Ancient Greece & Rome - Page 9

Vergil: The Poet's Life

A biography of Vergil, Rome’s greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid “Ms. Ruden ha...

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Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me

An award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused...

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A History of Britain in Ten Enemies

The surprisingly sadistic Boudica would be forgotten if it weren't for the Ninth Legion, Elizabeth I...

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Amazons: The History Behind the Legend

The idea of the Amazons is one of the most romantic and resonant in all antiquity. Greeks were fasci...

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The Conqueror's Gift: Roman Ethnography and the End of Antiquity

Ethnography is indispensable for every empire, as important as armies, tax collectors, or ambassador...

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Sophocles: A Very Short Introduction

This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramati...

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Athens, 403 BC: A Democracy in Crisis?

At the end of the fifth century BC, the Peloponnesian War resulted in Athens' shattering defeat by S...

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Why the Ancient Greeks Matter: The Problematic Miracle that was Greece

The ancient Greeks were exceptional and they were consequential. This innovative, engrossingly writt...

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The Neverending Empire: The Infinite Impact of Ancient Rome

From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly r...

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The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium

A “splendid” (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-kno...

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The Penguin Book of Greek and Latin Lyric Verse

The poets in this book are philosophers and statesmen; priestesses and warriors; teenage girls, conc...

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Roman Soldier versus Dacian Warrior: Dacian Wars AD 85–106

Fully illustrated, this book assesses the Roman and Dacian fighting men who clashed in three bloody...

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Julian: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor

The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip Fr...

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Archimedes: Fulcrum of Science

A bold reimagining of the life and work of Archimedes of Syracuse. Galileo, Leonardo, Newton, T...

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Plato: A Civic Life

Chronicles Plato’s thought through the lens of his turbulent life. Plato is a key figure from t...