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Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff Staff Pick I'm rather sure that all three of Stacy Schiff's previous works have been nominated for some award or another. With a pedigree like that, you know that her latest biography is bound to be a must-read. Stripping away all the previous misconceptions about... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff Staff Pick I'm rather sure that all three of Stacy Schiff's previous works have been nominated for some award or another. With a pedigree like that, you know that her latest biography is bound to be a must-read. Stripping away all the previous misconceptions about... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff Staff Pick I'm rather sure that all three of Stacy Schiff's previous works have been nominated for some award or another. With a pedigree like that, you know that her latest biography is bound to be a must-read. Stripping away all the previous misconceptions about... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy by Adrienne Mayor Publisher Comments "Mithradates should be a household name alongside his fellow rebels Hannibal, Cleopatra, Spartacus, and Attila. This detailed, juicy, entertaining, yet painstaking work of superb scholarship should finally give Mithradates the recognition he deserves... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland Publisher Comments A masterful, witty, brilliantly researched popular history of perhaps the greatest civilization ever and the events and people that led to its transformation from a republic to an empire. On a dark January morning, Julius Caesar, the governor of Gaul,... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Book Club Hardcover
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The Annals of Imperial Rome (Penguin Classics) by Tacitus Synopsis "The Annals of Imperial Rome" recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero in AD 68. Michael Grant's introduction discusses the life and works of Tacitus and the historical context of the... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme Publisher Comments The Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus. The... (read more) List Price $30.75 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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What Life Was Like Amid Splendor and Intrigue: Byzantine Empire, Ad 330-1453 by Time Life Publisher Comments Drawing on art, artifacts, and literature that was left behind, these richly illustrated volumes recount captivating tales of everyday life in long-ago vanished worlds.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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A History of Private Life, Volume 1: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium by Paul Veyne Publisher Comments First of the widely celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, this book reveals in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world. Behind the vast panorama of the pagan Roman empire, the reader discovers the intimate daily lives of... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization by Richard Miles Publisher Comments The first full-scale history of Hannibal's Carthage in decades and andquot;a convincing and enthralling narrative.andquot; (The Economist ) Drawing on a wealth of new research, archaeologist, historian, and master storyteller Richard Miles resurrects... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Rubicon by Tom Holland Publisher Comments In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small border river called the Rubicon and plunged Rome into cataclysmic civil war. Tom Holland's enthrallingaccount tells the story of Caesar's generation... (read more) Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt Publisher Comments Brilliant, voluble, cranky, a genius of political manipulation but also a true patriot and idealist, Cicero was Rome's most feared politician, one of the greatest lawyers and statesmen of all time. Cicero comes to life in these pages and takes center... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome: Daily Life, Mysteries, and Curiosities by Alberto Angela Publisher Comments The roar of frenzied spectators inside the Coliseum during a battle between gladiators. A crowd of onlookers gathered around a slave driver. The wondrous plenty of banquets where flamingos are roasted whole and wine flows like rivers. The silence of the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey Through the Roman Empire by Elizabeth Speller Publisher Comments One of the greatest--and most enigmatic--Roman emperors, Hadrian stabilized the imperial borders, established peace throughout the empire, patronized the arts, and built an architectural legacy that lasts to this day: the great villa at Tivoli, the domed... (read more) List Price $90.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Daily Life in Ancient Rome: The People and the City at the Height of the Empire by Jerome Carcopino Publisher Comments Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and... (read more) Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Daily Life in Ancient Rome: The People and the City at the Height of the Empire, 2nd Edition by Jerome Carcopino Publisher Comments This classic book brings to life imperial Rome as it was during the second century A.D., the time of Trajan and Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, and Commodus. It was a period marked by lavish displays of wealth, a dazzling cultural mix, and the advent of... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Cleopatra the Great: The Woman Behind the Legend by Joann Fletcher, Dr. Publisher Comments The subject of myth for more than two millennia, Cleopatra has long been obscured by Roman propaganda, Shakespearean tragedy, and Hollywood glamour. Yet Cleopatra was a woman of passion, magnetism, and political genius, the last and perhaps the greatest... (read more) Your price: $17.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Publisher Comments Gibbon's masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century a.d. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century, is widelyconsidered the greatest work of history ever written... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Antony and Cleopatra (10 Edition) by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy Publisher Comments In this remarkable dual biography of the two great lovers of antiquity, preeminent historian Adrian Goldsworthy goes beyond myth and romance to create a nuanced and historically acute portrayal of his subjects, set against the political backdrop of their... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $18.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Roman World: Sources and Interpretation by D Brendan Nagle Publisher Comments As the only single volume, comprehensive, thematic-chronological Roman reader available, this volume presents a selection of historical documents from the founding of Rome to its fall. It is designed to provide enthusiasts of history and civilization... (read more) List Price $54.60 Your price: $40.00 Used - Trade Paper
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