Gaio Mario
A man devoted to war, with an impetuous and willful character, and unbridled ambition, a casual and lucky author of actions for and against Rome.
Sangue chiama sangue
A book on political history covering Late Republican Rome, with particular reference to the years from 109 to 78 BC
Al tempo dei Ramessidi. Stato faraonico e civiltà del bronzo
A historical and archeological overview on the relationships between Pharaonic Egypt, and the Aegean-Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean kingdoms and empires during the Second Millennium BC.
Sovrani predinastici egizi
An archaeological summary of the Egyptian Neolithic and the archaeological adventure that led to the sensational discovery of Predynastic Egypt.
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Immerse yourself in the life and events of political organisations, social formations and the individuals who made history!Based upon rigorous historical research, my goal is to offer a lively and clear writing while referencing the larger historical environment. My work is not limited to describing dates and events regarding politics, war, the economy, society and culture but it looks into the private lives of the protagonists and the supporting characters.
These books are available in print, and are also published in digital versions and as e-books, in Italy and abroad, in Italian and English.
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Violence in the Forum Factional Struggles in Ancient Rome (133-78 BC)
'The entry of daggers into the Forum' is an expression that identifies two precise historical moments: when two tribunes of the plebs, brothers Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Caius Sempronius Gracchus, were murdered in Rome in 133 and 122 BC amid bloody riots.
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Knossos, Mycenae, Troy. The Enchanting Bronze Age and its Tumultuous Climax
This work puts a particular emphasis on the mixing and osmosis of the first Mediterranean civilizations, with particular reference to the Minoan, Cycladic, Mycenaean, and Trojan, and on the causes of their decline, which are probably to be identified in a jumble of natural and human causes, and in a long-lasting, slow crisis, but irreversible.
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Before Augustus. The Collapse of the Roman Empire
At the beginning of the “Gracchan” period (133-121 BC) the public life of the Roman Republic (509-27 BC) started to dramatically decline due to new changes which created political instability. The roman people split between the Optimates and the Populists and from that point, faction fighting and civil war became incessant and were intertwined with foreign wars.
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Roman Aquileia. The Impenetrable City-Fortress, a Sentry of the Alps
This book shows how a military colony became a large, impressive and prosperous city. Legendary for its walls and port, it was able to play a basic role in the great strategy of ancient Rome between the Po and the Danube, spanning the centuries from its foundation (181 BC) to the fateful days of blood and violence of its fall (AD 452).
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Roma dopo Silla. Una storia in quindici vite.
This book gives an overview of the great collective history of the late-Roman Republic, with reference to the period that spans between the Age of Gracchi (133-121 BC) to the death of Sulla (78 AD). This is a key period for the understanding of the following developments that led to the fall of the Roman Republic and the transition to the Principate, and the Roman Empire.
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Roma contro i Germani. La guerra Cimbrica 113 - 101 a.c.
Eight-hundred thousand men, women and children, were forced to leave their home land due to a natural disaster, entire families, an entire population traveled by foot, horse and carts in search of a new land. Were they a people on a journey? Not exactly. Three-hundred thousand migrants brought weapons. Among the other tribes were the Cimbri, the most ferocious and ruthless germanic tribe.
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Rome's sicilian slave wars
This text pertains to the major slave uprisings in Sicily that were violently repressed by Roman Legions and which took place across most of the island a few decades before the Spartacus Revolt (73-71 BC). These rebellions led to the foundation of Hellenistic kingdom with Syrian influence, within the Roman province of Sicily.
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I Gracchi. Quando la politica finisce in tragedia.
The "Graccan age" (133-121 BC) was brief, but recorded a profound change in the public life of Rome, with reference to the construction of consensus, the conception of power relations, the use and distribution of wealth.
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Gaio Mario
"Caius Mario: The origins of the crisis in Rome" gives an account of the stature and historical importance of a key person in the late Roman Republic: a man devoted to war, with an impetuous and willful character, and unbridled ambition, a casual and lucky author of actions for and against Rome.
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Sangue chiama sangue. Terrore e atrocità nella Roma di Mario e Silla.
A book on the political history of late-republican Rome, with particular reference to the years of Mario and Silla.
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Corruption in Ancient Rome
After introducing the reader to the human, cultural and political environment of Rome at the end of the Late Republic and at the beginning of the Principality, the e-book develops the theme of corruption in several respects.
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Other books by Natale Barca
Impatti che uccidono. Ipotesi sul collasso di una civiltà.
A search into the real causes of the Sumerian-Akkadian civilization collapse which occurred around 2000 BC.
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Prima delle piramidi. Alle origini della Civiltà Egizia.
A survey of the eastern Saharan people in recent prehistory, with particular reference to the Nile Valley.
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Al tempo dei Ramessidi. Stato Faraonico e civiltà del Bronzo.
A historical and archeological overview on the relationships between Pharaonic Egypt, and the Aegean-Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean kingdoms and empires during the Second Millennium BC.
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Sovrani predinastici egizi
An archaeological summary of the Egyptian Neolithic and the archaeological adventure that led to the sensational discovery of Predynastic Egypt.
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La Notte dei Tempi. Prima dell'Uomo. L'Uomo primitivo
A journey through Prehistory, from its beginnings to the Upper Palaeolithic.
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