La Corona rota

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

En este volumen se ofrece por primera vez la traducción al español de un texto del viajero austriaco del siglo XIX Isidore Löwenstern. Este volumen constituye un excelente retrato de la vida y costumbres del México de la época, así como de los lugares y situaciones de mayor importancia para el viajero. Es, además, una aproximación privilegiada, desde la perspectiva de un explorador de filiación monárquica y colonialista, al pensamiento que el hombre del viejo mundo guardaba sobre su contraparte extranjera.

Breve historia de la Legión romana es un recorrido apasionante por los campamentos militares romanos y sus habitantes. La obra explica su composición formal, la descripción de los entornos más idóneos donde establecer un contingente militar, los elementos defensivos y ofensivos, los espacios relativos a la administración y gestión de la legión que allí habitaba, los lugares de habitación de los legados y tribunos, los barracones donde descansaba el resto de la tropa, los almacenes donde guardaban provisiones, el hospital militar en que se recuperaban de las largas marchas de...