Titoli in Antica

Сильнейшее землетрясение разрушило большую часть Спарты и повлекло за собой восстание рабов-илотов. Правителям государства, оказавшегося на грани гибели, ничего не оставалось, как обратиться за помощью к союзникам. Но когда из Афин прибыл большой вооруженный обоз, спартанцы поставили званых гостей перед выбором: или немедленно отправиться назад, или погибнуть в неравном бою.

From the author of Medusa comes a beautiful and emotional story featuring a selkie: a mythological creature who can turn from a seal into a human. Seven years ago, Quinn finally dared to transform from a seal into a human and took her first steps on land. As a selkie, she is both a daughter of...

Одержав победу в Галлии, Юлий Цезарь ведет свои закаленные в боях легионы через реку Рубикон. Великий стратег Помпей застигнут врасплох и вынужден покинуть город. Армиям Рима предстоит столкнуться друг с другом в гражданской войне под предводительством двух величайших полководцев из всех, когда-либо ходивших по семи холмам.

Юлий Цезарь и Марк Брут возвращаются из римских колоний в Испании, чтобы бросить вызов могущественным сенаторам и стать консулами Рима. Но имперские воззрения Цезаря, безудержное стремление к лидерству и грандиозные амбиции неумолимо отдаляют его от друга. Перед ними — Рубикон, перейти который означает бросить вызов самому Риму. А еще им предстоит решить, пойдут ли они дальше вместе, или пришло время каждому выбрать собственный путь?

Ventisei generazioni fa, nel territorio compreso tra Genova e Lavagna, Ulisse e i suoi amici imparano ad amare il mare con tutto ciò che produce e trasporta, tesoro incommensurabile di memoria e vita.

На смену миру богов пришел мир людей. И хотя боги остались только в легендах и мифах, они все еще способны чему-то научить — и от чего-то предостеречь. В священном храме Аполлона греки от имени своих городов и царств поклялись стоять, как один, в мире и войне. Настало время прийти герою. Тому, кто понимает: чтобы выиграть войну, необходимо сначала выиграть мир.

Древний Рим, середина I века до нашей эры. Марк Туллий Цицерон в воспитательных целях отправляет своего семнадцатилетнего сына на поиски мантикоры, вестницы катаклизмов, которая якобы вышла из земных недр в провинции Проконсульская Африка. Но в африканской пустыне Марк Туллий Младший и его спутники — поклоняющаяся богине Земли воительница, молодой незадачливый пастух, охотники-пунийцы и раб, пропагандист революционных идей, — обнаруживают, что из недр явились существа гораздо страшнее и у них весьма амбициозные планы...

Gran conocedora del mundo antiguo, Natalie Haynes lleva años acercando en sus novelas los mitos clásicos a cientos de miles de personas desde una perspectiva contemporánea. Esta vez le toca el turno a Medusa, la única mortal en una familia de dioses, la Gorgona con serpientes en lugar de pelo cuya mirada podía convertir en piedra a un ser vivo y que sería decapitada por Perseo. Así es como la leyenda nos ha llegado hasta hoy, pero ¿qué pasaría, se pregunta Haynes, si todo lo que se ha dicho hasta ahora sobre ella estuviera equivocado?

Wall of Hadrian, Britannia, AD 367. Tribune Sixtus Victorinus is scouting north of the Wall when he first sees the smoke. Riding south he finds a province in chaos, the local populace in flight, the soldiers absent. Britannia is ablaze, overrun with barbarians and Valentia is the word on everyone’s lips. But no one seems to have the first clue what it means... Victorinus may have let his life run to ruin and drunk his youth away, but now he must forge himself into the soldier he always wanted to be, the hero his children think he is.

Orphan Jace Kasia might have found a home in the green hills and golden valleys of the Insubri. But several things prevented him from relishing his new life. He didn't know his name, he couldn't recollect his training, and he lived like a dog on a farm outside a border town. Although the Carthaginian General had departed for Africa, the defensive profile of the Legions needed to contain Hannibal continued to linger like a bad odor. Like other nations forced into agreements, the tribes sought to break treaties and unharness from the tack and yoke of Rome.

