The Image of Political Power in the Reign of Nerva, AD 96-98
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Nerva, who ruled from 18 September AD 96 to 27 January AD 98, left little for the art historian or...
Rome Map & Walks (F)
Travel and Navigation
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Lose Yourself Without Getting Lost. This handy application presents you several self-guided city...
David McK (3194 KP) rated Catching Fire in Books
Jan 28, 2019
At the start of the novel, and having survived <i>The Hunger Games</i>, Katniss is back in District 12 in the company of her mother, sister, and Peeta. Things aren't entirely all rosy, however, as her stunt with the berries has enraged President Snow (and the Capitol), who is now looking for ways to further punish her, leading to her heading back into the arena ...
I have to say, the parallels between the Capitol and ancient Rome are even more pronounced this time round than previously, especially in an early(ish) scene where Katniss and Peeta attend a banquet in the Capitol: a banquet that provides it's guests with the means to be sick so they can eat more more, while those in the districts starve (the myth of the Roman Vomitorium, anyone?). Once again, this is told in the immediate first-person sense, with the novel also ending in a definite cliff-hanger for the final part of the trilogy.
The Invention of Law in the West
Antony Shugaar, Aldo Schiavone and Jeremy Carden
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Law is a specific form of social regulation that is distinct from religion, ethics, and even...
How to Read a Latin Poem: If You Can't Read Latin Yet
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Latin is very much alive in the poetry written by the great Latin poets, and this book is about...
How to Eat Out
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How to Eat Out, Giles Coren's hilarious and practical wisdom on eating out - from McDonalds to...
Water Lilies: And Bory Latour-Marliac, the Genius Behind Monet's Water Lilies
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Water lilies are inextricably linked to the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome, Egypt and the Far...
Obligations in Roman Law: Past, Present, and Future
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Long a major element of classical antiquity, the study of the laws of the ancient Romans has gained...
Cult Places and Cult Personnel in the Roman Empire
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The twenty-one studies assembled in this volume focus on the apparatus and practitioners of...