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De vita Caesarum
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Suetonius |
First-century Roman life is portrayed in sketches of the family histories, public careers, physical traits, private lives, and vices of Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian. |
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Antony and Cleopatra
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Adrian Keith Goldsworthy |
In this dual biography of the two great lovers of antiquity, historian Adrian Goldsworthy goes beyond myth and romance to create a portrait of his subjects--who were first and foremost political anim… |
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Agrippina
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Shirin Yim Bridges |
Details the life of Agrippina the Younger, explores the customs of her time period, and discusses the empress' fierce reputation and whether it was deserved. |
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Brutus
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Kathryn Tempest |
A compelling new portrait of Marcus Brutus delves behind the ancient evidence to set aside the myths that surround the ancient world's most famous assassin Conspirator and assassin, philosopher and s… |
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Dolce vita confidential
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Shawn Levy |
"A romp through the worlds of fashion, film, and titillating journalism that made 1950s Rome the sexiest capital on the planet. In the 1950s, Rome rose from the ashes of World War II to become a mova… |
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The age of Caesar
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Plutarch |
"An outstanding new edition of Plutarch, the inventor of biography, focused on five lives that remade the Roman world. Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names still resonate across thousand… |
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The North Pole
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Robert E. Peary |
lvi, 373 p. : 23 cm |
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Julius Caesar
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Antony Kamm |
Julius Caesar was a brilliant politician who became sole ruler of a Roman empire increased in size by his own military exploits. As a military strategist he never lost a campaign; he was also a consi… |
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Emperor Alexander Severus
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John S. MCHUGH |
xiii, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm |
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Caesar
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Maria Wyke |
"More than two millennia have passed since Brutus and his companions murdered Julius Caesar - and inaugurated his legend. Though the assassins succeeded in ending Caesar's dictatorship, they could ne… |
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Cornelia, Mother of Gracchi (Women of the Ancient World)
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Suzanne Dixon |
Examining the remarkable life of Cornelia, famed as the epitome of virtue, fidelity and intelligence, Suzanne Dixon presents an in-depth study of the woman who perhaps represented the ideal of the Ro… |
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The Twelve Caesars
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Suetonius |
De vita Caesarum, known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies, each about one of the Roman emperors, including one on Julius Caesar. It was written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, com… |
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Emperors of Rome
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David Stone Potter |
In 27 BC Octavian was proclaimed emperor by the Roman Senate and given the title 'Augustus'. He ruled over an Empire that embraced the territories of some 25 modern countries and had more than 50 mil… |
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