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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Poison King : The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy (2009)di Adrienne Mayor
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This is a 3.5 for me. A fascinating and engaging account of one of the most colourful non-Roman personalities of the last century BC, which is extensively researched and draws together a massive range of different sources and subject areas. Ultimately though, I feel like Mayor did not manage to prove her thesis that Mithradates was Rome's deadliest enemy, and there was a lot of hero build up and mythologisation which eventually only demonstrated that his greatness was more illusory than concrete. The fascinating nature of Mithradates' life and times though is indubitable, and Mayor's multifaceted approach to his character was certainly engaging, even if somewhat historically fantastical. ( ) The slightly chintzy title belies a noteworthy and rare biography of Mithradates, one of the principal enemies of Rome during the late Republic. A somewhat academic feeling book at first, it nonetheless recounts the remarkable story of the man who won a series of spectacular battles against Rome (and many crushing defeats). The book is interesting both for depicting the remarkable life of Mithradates (who tried to make himself immune to various poisons by consuming small doses of them) and as a another window into the disfunction of the late Roman Republic and the cultural divide between what would (much later) become the East and West Empires. As the author is quick to point out, the actual source material for the book is spotty, leaving much of the story up to inference and interpretation. While the author at times may take some apocryphal history a tad too literally, all in all, it was a good read for a fan of Roman history. Mithradates'i okudum. Bugüne kadar okuduğum en iyi biyografi kitabıydı diyebilirim. Batılı bir yazar tarafından yazılmasına rağmen oldukça tarafsız bir şekilde kaleme alınmış ve anlatılması gereken her şey anlatılmış. Kitabı okumadan önce Mithradates'in hayatını genel hatlarıyla bilsemde sevdiğim veya saygı duyduğum bir kişi değildi. Fakat kitabı okuduktan sonra Mithradates'e büyük saygı duydum, Büyük İskender'den aşağı kalmayacak bir hayat yaşamış. Anadolu'nun gelmiş geçmiş en büyük hükümdarlarından birisi olan Mithradates'in hayatını okumayı, tarihe çok fazla ilginiz olmasa bile tavsiye ederim. This is an excellent book with fascinating facts that help you understand the life and times of Mithradates. I enjoyed the biography and learned alot about the history of Rome and the surrounding areas. I found myself feeling the struggle of Mithradates and felt for his losses and admired his persistence. I strongly recommend this book.
"I read this biography as a layperson, not a scholar, but I can say without reservation that it's a wonderful reading experience, as bracing as a tonic, the perfect holiday gift for adventure-loving men and women." Appartiene alle Collane EditorialiPremi e riconoscimenti
Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against poison. His life inspired Mozart's first opera, while for centuries poets and playwrights recited bloody, romantic tales of his victories, defeats, intrigues, concubines, and mysterious death. But until now no modern historian has recounted the full story of Mithradates, the ruthless king and visionary rebel who challenged the power of Rome in the first century BC. In this richly illustrated book--the first biography of Mithradates in fifty years--Adrienne Mayor combines a storyteller's gifts with the most recent archaeological and scientific discoveries to tell the tale of Mithradates as it has never been told before. The Poison King describes a life brimming with spectacle and excitement. Claiming Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia as ancestors, Mithradates inherited a wealthy Black Sea kingdom at age fourteen after his mother poisoned his father. He fled into exile and returned in triumph to become a ruler of superb intelligence and fierce ambition. Hailed as a savior by his followers and feared as a second Hannibal by his enemies, he envisioned a grand Eastern empire to rival Rome. After massacring eighty thousand Roman citizens in 88 BC, he seized Greece and modern-day Turkey. Fighting some of the most spectacular battles in ancient history, he dragged Rome into a long round of wars and threatened to invade Italy itself. His uncanny ability to elude capture and surge back after devastating losses unnerved the Romans, while his mastery of poisons allowed him to foil assassination attempts and eliminate rivals. The Poison King is a gripping account of one of Rome's most relentless but least understood foes.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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