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Josephus' account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against ...
John Carter's modern translation conveys the compelling style of the original. His extensive introduction provides an in-depth assessment of Appian as historian and places ...
Caesar's own account of his struggle with Pompey over leadership of Republican Rome
A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great ...
Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC-AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savage civil war. This selection ...
Translated by Tom HollandThe Lives of the Caesars include the biographies of Julius Caesar and the eleven subsequent emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Claudius, Nero ...
"Superbly acute and unashamedly complex."-The Telegraph
"Rich and provocative."-Times Literary Supplement
"An engaging exploration."-The New Yorker
"The phenomenal Ms. Beard has written ...
A complex and captivating portrait of Mark Antony that offers a fresh perspective on the fall of the Roman RepublicIn his lifetime, Mark Antony was ...
The extraordinary story of Rome told through one of the world's once most ubiquitous objects- coins.
The extraordinary story of ancient Rome, history's ...
In the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex. The emperor Marcus Aurelius reigned over a vast territory ...
A sweeping new history of the city of Rome, told through its emperors and the monuments they built to make their mark on one of ...
The story of Rome's richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory
"A perfectly paced biography."-Tom Holland, Times ...
The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip Freeman
Flavius Claudius Julianus, or Julian the Apostate, ruled Rome ...
A dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire warning: republics collapse when personal pride overrides the common good. In ...
'That was how things stood in the city at the time. With no one in charge, murders were taking place almost every day and the ...
Between 27 BCE and 476 CE a series of men became Roman Emperor, ruling a domain that stretched across Europe, North Africa and the Near ...
