Rome in the Late Republic
By: Mary Beard , Michael Hewson Crawford
4.23
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
This textbook outlines the key features of the period of Rome in the late Republic, from the attitu…
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1. 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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- roman
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- classics
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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
2. The World of Late Antiquity
By: None , Peter Brown
4.09
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
This remarkable study in social and cultural change explains how and why the Late Antique world, be… read more
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- classics
- history
- classical studies
- ancient history
- nonfiction
3. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.28
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggl… read more
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- roman
- history
- classics
- ancient history
- nonfiction
"Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic. [A big problem then and now]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
"For what is the life of a man, if it is not interwoven with the life of former generations by as sense of history. [Cicero, quoted by Goldsworthy in his Augustus]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
4. The Age of Alexander: Nine Greek Lives
By: Plutarch , Ian Scott-Kilvert , None
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The nine Livesin this selection trace a crucial phase in ancient history. Plutarch's Livesof the gr… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- classics
- history
5. The Twelve Caesars
By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- classics
- history
6. 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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- roman
- history
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
7. Sulla: The Last Republican
By: Arthur Keaveney
4.82
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In this second edition of Arthur Keaveney's classic biography, a fresh generation of students, scho… read more
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- roman
- classics
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8. Julius Caesar
By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill
3.70
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the g… read more
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- classics
"Et tu, Brute?"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Beware the ides of March."-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
9. Rome in the Late Republic
By: Mary Beard , Michael Hewson Crawford
4.23
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
This textbook outlines the key features of the period of Rome in the late Republic, from the attitu… read more
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- roman
- history
- classics
- classical studies
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- reference
10. The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo, #3)
By: Rick Riordan
3.90
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The formerly glorious god Apollo, cast down to earth in punishment by Zeus, is now an awkward morta… read more
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11. The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2)
By: Rick Riordan , John Rocco
3.95
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
The god Apollo, cast down to earth and trapped in the form of a gawky teenage boy as punishment, mu… read more
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12. The Epic of Gilgamesh
By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars
3.74
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more
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- classics
"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
13. Caesar: Life of a Colossus
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.22
Format: 583 pages, Hardcover
Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- classics
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"Caesar was a serial seducer of married women."-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
"Pompey contented himself with repulsing the attack and made no attempt to assault Caesar's line. This was widely felt to have been a mistake... and Caesar declared that the enemy 'would have won toda…"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus
14. 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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15. The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction
By: David M. Gwynn
3.66
Format: None pages,
The rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civiliza… read more
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16. Lavinia
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
3.66
Format: 384 pages,
In a richly imagined, beautiful new novel, an acclaimed writer gives an epic heroine her voice. In … read more
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17. Metamorphoses
By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney
3.99
Format: 240 pages,
Metamorphoses (from Greek meta meta and morphe morphe, meaning "changes of shape"), is a Latin narr… read more
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18. 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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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- classics
- history
"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
19. Sharpe's Sword (Sharpe, #14)
By: Bernard Cornwell
3.69
Format: 47 pages, Paperback
The greatest threat to Wellington's Salamanca Campaign is not Napoleon's Army but France's deadlies… read more
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20. Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Lives
By: Robin Waterfield , Plutarch , Philip A. Stadter
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
'I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as… read more
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21. Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
By: Sid Meier
4.19
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
The life and career of the legendary developer celebrated as the “godfather of computer gaming,” an… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"In the right context, a game is not just a vehicle for fun, but an exercise in self-determination and confidence."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Separately is probably how I work best with everyone, to be honest. I'm an introvert who likes people: I want to collaborate on the whole, but do my part individually."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Whatever it is you want to be good at, you have to make sure you continue to read, and learn, and seek joy elsewhere, because you never know where inspiration will strike."-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
"Games were not just a diversion, I realized. Games could make you feel. If great literature could would its power through nothing but black squiggles on a page, how much more could be done with movem…"-Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
