Documentos históricos de la Revolución mexicana: Revolución y régimen constitucionalista, II

Conocemos la imagen de Cleopatra como seductora y bella que nos ha legado la cultura popular, conoceremos ahora su, no menos impresionante, capacidad como estadista. La figura de Cleopatra es una de las más atrayentes de la historia antigua, no sólo por su legendaria belleza, sino por los factores que envolvieron su vida: su relación con Julio César, su relación con Marco Antonio, envueltas ambas en los turbulentos episodios que convirtieron la república romana en un imperio, y, por último, la trágica muerte de la reina de Egipto. Lamentablemente muchos episodios de su vida han sido...

Equal parts compelling history and taut murder mystery, this perceptive investigation examines the death of Germanicus Julius Caesar—grandson of Marc Antony, adopted son of the emperor Tiberius, father of Caligula, and grandfather of Nero—particularly through the lens of how the events leading up to his death and the aftermath of his murder may have led to the empire’s collapse four centuries later. Tanto una historia apasionante así como un misterio tenso, esta perspicaz investigación examina la muerte de Julio César Germánico—nieto de Marco Antonio, hijo adoptivo del emperador...

n the last decades—and especially since the 1990s—there has been a noticeable reemergence of the nineteenth century in Southern Cone culture. Popular nineteenth-century figures (indios, gauchos, letrados, and cautivas) have reentered the national literary scene in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Nineteenth-century heroes such as San Martín and Artigas are again the main protagonists of Southern Cone theater, film, and literature. Canonical nineteenth-century texts (La cautiva, Martín Fierro, Facundo) are being rewritten one more time in different artistic fields. Foundational...

This study surveys the changing urban topography of the Iberian peninsular from the 4th to 7th centuries AD, paying particular attention to the Christianisation of the urban landscape. It compiles a catalogue of episcopal seats and other urban centres, noting changes in terms of ecclesiastical building, the adaptation of public spaces to Christian ritual activity and the chaging funerary landscape.