The Annals of Imperial Rome
By: Michael Grant , Tacitus
4.33
Format: 25 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In "The Annals of Imperial Rome", his last and greatest work, Tacitus (AD c.55-c.117) covers the pe…
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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. 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
3. Treatise on Light
By: Christiaan Huygens
3.65
Format: 68 pages, Paperback
In which are explained The causes of that which occurs In REFLEXION & in REFRACTION; And particular… read more
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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. City of God
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Bettenson
3.93
Format: 1186 pages, Paperback
No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than Augustine's City of… read more
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"There are wolves within, and there are sheep without."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
"A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
"Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
"He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner."-Augustine of Hippo, City of God
6. The Fall of the Roman Republic
By: Plutarch , Rex Warner , Robin Seager
4.10
Format: 414 pages, Paperback
Rome's famed historian illuminates the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157 to 43 BC in succ… read more
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"Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself."-Plutarch, The Fall of the Roman Republic
7. The Conquest of Gaul
By: S.A. Handford , Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner , Aulus Hirtius
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
The earliest eye-witness account of Britain and its inhabitants appears in these famous memoirs. Be… read more
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8. 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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9. 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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10. Ptolemy's Almagest
By: Ptolemy , Owen Gingerich , G.J. Toomer , None , None
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ptolemy's Almagest is one of the most influential scientific works in history. A masterpiece of tec… read more
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11. The Jewish War
By: Flavius Josephus , G.A. Williamson , E. Mary Smallwood
4.02
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
Josephus' account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative re… read more
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- ancient history
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12. The Didache
By: Anonymous
3.00
Format: 76 pages, Kindle Edition
The Teaching of the Twelve- an early Christian compilation. Traditionally ascribed to the Twelve Ap… read more
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13. 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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14. 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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15. The Annals of Imperial Rome
By: Michael Grant , Tacitus
4.33
Format: 25 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In "The Annals of Imperial Rome", his last and greatest work, Tacitus (AD c.55-c.117) covers the pe… read more
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16. Defence Speeches
By: Marcus Tullius Cicero , D.H. Berry
3.47
Format: 1 pages, Paperback
'But I must stop now, I can no longer speak for tears--and my client has ordered that tears are not… read more
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17. The Satyricon
By: Piero Chiara , Petronius , P.G. Walsh , Federico Roncoroni
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Satyricon (or Satyrica) is a Latin work of fiction in a mixture of prose & poetry (prosimetrum). It… read more
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18. The Civil War
By: Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner
3.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great writer, recording the events of his … read more
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19. The Golden Ass
By: Apuleius , Jack Lindsay , None
4.30
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
The Golden Assby Apuleius is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel - the only… read more
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20. The Discourses
By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Bernard Crick , None
3.17
Format: 55 pages, Paperback
Few figures in intellectual history have proved as notorious and ambiguous as Niccolo Machiavelli. … read more
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21. The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus
By: None , Ian Scott-Kilvert , John Carter
3.11
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC-AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city … read more
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22. Jason and the Golden Fleece
By: Apollonius of Rhodes , Richard L. Hunter
3.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Argonauticais the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with … read more
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23. 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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24. Sophocles II: Ajax/Women of Trachis/Electra/Philoctetes (Complete Greek Tragedies 4)
By: Richmond Lattimore , Sophocles , John Moore , David Grene , None
4.10
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Sophocles' innovative plays transformed Greek myths into dramas featuring complex human characters,… read more
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25. The Letters of the Younger Pliny
By: Betty Radice , Pliny the Younger
3.91
Format: None pages,
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26. The Art of Rhetoric
By: Aristotle , Hugh Lawson-Tancred
3.66
Format: 325 pages, Paperback
Few, if any, writers in history have made major contributions to as many fields of knowledge as Ari… read more
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27. 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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28. 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
29. 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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30. 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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31. From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 BC to AD 68
By: H.H. Scullard
3.95
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Scullard's clear and comprehensive narrative covers the period from 133 BC to 69 AD, exploring the … read more
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