Bestsellers
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SPQR
- A History of Ancient Rome
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,204
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Performance4,570
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Story4,535
A sweeping, revisionist history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists. Ancient 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 and...
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Shallow and unsatisfying
- By Joe on 02-19-17
By: Mary Beard
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- By: Edward Gibbon
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 126 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,043
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Performance879
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Story874
Here in a single volume is the entire, unabridged recording of Gibbon's masterpiece....
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Masterpiece - Best Audiobook I’ve Listened To
- By Student on 09-18-18
By: Edward Gibbon
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Dynasty
- The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
- By: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,729
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Performance1,557
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Story1,544
Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivated with Rubicon—his masterful, witty, brilliantly researched popular history of the fall of the Roman republic—with Dynasty, a luridly fascinating history of the reign of the first five Roman emperors.
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Accessible, enjoyable history
- By Mary on 01-28-16
By: Tom Holland
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Love Thy Stranger
- How the Teachings of Jesus Transformed the Moral Conscience of the West
- By: Bart D. Ehrman, Bart D. Ehrman - introduction
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance14
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Story14
From the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus comes a surprising history of Jesus’ most radical commandment—a new kind of altruism—tracing how the extraordinary duty to love even those who are strangers to us has shaped our world and our lives. When we donate money to...
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Placing Jesus within his Context
- By Micah Parsons on 03-31-26
By: Bart D. Ehrman, and others
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The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- By: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,729
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Performance5,000
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Story4,974
A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own....
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An Historic Achievement
- By Ellen S. Wilds on 04-25-14
By: Susan Wise Bauer
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Rubicon
- The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic
- By: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Tom Holland
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall317
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Performance298
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Story298
'The book that really held me, in fact, obsessed me, was Rubicon . . . This is narrative history at its best. Bloody and labyrinthine political intrigue and struggle, brilliant oratory, amazing feats of conquest and cruelty' Ian McEwan, Books of the Year, Guardian 'Re-evaluating Rome for a new...
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Story of the Fall of the republic told in a very lively manner.
- By Marteinn Úlfur on 12-16-24
By: Tom Holland
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SPQR
- A History of Ancient Rome
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,204
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Performance4,570
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Story4,535
A sweeping, revisionist history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists. Ancient 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 and...
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Shallow and unsatisfying
- By Joe on 02-19-17
By: Mary Beard
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- By: Edward Gibbon
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 126 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,043
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Performance879
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Story874
Here in a single volume is the entire, unabridged recording of Gibbon's masterpiece....
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Masterpiece - Best Audiobook I’ve Listened To
- By Student on 09-18-18
By: Edward Gibbon
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Dynasty
- The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
- By: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,729
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Performance1,557
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Story1,544
Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivated with Rubicon—his masterful, witty, brilliantly researched popular history of the fall of the Roman republic—with Dynasty, a luridly fascinating history of the reign of the first five Roman emperors.
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Accessible, enjoyable history
- By Mary on 01-28-16
By: Tom Holland
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Love Thy Stranger
- How the Teachings of Jesus Transformed the Moral Conscience of the West
- By: Bart D. Ehrman, Bart D. Ehrman - introduction
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance14
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Story14
From the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus comes a surprising history of Jesus’ most radical commandment—a new kind of altruism—tracing how the extraordinary duty to love even those who are strangers to us has shaped our world and our lives. When we donate money to...
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Placing Jesus within his Context
- By Micah Parsons on 03-31-26
By: Bart D. Ehrman, and others
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The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- By: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,729
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Performance5,000
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Story4,974
A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own....
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An Historic Achievement
- By Ellen S. Wilds on 04-25-14
By: Susan Wise Bauer
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Rubicon
- The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic
- By: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Tom Holland
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall317
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Performance298
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Story298
'The book that really held me, in fact, obsessed me, was Rubicon . . . This is narrative history at its best. Bloody and labyrinthine political intrigue and struggle, brilliant oratory, amazing feats of conquest and cruelty' Ian McEwan, Books of the Year, Guardian 'Re-evaluating Rome for a new...
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Story of the Fall of the republic told in a very lively manner.
- By Marteinn Úlfur on 12-16-24
By: Tom Holland
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Caesar
- Life of a Colossus
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 24 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,041
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Performance3,591
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Story3,585
Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of Julius Caesar's life, Adrian Goldsworthy covers not only the great Roman emperor's accomplishments as charismatic orator, conquering general, and powerful dictator but also lesser-known chapters. Ultimately, Goldsworthy realizes the full complexity of...
