Rome category: 2065 books
by Anthony Everitt
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus.
A moreishly entertaining and richly informative miscellany of facts about Rome and the Roman world.
Do you know to what use the Romans put the excrement of the kingfisher? Or why a dinner party invitation from the emperor Domitian was such a terrifying...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Roman Empire
Engrossing Stories of Roman Conquest, Palace Intrigue, and the Politics of Empire
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
You're no idiot, of course. The battle scenes in Gladiator had you on the edge of your seat and wondering where you could find more information on the rise and fall of ancient Rome. But, so far, your search has left you feeling like a blundering barbarian. Pick yourself up off the Colisseum floor!...
by Josephus, E. Mary Smallwood
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 1981
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 1981
Josephus’ account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and 70. Originally a rebel leader, Josephus changed sides after he was captured to become a Rome-appointed negotiator, and so was uniquely placed...
by Sallust
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2007
Sallust (86–c. 35 bc) is the earliest Roman historian of whom complete works survive, a senator of the Roman Republic and younger contemporary of Cicero, Pompey and Julius Caesar. His Catiline’s War tells of the conspiracy in 63 bc led by L. Sergius Catilina, who plotted to assassinate numerous...
Nero's Killing Machine
The True Story of Rome's Remarkable 14th Legion
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
The 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion was the most celebrated unit of the early Roman Empire–a force that had been wiped out under Julius Caesar, reformed, and almost wiped out again. After participating in the a.d. 43 invasion of Britain, the 14th Legion achieved its greatest glory when it put...
Caesar's Legion
The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
"A unique and splendidly researched story, following the trials and triumphs of Julius Caesar's Legio X-arguably the most famous legion of its day-from its activation to the slogging battle of Munda and from Thapsus, Caesar's tactical masterpiece, to the grim siege of the Jewish fortress of Masada....
Mark Antony's Heroes
How the Third Gallica Legion Saved an Apostle and Created an Emperor
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2011
This fourth book in Dando-Collins’s definitive history of Rome’s legions tells the story of Rome’s 3rd Gallica Legion, which put Vespasian on the throne and saved the life of the Christian apostle Paul. Named for their leader, Mark Antony, these common Roman soldiers, through their gallantry...
Caesar's Civil War
49–44 BC
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great were two of the greatest generals Rome had ever produced. Together they had brought vast stretches of territory under Roman dominion. In 49 BC they turned against each other and plunged Rome into civil war. Legion was pitched against legion in a vicious battle for...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
A Companion to the Punic Wars offers a comprehensive new survey of the three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC.
Offers a broad survey of the Punic Wars from a variety of perspectives
Features contributions from an outstanding cast of international scholars with unrivalled...
by Paula James
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
This remarkable and original introduction to Roman civilization starts with a tour of Rome, and uses real sights which you can visit today as a starting point for discussions of all aspects of Roman life. From art and architecture, to politics and propaganda, this is a unique and accessible guide...
Augustus
The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
The great modern biography of Augustus, founder of the Roman Empire
Born to a plebeian family in 63 BC, Octavian was a young solder training abroad when he heard news of Julius Caesar's brutal assassination - and discovered that he was the dictator's sole political heir. With the opportunism...
Blood in the Arena
The Spectacle of Roman Power
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2010
From the center of Imperial Rome to the farthest reaches of ancient Britain, Gaul, and Spain, amphitheaters marked the landscape of the Western Roman Empire. Built to bring Roman institutions and the spectacle of Roman power to conquered peoples, many still remain as witnesses to the extent and control...
The Roman Guide to Slave Management
A Treatise by Nobleman Marcus Sidonius Falx
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
Having spent most of his life managing his servants—many of them prisoners from Rome’s military conquests—he decided to write a kind of owner’s manual for his friends and countrymen. The result, The Roman Guide to Slave Management, is a sly, subversive guide to the realities of servitude in...
by BOB BASE
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Now fully edited
This is the story about an eight man squad of men within a Roman legion on the very edge of the empire.There are no heroes or senior officers vying for greatness or ultimate power, there are no beautiful women .
This is just the story of eight low ranked common soldiers....