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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
De vita Caesarum De vita Caesarum 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. OL16231635W
Antony and Cleopatra Antony and Cleopatra 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… OL16262609W
Agrippina Agrippina 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. OL16699528W
Brutus Brutus 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… OL19729530W
Dolce vita confidential Dolce vita confidential 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… OL20040256W
The age of Caesar The age of Caesar 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… OL20047390W
The North Pole The North Pole Robert E. Peary lvi, 373 p. : 23 cm OL2478903W
Julius Caesar Julius Caesar 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… OL2651734W
Emperor Alexander Severus Emperor Alexander Severus John S. MCHUGH xiii, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm OL28796006W
Caesar Caesar 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… OL3298205W
Cornelia, Mother of Gracchi (Women of the Ancient World) Cornelia, Mother of Gracchi (Women of the Ancient World) 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… OL4101135W
The Twelve Caesars The Twelve Caesars 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… OL7967881W
Emperors of Rome Emperors of Rome 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… OL8082809W