Rome
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Author:Southern, PatSummary: -
Author:Sage, Michael M.Summary: -
Author:Mayor, AdrienneSummary:Mayor delivers an account of Mithradates, the ruthless visionary who began to challenge Rome's power in 120 B.C. Machiavelli praised his military genius. Kings coveted his secret elixir against poison. Poets celebrated his...
- Author:Fitzgerald, ConorSummary:
On a hot summer morning, Arturo Clemente is sloppily murdered in his Roman apartment by a mysterious slasher. The killing is brutal, amateurish and by all appearances random. But Clemente is no ordinary victim.
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Author:VirgilSummary:This enduring masterpiece tells of the epic quest of Aeneas, who flees the ashes of Troy to found a new civilization: Rome. Caught between passion and fate, his vision would change the course of the Western world.
- Author:ABBOTT, JacobSummary:
Jacob Abbott wrote many historical books for children. He was careful to ensure historical accuracy, and as he said himself in the preface to this book "Whatever of interest ... these stories may possess is due solely to the facts...
- Author:Bing, StanleySummary:
Here, Bing chronicles the great city of Rome from its humble beginnings to its monumental collapse due to greed, in-fighting and general mismanagement. Rome, Inc. then becomes a powerful lesson for business leaders, documenting the many...
- Author:Le Guin, Ursula K.Summary:
Born into peace and freedom, Lavinia is stunned to learn that she will be the cause of a great war--or so the prophecies and omens claim. Her fate is sealed, however, when she meets a man from Troy.
- Author:ABBOTT, JacobSummary:
The book chronicles the extraordinary life and leadership of Rome’s Emperor Julius Caesar, from his early years to his assassination.
- Author:TACITUS, Caius CorneliusSummary:
Germania, written by Cornelius Tacitus around 98, is an ethnographic work on the Germanic tribes outside the Roman Empire. Germania fits squarely within the tradition established by authors from Herodotus to Julius Caesar. Tacitus...
- Author:Madden, Thomas F.Summary:
Saint Louis University professor Thomas F. Madden delivers lectures on the history of the early Church and the spread of Christianity through the Roman Empire.
- Author:Hewson, DavidSummary:
After a grisly murder, a missing star, and a stunning theft disrupt a glitzy movie premiere, the glitterati and paparazzi leave Rome for the "safer" confines of San Francisco. There Italian police detective Nic Costa, still...
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Author:GOLDSWORTHY, AdrianSummary:Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of Caesar's life from birth through assassination, historian Goldsworthy covers not only Caesar's accomplishments as charismatic orator, conquering general, and powerful dictator, but also...
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Author:Macaulay, DavidSummary:Reveals the how and why behind some of the most fascinating and enduring structures humankind has ever created.
