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Roman Empire: Rise & The Fall. Explore The History, Mythology, Legends, Epic Battles & Lives Of The Emperors, Legions, Heroes, Gladi
$19.99 Add to cartThe Roman Empire may have fallen thousands of years ago, but the lessons and the legacy left behind lives on to this day
From a tiny settlement on the banks of the Tiber River, Rome grew into a colossa
- Author: Brought Alive, History
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 174
- Publish Date: June 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1914312058
- Language: English
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Cincinnatus and the Citizen-Servant Ideal: The Roman Legend’s Life, Times, and Legacy
$20.99 Add to cart- Author: Hillyard, Michael J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: September 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1401011268
- Language: English
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The Jewish War: Revised Edition
$18.00 Add to cartJosephus’ account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and 70. Originally a rebel leader, Josephus c… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Josephus, Flavius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 07 1984
- ISBN10: 0140444203
- Language: English
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumes 1 to 6
$200.00 Add to cartEdward Gibbon’s classic timeless work of ancient Roman history in 6 volumes collected into 2 box sets, in beautiful, enduring hardcover editions with elegant cloth sewn bindings, gold stamped covers, … [more below]
- Series: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Author: Gibbon, Edward
- Binding: Boxed Set
- Page Count: 3980
- Publish Date: December 21 2010
- ISBN10: 0307700763
- Language: English
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Handbook of Mediterranean Roman Pottery
$24.95 Add to cartIn the past, Roman pottery has been judged as inferior to Greek pottery. Recent excavations, however, have led to an increase in knowledge and appreciation of Roman wares. These wares now constitute a
- Author: Hayes, John W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 15 1997
- ISBN10: 0806129395
- Language: English
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Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon
$19.99 Add to cartScipio Africanus (236-183 B.C.) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in the public memo
- Author: Hart, B. H. Liddell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 31, 2004
- ISBN10: 0306813637
- Language: English
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Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier
$55.00 Read moreGladius delivers a stunning ground-level recreation of what it was like to be a soldier in the fighting force that made the Roman Empire.
The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine in
Empire.- Author: de la Bédoyère, Guy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 526
- Publish Date: December 04 2020
- ISBN10: 022675023X
- Language: English
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The Death of Caesar: The Story of History’s Most Famous Assassination
$20.00 Add to cartIn this story of the most famous assassination in history, “the last bloody day of the [Roman] Republic has never been painted so brilliantly” (The Wall Street Journal).
Julius Caesar was stabbed to d- Author: Strauss, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 22 2016
- ISBN10: 1451668813
- Language: English
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Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations
$20.00 Add to cartMary Beard, drawing on thirty years of teaching and writing about Greek and Roman history, provides a panoramic portrait of the classical world, a book in which we encounter not only Cleopatra and Ale… [more below]
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 06 2014
- ISBN10: 0871408597
- Language: English
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Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity
$23.95 Read moreThe gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world
The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this- Series: Princeton Economic History of the Western World #94
- Author: Scheidel, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0691216738
- Language: English
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Ancient History Vol. 1: An Enthralling Guide to Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Rome
$40.99 Add to cartThree manuscripts in one book:
- Ancient Egypt: An Enthralling Overview of Egyptian History, Starting from the Settlement of the Nile Valley through the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms to the Death of Cle
- Author: Wellman, Billy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 566
- Publish Date: March 19 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887651262
- Language: English
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Abridged Edition
$22.00 Read moreEdited, abridged, and with a critical Foreword by Hans-Friedrich Mueller
Edward Gibbon’s masterpiece, which narrates the
Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin
Illustrations by Giovanni Battista Piranesi- Series: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Author: Gibbon, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1312
- Publish Date: August 12 2003
- ISBN10: 0375758119
- Language: English
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1177 B.C.: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed
$24.95 Add to cartA beautiful, full-color graphic version of Eric Cline’s bestselling 1177 B.C., adapted by award-winning author-illustrator Glynnis Fawkes
Eric Cline’s 1177 B.C. tells the story of one of history’s gre- Series: Turning Points in Ancient History #4
- Author: Cline, Eric H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 069121302X
- Language: English
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Caesar’s Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar’s Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome
$17.95 Add to cartStephen Dando-Collins paints a vivid and definitive portrait of daily life in the Tenth Legion as he follows Caesar and his men along the blood-soaked fringes of the Empire. This unprecedented regimen… [more below]
- Author: Dando-Collins, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0471686131
- Language: English
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The Twelve Caesars
$16.00 Add to cart‘Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel and the mo
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Suetonius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 18 2007
- ISBN10: 0140455167
- Language: English
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Rome Is Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty
$18.95 Add to cartDrawing on new archaeological evidence, an authoritative history of Rome’s Great Fire–and how it inflicted lasting harm on the Roman Empire
According to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his- Series: Turning Points in Ancient History #9
- Author: Barrett, Anthony a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0691233942
- Language: English
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Catiline’s Conspiracy, the Jugurthine War, Histories
$15.95 Add to cartSallust was one of the first classical historians to move beyond a dry recitation of fact to paint sharp-edged portraits of the moral and political degeneration of the Roman Republic. Sallust’s abrupt… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Sallust
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 06 2010
- ISBN10: 0192823450
- Language: English
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The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of Rome grew to dominate t… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gwynn, David M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 25 2012
- ISBN10: 0199595119
- Language: English
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The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
$32.00 Read moreThe creator of the award-winning podcast series The History of Rome and Revolutions brings to life the bloody battles, political machinations, and human drama that set the stage for the fall of the Ro… [more below]
- Author: Duncan, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1610397215
- Language: English
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Rome: Strategy of Empire
$40.99 Add to cartThe first work to lay out Roman strategic thinking from its start under Augustus until its final demise in 476 CE
From Octavian’s victory at Actium (31 bc) to its traditional endpoint in the West (476- Author: Lacey, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 019093770X
- Language: English
