Catiline's War, The Jugurthine War, Histories
By: Sallust , A.J. Woodman
3.94
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
Sallust (86-c. 35 bc) is the earliest Roman historian of whom complete works survive, a senator of …
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1. The Histories
By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola
4.01
Format: 716 pages, Paperback
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more
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"Hippocleides doesn't care."-Herodotus, The Histories
"So much, then, for the fish."-Herodotus, The Histories
"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."-Herodotus, The Histories
"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."-Herodotus, The Histories
2. First Love
By: Constance Garnett , Ivan Turgenev
3.77
Format: 124 pages, Paperback
Used book in good condition, due to its age it could contain normal signs of use read more
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"Jealous Othello, ready for murder, was suddenly transformed into a schoolboy."-Constance Garnett, First Love
"I did not want to know whether I was loved, and I did not want to acknowledge to myself that I was not loved;"-Constance Garnett, First Love
"I should not wish ever to have it repeated; but I should consider myself unhappy if I had never experienced it."-Constance Garnett, First Love
"Aprovéchate todo lo que puedas, pero no te entregues tú mismo: el sentido de la vida es no pertenecer a nadie más que a si mismo."-Constance Garnett, First Love
3. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more
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"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
4. The Way Things Are
By: Rolfe Humphries , Lucretius
3.97
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
..". [captures] the relentless urgency of Lucretius' didacticism, his passionate conviction and pro… read more
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"There can be no centre in infinity."-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are
"Nothing exists but amalgams of matter and space."-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are
"Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated."-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are
"For whatever changes and leaves its natural bounds is instant death of that which was before."-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are
5. The Early History of Rome (The History of Rome, #1-5)
By: Livy , Aubrey de Sélincourt , Robert Maxwell Ogilvie , None
2.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Livy (c. 59 BC-AD 17) dedicated most of his life to writing some 142 volumes of history, the first … read more
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6. Catiline's War, The Jugurthine War, Histories
By: Sallust , A.J. Woodman
3.94
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
Sallust (86-c. 35 bc) is the earliest Roman historian of whom complete works survive, a senator of … read more
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7. The Rise of the Roman Empire
By: Polybius , Ian Scott-Kilvert , None , F.W. Walbank
4.18
Format: 306 pages,
Polybius, himself a Greek and an active contemporary participant in political relations with Rome, … read more
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8. The Consolation of Philosophy
By: Boethius , None
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek … read more
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9. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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10. The Aeneid
By: Virgil , Robert Fitzgerald
4.50
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
The Aeneid (play /@'ni:Id/; Latin: Aeneis [aj'ne:is]--the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aen… read more
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11. The Secret History
By: Procopius
3.67
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Having dutifully written the official war history of Justinian's reign, Procopius turned round and … read more
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12. Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
By: Anthony Everitt
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
"All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined." --John Adam… read more
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13. Antigone / Oedipus the King / Electra
By: Sophocles , Edith Hall , H.D.F. Kitto
3.73
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
This volume contains three masterpieces by the Greek playwright Sophocles, widely regarded since an… read more
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15. Pax Romana
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.31
Format: 66 pages, Hardcover
For much of its thousand year history, Rome was an invincible power protected by the most formidabl… read more
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16. History of the Peloponnesian War
By: Thucydides , Moses I. Finley , Rex Warner
3.94
Format: 648 pages, Paperback
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more
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"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
17. The Complete Poems
By: Catullus , Guy Lee
3.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
Of all Greek and Latin poets Catullus is perhaps the most accessible to the modern reader. Dealing … read more
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18. On the Republic/On the Laws
By: Marcus Tullius Cicero , None
4.21
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we k… read more
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19. The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone (The Theban Plays, #1–3)
By: Sophocles , Robert Fitzgerald , Dudley Fitts , None
5.00
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
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20. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more
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21. The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
3.95
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
The Eagle and The Lion is a story of the imperial rivalry between two of the greatest empires of th… read more
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