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  • Citizens of Discord

    Rome and Its Civil Wars

    Edited by Brian Breed, Cynthia Damon, Andreola Rossi ...
    Civil wars, more than other wars, sear themselves into the memory of societies that suffer them. This is particularly true at Rome, where in a period of 150 years the Romans fought four epochal wars against themselves. The present volume brings together exciting new perspectives on the subject by an international group of distinguished contributors. The basis of the investigation is broad, ... Read more

    $136.79 USD

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    by Herodotus ...
    Both volumes in a single file, translated by Macaulay. According to Wikipedia: "Herodotus of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC (c. 484 BC–c. 425 BC) and is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture. He was the first historian to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and ... Read more

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  • The Metamorphoses

    by Ovid, Horace Gregory ...
    Translated by Horace Gregory ...
    Ovid’s famous mock epic—a treasury of myth and magic that is one of the greatest literary works of classical antiquity—is rendered into fluidly poetic English by world-renowned translator Allen Mandelbaum.Roman poet Ovid’s dazzling cycle of tales begins with the creation of the world and ends with the deification of Caesar Augustus. In between is a glorious panoply of the most famous myths and ... Read more

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  • Plutarchs Lives: Life of Sylla

    by Plutarch ...
    Plutarch, later named, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, c. 46 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia.Plutarch lived most of his life at Chaeronea, and his duties as the senior of the two priests of Apollo at the Oracle of Delphi (where he was responsible for interpreting the auguries ... Read more

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  • Summary and Analysis of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

    Based on the Book by Mary Beard

    by Worth Books ...
    Series series Smart Summaries
    So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of SPQR tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Mary Beard's book.Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.This short summary and analysis of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard includes:Historical contextChapter-by-chapter ... Read more

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  • Conspiracy of Catiline

    by Sallust, John Selby Watson ...
    Gaius Sallustius Crispus, or Sallust (86 BC 35 BC), was a Roman politician historian living during the Civil War between Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar. A popularis, Sallust opposed Pompeys party and the aristocratic classes in Rome throughout his life as a writer. Sallust also became a Quaestor in 55 and a Tribune in 52. ... Read more

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  • Nerva and the Roman Succession Crisis of AD 96-99

    by John D. Grainger ...
    Series series Roman Imperial Biographies
    The imperial succession at Rome was notoriously uncertain, and where possible hereditary succession was preferred.John Grainger's detailed study looks at aperiod of intrigue and conspiracy. He explores how, why and by whom Domitian was killed, the rule of Nerva, chosen to succeed him, and finally Nerva's own choice of successor, Trajan, who became a strong and respected emperor against the odds ... Read more

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  • Roman Disasters

    by Jerry Toner ...
    Roman Disasters looks at how the Romans coped with, thought about, and used disasters for their own ends. Rome has been famous throughout history for its great triumphs. Yet Rome also suffered colossal disasters. From the battle of Cannae, where fifty thousand men fell in a single day, to the destruction of Pompeii, to the first appearance of the bubonic plague, the Romans experienced large scale ... Read more

    $56.00 USD

  • The Ancient Middle Classes

    Urban Life and Aesthetics in the Roman Empire, 100 BCE–250 CE

    by Ernst Emanuel Mayer ...
    Our image of the Roman world is shaped by the writings of Roman statesmen and upper class intellectuals. Yet most of the material evidence we have from Roman times—art, architecture, and household artifacts from Pompeii and elsewhere—belonged to, and was made for, artisans, merchants, and professionals. Roman culture as we have seen it with our own eyes, Emanuel Mayer boldly argues, turns out to ... Read more

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  • Latin Verse Satire

    An Anthology and Reader

    Edited by Paul Allen Miller ...
    A wide variety of texts by the Latin satirists are presented here in a fully loaded resource to provide an innovative reading of satire's relation to Roman ideology.Brimming with notes, commentaries, essays and texts in translation, this book succeeds in its mission to help the student understand the history of Latin's modern scholarly reception.Focusing on the linguistic difficulties and problems ... Read more

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  • Caesar and the Roman Empire

    by W. Warde Fowler ...
    ITALY, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF European lands, has also been the richest in men whom the world has acknowledged as great. Long indeed is the list of her men of letters, her artists, her men of action, and her great priests. Of the world's six greatest poets she has produced two, Virgil and Dante. And twice at least, in ages of general confusion and chaos, it has fallen to Italy to provide a leader ... Read more

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  • Cornelius

    The Origins of The Dragon.

    by Raymond Walker ...
    The young Cornelius marches with the fifth legion to chastise the barbarian hordes of Dacia who dared cross Roman borders; he dreams of glory, wealth and power, even thinking of a later life of ease in the senate. Dreams are but dust in the wind and in a decisive battle the legion is crushed. The few survivors flee to the sanctuary of the carpathian mountains, harried by war bands, starving and ... Read more

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