-eight, Honorius' reign was blighted by a myriad of crises: military rebellions, political conspiracies, barbarian invasions, and sectarian controversies. The notorious sack of the city of Rome occurred on Honorius' watch, and much of the western empire was given over to anarchy and violence. This book should interest undergraduates, research students, and professional scholars. Given the enduring appeal of the fall of Rome and the collapse of western Roman civilization, the wider public should also find much of interest.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781138190887 20181119

• 1. Introduction: Italian Politics in an Era of Recession: The End of Bipolarism? Martin J. Bull and Gianfranco Pasquino
• 2. In the Eye of the Storm: The Italian Economy and the Eurozone Crisis Martin J. Bull
• 3. The Italian Welfare State in the Crisis: Learning to Adjust? Stefano Sacchi
• 4. After and Beyond Amoral Familism: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Social Capital Italian-style Raimondo Catanzaro
• 5. Trade Unions and Employment Relations in Italy during the Economic Crisis Ida Regalia and Marino Regini
• 6. Electoral Reform as an Engine of Party System Change in Italy Marta Regalia
• 7. Protest in Italy in Times of Crisis: A Cross-Government Comparison Massimiliano Andretta
• 8. Italian Migration Policies in Times of Crisis: The Policy Gap Reconsidered Tiziana Caponio and Teresa M. Cappiali
• 9. The Disappearance of Political Cultures in Italy Gianfranco Pasquino
• 10. Voters without a Party: The `Long Decade' of the Italian Centre-Right and its Uncertain Future Marco Tarchi
• 11. The Italian Five Star Movement during the Crisis: Towards Normalisation? Filippo Tronconi
• 12. The Italian Democratic Party from Merger to Personalism Sofia Ventura.
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The decade commencing with the great crash of 2008 was a watershed period for Italian politics, involving fundamental and dramatic changes, many of which had not been anticipated and which are charted in this book. This comprehensive volume covers the impact of the Eurozone crisis on the Italian economy and its relationship with the European Union, the dramatic changes in the political parties (and particularly the rise of a new political force, the Five Star Movement, which became the largest political party in 2013), the changing role of the Trade Unions in the lives of Italian citizens, the Italian migration crisis, electoral reforms and their impact on the Italian party system (where trends towards bipolarisation appear to be exhausted), the rise of new forms of social protest, changes to political culture and social capital and, finally, amidst the crisis, reforms to the welfare state. Overall, the authors reveal a country, which many had assumed was in quiet transition towards a more stable democracy, that suffers an immense shock from the Eurozone crisis and bringing to the fore deep-rooted structural problems which have changed the dynamics of its politics, as confirmed in the outcome to the 2018 National Elections. This book was originally published as a special issue of South European Society and Politics.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781138393721 20190204

• Part 1: Constructions of Whiteness from Unification to Fascism.-
• 1. Race, gender and the early colonial imaginary.-
• 2. Race, gender and the fascist colonial imaginary.-
• Part 2: Race and Gender in Italians' Post-fascist Cinematic Imaginary.-
• 3. Black Venuses between colonial memory and global horizons.- Part 3:Visualisation of Race, Visibilisation of Bodies and Concealment of Racism in Italian television, 1980s-2010s.-
• 4. Visualising race in Italian public and private television in the 1980s-2010s.-
• 5. Silent and exoticised, criminal or victim: the new racial paradigm.-
• 6. Conclusions.
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This book explores intersectional constructions of race and whiteness in modern and contemporary Italy. It contributes to transnational and interdisciplinary reflections on these issues through an analysis of political debates and social practices, focusing in particular on visual materials from the unification of Italy (1861) to the present day. Giuliani draws attention to rearticulations of the transnationally constructed Italian `colonial archive' in Italian racialised identity-politics and cultural racisms across processes of nation building, emigration, colonial expansion, and the construction of the first post-fascist Italian society. The author considers the `figures of race' peopling the Italian colonial archive as composing past and present ideas and representations of (white) Italianness and racialised/gendered Otherness. Students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including Italian studies, political philosophy, sociology, history, visual and cultural studies, race and whiteness studies and gender studies, will find this book of interest.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781137509154 20180723

