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The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People’s History of Ancient Rome
$26.90 Add to cart“A provocative history” of intrigue and class struggle in Ancient Rome–“an important alternative to the usual views of Caesar and the Roman Empire” (Publishers Weekly).
Most historians, both ancient- Series: New Press People’s History
- Author: Parenti, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: August 30 2004
- ISBN10: 1565849426
- Language: English
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
$20.00 Add to cartEdward Gibbon’s six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one o… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Gibbon, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: January 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0140437649
- Language: English
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S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome
$39.99 Add to cartAncient Rome was an imposing city even by modern standards, a sprawling imperial metropolis of more than a million inhabitants, a “mixture of luxury and filth, liberty and exploitation, civic pride an
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: November 09 2015
- ISBN10: 0871404230
- Language: English
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Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World
$16.95 Add to cartSister of Caligula. Wife of Claudius. Mother of Nero. The story of Agrippina, at the center of imperial power for three generations, is the story of the Julio-Claudia dynasty–and of Rome itself, at i… [more below]
- Author: Southon, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 1643136100
- Language: English
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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
$18.00 Add to cartAn entertaining and informative look at the unique culture of crime, punishment, and killing in Ancient Rome
In Ancient Rome, all the best stories have one thing in common–murder. Romulus killed Rem- Author: Southon, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1419753061
- Language: English
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The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
$19.99 Add to cartThe 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
- Author: Duncan, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 16, 2018
- ISBN10: 1541724038
- Language: English
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Why Empires Fall: Rome, America, and the Future of the West
$27.00 Read moreA new perspective on parallels between ancient Rome and the modern world, and what comes next
“[A] provocative short book . . . with a novel twist.”–The Economist Over the last three centuries, the- Author: Heather, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 030027372X
- Language: English
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Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern
$24.95 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 0691225877
- Language: English
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A Rome of One’s Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
$27.00 Read moreFrom the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, a wildly entertaining new history of Rome that uses the lives of 21 women to upend our understanding of the ancient world
- Author: Southon, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1419760181
- Language: English
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Pax: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age
$32.50 Add to cartFrom a “remarkably gifted historian” (New York Times), the definitive account of the golden age of Rome — an ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness
The Pax Romana has long been shortha- Author: Holland, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 0465093531
- Language: English
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Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
$39.99 Add to cartIn her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its reign as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean. No
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 0871404222
- Language: English
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Insane Emperors, Sunken Cities, and Earthquake Machines: More Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
$21.95 Add to cartIn a series of short and humorous essays, Insane Emperors, Sunken Cities, and Earthquake Machines features more answers to questions that ancient historian Garrett Ryan is frequently asked in the clas
- Author: Ryan, Garrett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888932
- Language: English
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Ancient Rome: The Definitive Visual History
$50.00 Add to cartImmerse yourself in the history of ancient Rome – from its origins as a small settlement on the Palatine Hill to its peak as an empire reigning over 90 million people, and its tumultuous decline.
Cov- Series: DK Definitive Visual Histories
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0744069823
- Language: English
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The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
$18.95 Add to cartHow devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient world
Here is the- Series: Princeton History of the Ancient World #2
- Author: Harper, Kyle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 09, 2019
- ISBN10: 0691192065
- Language: English
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The Children of Athena: Greek Intellectuals in the Age of Rome: 150 Bc0-400 AD
$32.00 Read moreA brilliant, fascinating portrait of the intellectual tradition of Greek writers and thinkers during the Age of Rome.
In 146 BC, Greece yielded to the military might of the Roman Republic; sixty years- Author: Freeman, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 163936515X
- Language: English
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The Histories
$15.95 Add to cartHere is the first new translation for over thirty years of Polybius’ Histories, the major source for our knowledge of the Eternal City’s early rise to power, covering the years of the Second Punic War… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Polybius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: November 05 2010
- ISBN10: 0199534705
- Language: English