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Caesar and his times
- By Mike From Mesa on 08-31-15
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Emperor of Rome
- Ruling the Ancient World
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Mary Beard
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall384
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Performance334
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Story334
In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire....
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Wasn't sure but won me over
- By John S. on 01-26-24
By: Mary Beard
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Meditations
- Penguin Classics
- By: Marcus Aurelius, Diskin Clay - introduction, Martin Hammond - translator
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall887
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Performance728
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Story721
Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Richard Armitage, star of Peter Jackson'sThe Hobbit trilogy and also known for his roles in Ocean's 8 and Spooks. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Diskin Clay. Originally written only for his personal...
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Lines cut to fit PC culture
- By Nick on 01-09-21
By: Marcus Aurelius, and others
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The Storm Before the Storm
- The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
- By: Mike Duncan
- Narrated by: Mike Duncan
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9,148
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Performance8,200
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Story8,156
From the creator of the award-winning podcast series The History of Rome and Revolutions comes the "remarkably engaging" (Washington Post) history of the bloody battles, political machinations, and human drama that set the stage for the fall of the Roman Republic. The Roman Republic was one of...
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Interesting, albeit a bit dry
- By Aria on 11-14-17
By: Mike Duncan
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The Fall of Carthage
- The Punic Wars 265-146BC
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,646
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Performance1,421
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Story1,415
An epic of war and battle, this is also the story of famous generals and leaders: Hannibal, Fabius Maximus, Scipio Africanus, and his grandson Scipio Aemilianus, who would finally bring down the walls of Carthage....
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Captivating
- By Jean on 03-25-19
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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
- By: Anthony Everitt
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,506
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Performance1,338
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Story1,334
In this dynamic and engaging biography, Anthony Everitt plunges us into the fascinating, scandal-ridden world of ancient Rome in its most glorious heyday....
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An eloquent man, and a patriot
- By Darwin8u on 01-19-15
By: Anthony Everitt
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The Romans
- A 2,000-Year History
- By: Edward J. Watts
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 29 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance13
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Story13
An acclaimed scholar tells the full, breathtaking history of Rome, from its emergence in the Iron Age to the capture of Constantinople in the thirteenth century When we think of “ancient Romans” today, many picture the toga-clad figures of Cicero and Caesar, presiding over a republic, and...
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An amazing and ambitious work of history
- By Larry W. Patrick on 11-24-25
By: Edward J. Watts
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How Rome Fell
- Death of a Superpower
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall823
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Performance727
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Story720
This is the story of how an empire without a serious rival rotted from within, its rulers and institutions putting short-term ambition and personal survival over the greater good of the state....
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The tragic story of the fall of a great empire
- By Ryan on 03-03-15
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The Fires of Vesuvius
- Pompeii Lost and Found
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall406
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Performance339
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Story336
Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million people each year. Yet it is also one of the most puzzling, with an intriguing and sometimes violent history. Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of...
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Delightful Description of Life in Ancient Pompeii
- By Emily on 08-27-19
By: Mary Beard
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Jews vs. Rome
- Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire
- By: Barry Strauss
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance36
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Story36
A new history of two centuries of Jewish revolts against the Roman Empire, drawing on recent archeological discoveries and new scholarship by leading historian Barry Strauss. Jews vs. Rome is a gripping account of one of the most momentous eras in human history: the two hundred years of ancient...
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Disappointed by narration
- By Kolesnik on 08-22-25
By: Barry Strauss
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Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood
- The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade
- By: Anthony Kaldellis
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall111
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Performance96
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Story96
In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests. By the early eleventh century, the empire was the most powerful state in the Mediterranean. Yet this imperial project came to a crashing collapse fifty years later, when political disunity, fiscal...
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Very Detailed but Tedious
- By Amazon Customer on 09-06-24
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The Assassination of Julius Caesar
- A People's History of Ancient Rome
- By: Michael Parenti
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall114
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Performance97
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Story96
"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)....
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another side to Roman history
- By Darksnovia on 04-16-22
By: Michael Parenti
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Pax Romana
- War, Peace, and Conquest in the Roman World
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall523
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Performance466
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Story463
Best-selling author Adrian Goldsworthy turns his attention to the Pax Romana, the famous peace and prosperity brought by the Roman Empire at its height in the first and second centuries AD. Yet the Romans were conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates...
