5 Top classics books like The Annals IV-VI, XI-XII by Tacitus

Cover of The Annals IV-VI, XI-XII by Tacitus

The Annals IV-VI, XI-XII

By: Tacitus

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Tacitus (Cornelius), famous Roman historian, was born in 55, 56 or 57 CE and lived to about 120. He…

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Cover of The Histories, Vol 1: Books 1-2 by Polybius, None, William Roger Paton

1. The Histories, Vol 1: Books 1-2

By: Polybius , None , William Roger Paton

4.32

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Polybius (born ca. 208 BCE) of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea), served the Achaean League in… read more

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  • classics
  • history
"He indeed who believes that by studying isolated histories he can acquire a fairly just view of history as a whole, is, as it seems to me, much in the case of one, who, after having looked at the dis…"

-Polybius, The Histories, Vol 1: Books 1-2

"But all historians, one may say without exception, and in no half-hearted manner, but making this the beginning and end of their labour, have impressed on us that the soundest education and training …"

-Polybius, The Histories, Vol 1: Books 1-2

Cover of The Early History of Rome (The History of Rome, #1-5) by Livy, Aubrey de Sélincourt, Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, None

2. 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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  • classics
  • history
Cover of The Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch, Jean Starr Untermeyer

3. The Death of Virgil

By: Hermann Broch , Jean Starr Untermeyer

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

It is the reign of the Emperor Augustus, and Publius Vergilius Maro, the poet of the Aeneid and Cae… read more

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4. 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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5. Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero

By: Seneca , James Romm

4.00

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne ("Gripping . . . the narrative ve… read more

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6. Victory City

By: Salman Rushdie

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Hidden in a clay pot. Sealed with wax. Buried at the heart of a ruined palace amidst the ashes of o… read more

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"History is a consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"History is the consequence not only of people’s actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"fHistory is the consequence not only of people's actions, but also of their forgetfulness."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

"In death do triumph and failure humbly meet. We learn far less from victory than from defeat."

-Salman Rushdie, Victory City

Cover of The Annals IV-VI, XI-XII by Tacitus

7. The Annals IV-VI, XI-XII

By: Tacitus

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Tacitus (Cornelius), famous Roman historian, was born in 55, 56 or 57 CE and lived to about 120. He… read more

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  • classics
  • history
Cover of Vergil: Father of the West by Theodor Haecker

8. Vergil: Father of the West

By: Theodor Haecker

3.83

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

Theodor Haecker’s Vergil, Father of the West may best be classified as a work transcending classifi… read more

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9. Greek Myths and Christian Mystery

By: Hugo Rahner

3.80

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

English, German (translation) read more

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Hernan Diaz

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4.10

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