HISTORIA ANTIGUA DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA

Las guerras púnicas abren este segundo volumen, en el que se describe el imparable avance de la dominación romana hasta las fronteras naturales de Italia, primero, y luego mucho más allá, desde la unión de los Estados itálicos hasta la sumisión de Cartago y de Grecia. Mommsen no se limita a la narración cronológica de los hechos militares: su objetivo es la reconstrucción sistemática de la civilización romana, tanto la explicación de su formidable expansión territorial como también el análisis de las relaciones entre gobernantes y gobernados, las características del sistema...

A beautiful slipcase holds three volumes on the history of Bogota, making this resource an indispensable and fascinating documentary of Colombia's capital. The first two volumes that cover the conquest, colonialism, and the 19th century have been updated with fresh designs, while a completely new third volume covers the 20th century and includes the history of Bogota's expansion, the development of services and institutions, and the achievements and failures of more recent times. This lovely collection constitutes a legacy of obligatory reading for both its current and future inhabitants....

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

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