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2 stars if youve read goldsworthy; 2.5 or 3 if not
- By fm2 on 10-21-16
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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- Murder in Ancient Rome
- By: Emma Southon
- Narrated by: Sophie Ward
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall746
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Performance658
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Story653
Author Emma Southon examines a trove of real-life homicides from Roman history to explore Roman culture, including how perpetrator, victim, and the act itself were regarded by ordinary people....
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Narration is stilted, author tries too hard
- By Allison Jackson on 07-13-21
By: Emma Southon
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Carthage Must Be Destroyed
- The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
- By: Richard Miles
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall729
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Performance626
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Story623
An epic history of a doomed civilization and a lost empire.....
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Outstanding! This is THE book on Carthage.
- By Haakon B. Dahl on 01-21-13
By: Richard Miles
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The Inheritance of Rome
- Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000
- By: Chris Wickham
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 32 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall374
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Performance316
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Story312
Prizewinning historian Chris Wickham defies the conventional view of the Dark Ages in European history with a work of remarkable scope and rigorous yet accessible scholarship. Drawing on a wealth of new material and featuring a thoughtful synthesis of historical and archaeological approaches...
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Excellent Intro to An Obscure Period
- By Earth Lover on 07-30-18
By: Chris Wickham
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Augustus
- First Emperor of Rome
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 20 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance12
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Story12
“Superb....Augustus is a first-rate popular biography by a skilled and knowing hand.” (Washington Post) Caesar Augustus created the Roman Empire and forever associated the name Caesar with power. Heir to Julius Caesar, he thrust himself into the middle of Roman politics at its most violent...
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A supposed true telling, but…
- By A Rey on 03-05-26
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A Rome of One's Own
- The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
- By: Emma Southon
- Narrated by: Danielle Cohen
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall77
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Performance68
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Story68
From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertaining new history of Rome that uses the lives of twenty-one extraordinary women to upend our understanding of the ancient world....
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Excellent stories, needlessly foul language
- By ShamaLambaDingDong on 04-14-24
By: Emma Southon
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Marcus Aurelius
- The Stoic Emperor
- By: Donald J. Robertson
- Narrated by: Donald J. Robertson
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall167
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Performance151
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Story151
Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy.
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Robertson does it again
- By J. Gilmore on 02-17-24
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Pax
- War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
- By: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Tom Holland
- Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall341
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Performance319
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Story319
From an award-winning historian, the definitive account of the golden age of Rome—an ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness “Rarely has the distant past seemed so vividly alive.” —Financial Times The Pax Romana has long been shorthand for the empire’s golden age...
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Great book!
- By Mic on 09-27-23
By: Tom Holland
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Twelve Caesars
- Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern (Bollingen Series)
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Mary Beard
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall75
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Performance59
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Story59
This audiobook narrated by best-selling author Mary Beard explores how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power....
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This foray into art history is a disappointment.
- By Stephen J Chiulli on 11-10-21
By: Mary Beard
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Populus
- Living and Dying in Ancient Rome
- By: Guy de la Bédoyère
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance26
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Story26
This revealing look at life in ancient Rome offers a compelling journey through the vivid landscape of politics, domestic life, entertainment, and inequality experienced daily by Romans of all social strata. Frenzied crowds, talking ravens, the stench of the Tiber River: life in ancient Rome was...
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Entertaining
- By McFitz on 01-10-26
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Theoderic the Great
- King of Goths, Ruler of Romans
- By: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, John Noel Dillon - translator
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 23 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall57
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Performance50
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Story50
In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors, their wives, and children personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman emperor in 476. That leader became Theoderic the Great (454-526)....
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More for historians than general readers
- By Bill Staley on 10-29-23
By: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, and others
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Greece Against Rome
- The Fall of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 250-31 BC
- By: Philip Matyszak
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall73
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Performance66
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Story66
The acclaimed ancient world historian examines the centuries-long decline of Greek powers in the face of the growing Roman threat....
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Really enjoyed the book and snark
- By Chris Smith on 05-27-23
By: Philip Matyszak
New releases
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Love Thy Stranger
- How the Teachings of Jesus Transformed the Moral Conscience of the West
- By: Bart D. Ehrman, Bart D. Ehrman - introduction
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance14
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Story14
From the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus comes a surprising history of Jesus’ most radical commandment—a new kind of altruism—tracing how the extraordinary duty to love even those who are strangers to us has shaped our world and our lives. When we donate money to...
