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What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world?In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year ...
A superb and illuminating history of Imperial Rome's most important women - dispelling the myths and misogyny that have distorted their reputations for over 2000 ...
Rome as you've never seen it before - brazenly unconventional, badly behaved and ever so feminine.
'Hugely entertaining and illuminating' -Elodie Harper, author of The ...
Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy
"[Robertson] thoughtfully and ...
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Holland, who co-hosts the podcast The Rest Is History, is at his best when having fun with Rome's bloody ...
Rome was first ruled by kings, then became a republic. But in the end, after conquering the world, the Republic collapsed. Rome was drowned in ...
The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ...
WINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RUNCIMAN AWARD
A Sunday Times, BBC History Magazine, and Evening Standard Book of the Year
'Majestic ...
The epic story of one of the world's most enduring civilisations and empires.
'For who is so indifferent or indolent as not to wish ...
A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire
The Ptolemaic era, Egypt's last and ...
One of the most enigmatic figures of antiquity, Tiberius lacked the imperial splendour of his great predecessor Augustus and the excesses of many of his ...
A vivid account of the political triumphs and domestic tragedies of the Jewish king Herod the Great during the turmoil of the Roman revolution
Herod ...
"Superbly acute and unashamedly complex."-The Telegraph
"Rich and provocative."-Times Literary Supplement
"An engaging exploration."-The New Yorker
"The phenomenal Ms. Beard has written ...
A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient world
Living in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly ...
'Fascinating ... illuminating ... Stephenson examines ordinary life, painting a vivid and intriguing picture.' - The Times
Long before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a ...