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UNINA9910780862103321 |
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Autore |
Mayor Adrienne <1946-> |
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The poison king [[electronic resource] ] : the life and legend of Mithridates, Rome's deadliest enemy / / Adrienne Mayor |
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
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1-282-60820-7 |
9786612608209 |
1-4008-3342-6 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (479 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Poisoning - Political aspects - Rome - History |
Pontus Kings and rulers Biography |
Pontus History |
Rome History Mithridatic Wars, 88-63 B.C |
Mediterranean Region History, Military |
Black Sea Region History, Military |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Dramatis Personae -- Time Line -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Kill Them All, and Let the Gods Sort Them Out -- 2. A Savior Is Born in a Castle by the Sea -- 3. Education of a Young Hero -- 4. The Lost Boys -- 5. Return of the King -- 6. Storm Clouds -- 7. Victory -- 8. Terror -- 9. Battle for Greece -- 10. Killers' Kiss -- 11. Living Like a King -- 12. Falling Star -- 13. Renegade Kings -- 14. End Game -- 15. In the Tower -- Appendix One: Mythic Hero or Deviant Personality? -- Appendix Two: Mithradates' Aá¼€erlife in the Arts and Popular Culture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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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 |
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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. |
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UNINA9911018839103321 |
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Titolo |
Systems of systems / / edited by Dominique Luzeaux, Jean-Rene Ruault |
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London, : ISTE |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2010 |
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9781118619742 |
1118619749 |
9781118557495 |
1118557492 |
9781299315495 |
1299315496 |
9781118619803 |
1118619803 |
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Edizione |
[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (550 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LuzeauxDominique |
RuaultJean-Rene |
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First published 2008 in France by Hermes Science/Lavoisier in two volumes entitled: Systemes de systemes : concepts et illustrations prqtiques and Ingenierie des systemes de systemes : methodes et outils. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. 1. Systems of systems, concepts and practical illustrations -- pt. 2. Systems of systems engineering, methods, standards and tools. |
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In recent decades, the systems designed in the fields of banking, health, transportation, space, aeronautics, defense, etc. have been becoming increasingly larger. With the growing maturity of information and communication technologies, systems have been interconnected within growing networks, yielding new services through the combination of the system functionalities. This has led to an increasing complexity that has to be managed in order to take advantage of these system integrations. Part 1: Systems of systems: concepts and practical illustrations is a multidisciplinary work on the concept of the systems- |
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of-systems that is discussed extensively in current literature. After a critical comparison of the different definitions and a range of various practical illustrations, it provides key answers as to what a system of systems is and how its complexity can be mastered. Part 2: Systems-of-systems engineering: methods and tools focuses on both engineering and modeling, and standardization issues which are critical in order to deal with the key steps of systems-of-systems engineering: elicitation of stakeholders needs, architecture optimization, integration of constituent systems, qualification and utilization. |
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