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Placing Jesus within his Context
- By Micah Parsons on 03-31-26
By: Bart D. Ehrman, and others
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The Council of Nicaea
- The History of the First Ecumenical Council to Establish Christian Dogma in the Roman Empire
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 2 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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The Protestant Reformation is often associated most closely with Martin Luther, and it’s often considered to have started when Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg on October 31, 1517. However, the Reformation cannot be reduced to a single, abrupt, and exceptional event, but must be traced to a much longer process of spiritual, social, and intellectual transformation that unfolded over the late medieval period.
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Cannae: The Longest Day
- By: Ben Kane
- Narrated by: Ben Kane, Philip Stevens
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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From the Sunday Times bestseller comes a gripping retelling of Hannibal's greatest trial - the battle of Cannae. Narrated by Phil Stevens, this audio-first novel features music, on-location sound effects and detailed sound design. Cannae, 216 BC - Under a blisteringly hot sun, Hannibal Barca...
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Outstanding!
- By Amazon Customer on 03-25-26
By: Ben Kane
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Julius Caesar: An Enthralling Guide to the Conquest, Power, and Assassination of Rome's Eternal Dictator
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Julius Caesar: The Man Who Ended a Republic Power. Blood. Betrayal. Rome. History rarely produces a life with this much raw drama. From the mud of Gaul to the marble floors of the Senate, Julius Caesar’s story isn’t just about the past—it’s about how one man’s ambition changed the world forever. He started as a young aristocrat in a Rome that was falling apart. He didn’t just survive the chaos; he mastered it. Through sheer grit and a calculating mind, Caesar fought his way to the top. He crossed the Rubicon, crushed his rivals in a brutal civil war, and dismantled the Roman ...
By: Billy Wellman
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Perpetua
- The Woman, the Martyr
- By: Sarah Ruden
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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An intimate and human portrait of Perpetua, a third-century woman author who was idealized as a Christian martyr On March 7, 203, in the monumental amphitheater at Carthage, Vibia Perpetua was one of five Christians who met their deaths after refusing to venerate the Roman emperor Septimius...
By: Sarah Ruden
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The Sadducees for Beginners
- The Rise and Fall of a Powerful Religious Elite
- By: Daniel J. Whitaker
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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They were the power behind the Temple—the elite few who controlled worship, shaped doctrine, and stood at the intersection of religion and politics in ancient Judea. And yet, despite their influence, most people today barely recognize their name. The Sadducees for Beginners brings this forgotten group into sharp focus, revealing a story of authority, conflict, and sudden disappearance that reshaped the course of religious history. This is not a distant, abstract subject. It is a gripping account of how belief, power, and survival collided in one of the most pivotal eras of the ancient ...
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Love Thy Stranger
- How the Teachings of Jesus Transformed the Moral Conscience of the West
- By: Bart D. Ehrman, Bart D. Ehrman - introduction
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance14
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Story14
From the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus comes a surprising history of Jesus’ most radical commandment—a new kind of altruism—tracing how the extraordinary duty to love even those who are strangers to us has shaped our world and our lives. When we donate money to...
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Placing Jesus within his Context
- By Micah Parsons on 03-31-26
By: Bart D. Ehrman, and others
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The Council of Nicaea
- The History of the First Ecumenical Council to Establish Christian Dogma in the Roman Empire
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 2 hrs
- Unabridged
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The Protestant Reformation is often associated most closely with Martin Luther, and it’s often considered to have started when Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg on October 31, 1517. However, the Reformation cannot be reduced to a single, abrupt, and exceptional event, but must be traced to a much longer process of spiritual, social, and intellectual transformation that unfolded over the late medieval period.
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Cannae: The Longest Day
- By: Ben Kane
- Narrated by: Ben Kane, Philip Stevens
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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From the Sunday Times bestseller comes a gripping retelling of Hannibal's greatest trial - the battle of Cannae. Narrated by Phil Stevens, this audio-first novel features music, on-location sound effects and detailed sound design. Cannae, 216 BC - Under a blisteringly hot sun, Hannibal Barca...
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Outstanding!
- By Amazon Customer on 03-25-26
By: Ben Kane
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Julius Caesar: An Enthralling Guide to the Conquest, Power, and Assassination of Rome's Eternal Dictator
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Julius Caesar: The Man Who Ended a Republic Power. Blood. Betrayal. Rome. History rarely produces a life with this much raw drama. From the mud of Gaul to the marble floors of the Senate, Julius Caesar’s story isn’t just about the past—it’s about how one man’s ambition changed the world forever. He started as a young aristocrat in a Rome that was falling apart. He didn’t just survive the chaos; he mastered it. Through sheer grit and a calculating mind, Caesar fought his way to the top. He crossed the Rubicon, crushed his rivals in a brutal civil war, and dismantled the Roman ...
