Guy De la Bédoyère
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"In this general-interest book, historian Guy de la Bédoyère takes us into the day-to-day life of a soldier in the imperial Roman army. His compelling narrative draws on archaeological evidence and the words of Roman historians and of the soldiers themselves, especially through their religious dedications, tombstones, private letters, and graffiti. The result is a window on how the men, their wives, concubines, and children lived, whether in bleak...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Description
This book describes how penicillin helped medical science advance from a time when simple scratches resulted in death and discusses how Alexander Fleming's first suspicions about the bacteria-killing abilities of certain molds led to today's widespread use of antibiotics.