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Julius Caesar

Author: William Shakespeare
Published: 2006
book: 159 pages
ISBN:0300108095
ISBN:9780300108095
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Subject: Drama

The first tragedy to be played in the new Globe Theatre, "Julius Caesar "is set at a crucial turning point in Roman history, as the Republican gives way to the ...

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Antony and Cleopatra

Author: William Shakespeare
Published: 1891
book: 230 pages
ISBN:0300108095
ISBN:9780300108095
Publisher: null
Subject: Rome

EUPHRONIUS, an ambassador from Antony to Caesar. ALEXAS, "j MARDIAN, a Eunuch, I , , , „. _ f attendants on Cleopatra. ...

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The Prince

Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
Published: 2003
book: 176 pages
ISBN:0553212788
ISBN:9780553212785
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Subject: Fiction

A theoretical and practical guide to the acquisition and maintenance of power within a state records the legendary Italian statesman's classic statement on the ...

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The Aeneid

Author: Virgil
Published: 1990
book: 445 pages
ISBN:1603037365
ISBN:9781603037365
Publisher: Plain Label Books
Subject: Literary Criticism

BOOK I Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc'd by fate, And haughty Juno's unrelenting hate, Expell'd and exil'd, left the Trojan shore. ...

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"Quo vadis"

Author: Henryk Sienkiewicz
Published: 1896
book: 541 pages
ISBN:1603037365
ISBN:9781603037365
Publisher: null
Subject: History

CHAPTER I. PETROKirs woke only about midday, and as usual greatly wearied. The evening before he had been at one of Nero's feasts, which was prolonged till ...

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The history of the decline & fall of the Roman empire

Author: Edward Gibbon
Published: 1906
book: book
ISBN:1603037365
ISBN:9781603037365
Publisher: null
Subject: History

THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OE THE ROMAN EMPIRE CHAPTER XXV THE GOVERNMENT AND DEATH OP JOVIAN — ELECTION OP VALENTINIAN, WHO ASSOCIATES HIS BROTHER ...

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Titus Andronicus

Author: William Shakespeare
Published: 2009
book: 84 pages
ISBN:1420932233
ISBN:9781420932232
Publisher: Digireads.Com
Subject: Drama

Widely accepted as Shakespeare's earliest tragedy, "Titus Andronicus" is the bloody story of a Roman general engaged in terrible revenge with the Queen of the ...

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Plutarch's Lives

Author: Plutarch
Published: 1891
book: book
ISBN:1420932233
ISBN:9781420932232
Publisher: null
Subject: Greece

N. Demades, the orator, when in the height of the power which he obtained at Athens by advising the state in the interest of Antipater and the Macedonians, ...

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The tragedy of Julius Caesar

Author: William Shakespeare
Published: 2000-12-07
book: 114 pages
ISBN:0140714685
ISBN:9780140714685
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Subject: Drama

A totally new Shakespeare - offering a unique benefit

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Ben-Hur

Author: Lew Wallace
Published: 2003-02-04
book: 558 pages
ISBN:0451528743
ISBN:9780451528742
Publisher: Signet Classics
Subject: Fiction

Featuring a new introduction by Tim LaHaye, this powerful saga, which centers around the Roman Empire, details how a wealthy young Jewish man and his family, ...

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City

Author: David Macaulay
Published: 1983-09-26
book: 112 pages
ISBN:0395349222
ISBN:9780395349229
Publisher: Graphia
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

Text and black and white illustrations show how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for the people who lived within them.

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Metamorphoses

Author: Ovid
Published: 1998
book: 592 pages
ISBN:1853267902
ISBN:9781853267901
Publisher: Wordsworth Edition
Subject: Fiction

"A version that has been long awaited, and likely to become the new standard."-"Washington Post"

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Ben-Hur

Author: Lewis Wallace
Published: 2007-10
book: 576 pages
ISBN:1434617165
ISBN:9781434617163
Publisher: Bibliobazaar
Subject: Fiction

This classic novel has fascinated readers for generations with its vivid depictions of the birth and death of Jesus interwoven with the fictional story of Judah ...

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The Aeneid of Virgil

Author: Virgil
Published: 1881
book: book
ISBN:1434617165
ISBN:9781434617163
Publisher: null
Subject: null

ARGUMENT. The Trojans, after a seven-years' voyage, set sail for Italy, but are overtaken by a dreadful storm, which ^Eolus raises at Juno's request. ...

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As sure as the dawn

Author: Francine Rivers
Published: 1995
book: 520 pages
ISBN:0842339760
ISBN:9780842339766
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Subject: Fiction

When gladiator Atretes locates his missing son, his plans to return to Germania are upset by Rizpah, the young widow who adopted his abandoned baby and who will ...

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Caesar

Author: Adrian Goldsworthy
Published: 2008-01-28
book: 608 pages
ISBN:0300126891
ISBN:9780300126891
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

"An authoritative and exciting portrait."—New York Times Book Review

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A Voice in the Wind

Author: Francine Rivers
Published: 1993
book: 520 pages
ISBN:0842377506
ISBN:9780842377508
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Subject: Fiction

A young Christian slave girl struggles to reconcile her love for a handsome aristocrat with her deep faith, as she confronts the dark and decadent forces of ...

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Conspirata

Author: Robert Harris
Published: 2010
book: 340 pages
ISBN:0743266102
ISBN:9780743266109
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Subject: Fiction

Harris's acclaimed Roman trilogy continues with an historical saga in which the future of democracy is decided, and revenge is the coin of the realm.

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An Echo in the Darkness

Author: Francine Rivers
Published: 1994
book: 446 pages
ISBN:0842313079
ISBN:9780842313070
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Subject: Fiction

Rapha, the healer, hides behind the security of the veil, concealing her true identity from those who had loved her and who believe her dead

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Coriolanus

Author: William Shakespeare
Published: 2009-09-08
book: 342 pages
ISBN:0671722581
ISBN:9780671722586
Publisher: Washington Square Pr
Subject: Drama

Critical and historical notes accompany Shakespeare's play about the life of an ambitious military leader.

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