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Perpetua
- The Woman, the Martyr
- By: Sarah Ruden
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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An intimate and human portrait of Perpetua, a third-century woman author who was idealized as a Christian martyr On March 7, 203, in the monumental amphitheater at Carthage, Vibia Perpetua was one of five Christians who met their deaths after refusing to venerate the Roman emperor Septimius...
By: Sarah Ruden
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The Sadducees for Beginners
- The Rise and Fall of a Powerful Religious Elite
- By: Daniel J. Whitaker
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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They were the power behind the Temple—the elite few who controlled worship, shaped doctrine, and stood at the intersection of religion and politics in ancient Judea. And yet, despite their influence, most people today barely recognize their name. The Sadducees for Beginners brings this forgotten group into sharp focus, revealing a story of authority, conflict, and sudden disappearance that reshaped the course of religious history. This is not a distant, abstract subject. It is a gripping account of how belief, power, and survival collided in one of the most pivotal eras of the ancient ...
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The Digital Colosseum
- How Ancient Rome Predicted the AI Age
- By: Shane Larson
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Every few months, someone compares the fall of Rome to whatever crisis is in the news. The comparisons are almost always shallow. Rome had roads, we have the internet. Rome had bread and circuses, we have social media. This book is not that. The Roman Empire faced challenges that are structurally identical to those created by artificial intelligence — not because history mystically repeats, but because certain problems emerge whenever a civilization reaches a specific threshold of complexity, scale, and technological capability. Rome hit that threshold with roads, aqueducts, and slave ...
By: Shane Larson
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Rome’s First General
- The Story of Scipio Africanus
- By: Daily Learning Academy
- Narrated by: Eric LaCord
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Rome stood on the brink of annihilation. Hannibal, the Carthaginian mastermind, had marched across the Alps, shattered Roman armies, and left the Republic reeling from defeat. When all seemed lost, one young general rose to the challenge: Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus; and changed the course of history forever.
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A Gripping and Entertaining Audiobook
- By Ernest on 03-11-26
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The Evangeline Manuscript
- By: Walker Chandler
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 21 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the first person account of Evangeline Weathers, a young woman whoi travelled back in time to the Mediteranean world in 27 A.D. She tells of her journey to the past and her subsequent travels through Morrocco, Spain, Italy, France , Germany, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece and Palestine. She helps the reader see the wonders, spiritual practices, and dangers of the ancient world through her modern eyes. Themes of this story include flying, history, spiritual, romantic, and psychadelic practices, warfare, sea voyages, and self-defense.
By: Walker Chandler
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Rome’s Greatest Generals: From Republic to Empire
- Three Epic Biographies of Scipio Africanus, Marcus Agrippa, and Belisarius
- By: Daily Learning Academy
- Narrated by: Eric LaCord
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Rome’s Greatest Generals: From Republic to Empire brings together three sweeping biographies of the men who shaped Rome’s destiny across nearly seven centuries. From the battlefields of the Punic Wars to the height of imperial expansion and the empire’s final struggle for survival, these generals did more than win wars; they defined what Roman power meant. Scipio Africanus: Rome’s first true military genius, the man who dared to challenge Hannibal and saved the Republic from annihilation.
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A Fantastic Bundle
- By Ernest on 03-28-26
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Roman Britain in Twenty Towns
- A Visitor's Guide
- By: Richard Hingley, Christina Unwin - illustration
- Narrated by: Niall Lucas
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Designed for visitors wishing to explore the archaeological landscape, this user-friendly guide sets out a plan of 20 Roman towns – explaining how visitors can find the site and what they may expect to see. Where appropriate, this book explores how the town developed from an Iron Age settlement or where it began life as a military fortress or fort.
By: Richard Hingley, and others
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Behind Caesar's Back
- Rumor, Gossip, and the Making of the Roman Emperors
- By: Caillan Davenport
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Traversing more than seven hundred years of Roman history, this book explores how everyday Romans swapped gossip, spread rumors, told jokes, and chanted protests about their emperors—activity that amounted to much more than idle chatter. Caillan Davenport uses ancient evidence, including letters, graffiti, and songs, to reveal how Romans engaged in politics outside the senate house or imperial council. He argues that the idea of the Roman emperor was shaped not only by the political powers granted to him but also by the debate taking place in the streets, churches, taverns, and markets.