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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Pliny's praise Pliny's praise Paul Roche "Pliny's Panegyricus (AD 100) survives as a unique example of senatorial rhetoric from the early Roman Empire. It offers an eyewitness account of the last years of Domitian's principate, the reign of… OL15920710W
Ancient Rome Ancient Rome William E. Dunstan Ancient Rome traces the history of the Roman Empire from the earliest archeological remains in Italy to the Merovingian line of Frankish kings in the ninth century who claimed to replace the Wester… OL16120981W
The ides The ides Stephen Dando-Collins Unraveling the many mysteries surrounding the murder of Julius Caesar The assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most notorious murders in history. Two thousand years after it occurred, many … OL1707532W
The Dream Of Rome The Dream Of Rome Boris Johnson Focusing on how the Romans made Europe work as a homogenous civilisation, this study looks at why we are failing to make the EU work in modern times. OL17384226W
Le Brutus de Cicéron Le Brutus de Cicéron Charles Guérin,Sophie Aubert-Baillot "Cicero's dialogue Brutus offers a history of Roman eloquence from its origins and Greek roots up to the time of the work's composition (46 BC) in the late Republic. It forms part of Cicero's respons… OL23189960W
The hand of Cicero The hand of Cicero Shane Butler ix, 165 pages ; 25 cm OL6214298W
Philosophy in the Roman Empire (Ashgate Ancient Philosophy Series) Philosophy in the Roman Empire (Ashgate Ancient Philosophy Series) Michael Trapp xiv, 285 p. ; 24 cm OL6641489W
Cicero the politician Cicero the politician Christian Habicht xiii, 148 p. ; 23 cm OL698567W
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
Princes and Political Cultures Princes and Political Cultures Greg Rowe "Covering the period from the reign of Augustus to Claudius's installation, Rowe demonstrates how dynastic monarchy turned citizens into subjects. Stepping back from personalities and politics to con… OL9388696W