Gavriel, a soldier in the elite company of Yonatan—son of King Saul—dreams of forging his destiny through crafting weapons with his own hands. Despite earning his place among Israel's finest, he is haunted by a dark past that no distraction can dispel. When his reckless behavior crosses a line, Yonatan gives him one last mission to prove his worth: help persuade a distant Kenite tribe to sever their ties with the Amalekites.

Fulvia is the daughter of a wealthy but unimportant Roman family. Raised in the countryside, she longs for a life of intrigue and influence. When her father dies and her inheritance is threatened, Fulvia makes her way to the city of Rome to secure her future. There she marries a young aristocrat named Clodius, who is more interested in partying with his hedonistic friends than politics. Fulvia is drawn into their world of debauchery, and learns just how precarious the balance of power in the Republic is.

In a land veiled by mists and steeped in history, The Hollow Vale weaves a haunting tale of fate, sacrifice, and the indelible pull of memory. Velden Nan-once Eadgifu-heeds the call of the Wyrd, leaving behind her daughter, Ethelwyn, and the familiar rhythms of life in Elderglen. Under the shadow of the Thorn Tree, where ancient roots coil around secrets long buried, the Spiral turns, binding past, present, and future in unyielding threads.

Everybody starts at the bottom when they change careers. Alerio Sisera understood the concept. He even recognized the difference between being a military man who lived by the gladius and a politician who used a pen to craft agreements. But the theory went to Hades when a series of brutal robberies required Lictor Sisera to investigate the crimes. Bringing fresh eyes to the scenes, a different perspective to the questioning, and postulating a hypothesis ended when blades were drawn.

يتناول المحقق لهذا العمل مخطوطة نادرة تحت عنوان "رسالة الأعضاء للعلامة ابن النفيس" التي يطرح خلالها كافة الأعضاء البشرية ودورها ووظائفها من خلال نظريتە «النظرية...

Rome, 58 AD. Aemilius Valerius is on the up and up. His reputation has been rehabilitated, he has established a fledgling career, and he has new friends in very powerful places. When one of those new friends, the poet Lucan, is attacked, Valerius is given an offer he can’t refuse: find the culprits before they strike again. But when every man in Lucan’s circle of poets and playwrights and artists is potentially a suspect, each one of them competing for the emperor’s favor, how is Valerius supposed to tell the difference between petty jealousy and murderous rage?

150 AD. Alaric, once lord of the Ravensworn is no longer feared nor revered. It has been six long years since his great defeat. He now lives life in the shadows. All hopes of glory and eternal rest in the Heroes Hall are gone. Alaric is alone. An outlaw to his land. When a band of horsemen appear on the horizon, eager to recruit the man they still believe to be a lord of war. And so Alaric is pulled back to a life he thought had forsaken him. For in the far north of Germania lies a tribe in desperate need of aid.

Im Jahre 303 hat sich die Lage für die Christen im Römischen Reich zugespitzt. Vor Verfolgung müssen Aurelia und ihre Mutter aus der östlichen Hauptstadt Nikomedia fliehen. Aurelia nimmt zu ihrem Schutz den Namen Katharina an. Per Schiff gelingt ihre Flucht nach Zypern. Dort werden Katharina und ihre Mutter nicht nur von Verwandten aufgenommen. Katharina lernt dort auch König Kostus kennen und gewinnt durch Schönheit, Charme, Bildung und geschickte Umgangsformen seine Gunst.

In the western hinterland of Roman Britannia, Meddi, the seeress of the Eorlingas tribe, can only obtain vengeance when her husband’s dead and her ancestral villa returned to her. With her brother, Madog, as leader, they unite and stand strong against those who seek the riches of their villa. They must harness the power of the lost magiks of iron to make weapons to mercilessly oppose those who seek to challenge and fight to rule.

Siglo VI a. C. Antigua China. Una gran guerra se avecina; la vieja dinastía de los Zhou se ha desmoronado, y varios de sus antiguos estados vasallos pugnan por hacerse con el control. El poderoso rey Hëlu solicita la ayuda de un joven general que deslumbra por su audaz visión de las tácticas bélicas. Sus ideas arriesgadas, a veces incluso excéntricas, consiguen desconcertar a los enemigos y llevar a los suyos hacia una sorprendente victoria. Esta novela aborda la vida de un héroe tan célebre como misterioso al tiempo que nos invita a viajar a una época y un país remotos.