In this rich history of Italy's Tiber River, Bruce Ware Allen charts the main currents, mythic headwaters, and hidden tributaries of one of the world's most storied waterways. He considers life along the river, from its twin springs high in the Apennines all the way to its mouth at Ostia, and describes the people who lived along its banks and how they made the Tiber work for them. The Tiber has served as the realm of protomythic creatures and gods, a battleground for armies and navies, a livelihood for boatmen and fishermen, the subject matter for poets and painters, and the final resting place for criminals and martyrs. Tiber: Eternal River of Rome is a highly readable history and a go-to resource for information about Italy's most storied river.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781512600377 20190211

• Trajan avant Trajan
• Les origines familiales de Trajan
• Traianus, le père de Trajan
• La vie et la carrière de Trajan jusqu'en 89
• Trajan sous Domitien et Nerva
• Trajan : l'administrateur
• L'accession au pouvoir de Trajan
• Les rouages de l'Empire
• L'administration de Trajan
• La politique sociale de Trajan
• L'idéologie politico-morale et religieuse de Trajan
• Les finances sous Trajan
• La politique juridique de Trajan
• Trajan : le chef de guerre
• Les guerres daciques
• La conquête de l'Arabie
• La guerre contre les Parthes
• Mort et succession de Trajan.

"Deuxième empereur de la dynastie des Antonins, Trajan fut maintes fois qualifié d'optimus princeps tant par le Sénat que par le peuple de Rome. Mais ce fils de soldat, né en 53 et qui régna de 98 à 117, fut-il vraiment le "meilleur empereur" que les Romains aient connu ? Indéniablement, il fut le restaurateur de l'idéal augustéen construit autour d'une autocratie éclairée, respectant le Sénat et accordant de l'importance à la libertas individuelle. Conduisant de surcroît une politique d'aide sociale destinée en premier lieu aux enfants pauvres et aux agriculteurs peu aisés, il améliora les conditions de vie des plus démunis. Administrateur efficace, dévoué au bien public, il entreprit en outre de grands travaux, fit rénover et agrandir le système d'approvisionnement en eau et bâtir le plus monumental des forums, qui porte encore son nom. Cet homme d'État admiré par Machiavel fut enfin un redoutable chef de guerre, qui eut à coeur non seulement de renforcer le limes le long du Rhin, mais encore de mener une politique de conquêtes volontariste : la Dacie - et ses riches mines d'or -, l'Arabie Pétrée, l'Arménie, l'Assyrie et la Mésopotamie tombèrent ainsi dans les rets romains, portant l'Empire à son apogée. Il fallait à cet empereur d'exception un historien de la qualité de Christophe Burgeon pour en restituer la pleine dimension."--Page 4 of cover.

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Historians: Their Lives and Works
• 3. Sources
• 4. Narrative Communities and Strategies
• 5. The Impact of Romance
• 6. Visual Evidence
• 7. Case Studies
• 8. Constructing Grand Narratives: The Black Legend of the Angevins
• 9. Medieval to Renaissance: The Historiographical Question
• 10. Conclusions.
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This volume traces the work of trecento historians of the Mezzogiorno, analyzing it through current methodological and theoretical frameworks. Questioning the current consensus, the book examines how the South as a cultural "other" began evolving over the fourteenth century, and reconsiders the nineteenth-century "Southern Question" concerning the Mezzogiorno's history, culture and people and its lingering negative image in Europe and America. It also focuses on specific histories, authors and historiographical issues, and reviews how new understandings of the Mediterranean have begun to alter our perceptions of the South in a new global context and as the basis for new historical research.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781138702516 20190204