Rome
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A Short History of Ancient Rome
$24.99 Add to cartFrom the hit Short History of… podcast comes the dramatic and thrilling story of ancient Rome, an immersive account packed with historical detail that brings to life the rise and fall of one of the … [more below]
- Author: Hughes, Pascal
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1335001328
- Language: English
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Children of Mars: The Origins of Rome’s Empire
$29.99 Add to cartA fresh narrative history of the rise of Rome’s empire in Italy, that exposes the monumental expansion of the Roman familial, social, political, and militaristic way of living across Italy.
Before the- Series: Ancient Warfare and Civilization
- Author: Armstrong, Jeremy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0197584977
- Language: English
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Pox Romana: The Plague That Shook the Roman World
$19.95 Add to cartA wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the Roman Empire at its pinnacle
In the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and p- Series: Turning Points in Ancient History #11
- Author: Elliott, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 0691220700
- Language: English
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Perpetua: The Woman, the Martyr
$28.00 Add to cartAn intimate and human portrait of Perpetua, a third-century woman author who was idealized as a Christian martyr
On March 7, 203, in the monumental amphitheater at Carthage, Vibia Perpetua was one of- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Ruden, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0300273711
- Language: English
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Horace: Poet on a Volcano
$28.00 Add to cartA biography of Horace, one of the most popular poets from antiquity, revealing the little-known man behind his famous lines
“Peter Stothard is a master of modern writing about ancient Rome, of vividl- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Stothard, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300256582
- Language: English
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Master of Rome: A Life of Julius Caesar
$29.99 Add to cartBy any measure, Julius Caesar is one of the most significant and famous figures in Roman history. Self-identified as a “popular” politician, he advocated for effective government to better the lives o… [more below]
- Author: Potter, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0190867183
- Language: English
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The Romans: A 2,000-Year History
$40.00 Add to cartAn acclaimed scholar tells the full, breathtaking history of Rome, from its emergence in the Iron Age to the capture of Constantinople in the thirteenth century
When we think of “ancient Romans” toda- Author: Watts, Edward J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1541619811
- Language: English
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Agrippina the Younger: Poems
$20.00 Add to cartA poetic journey through the past of the Roman Empress Agrippina looks toward the future
Agrippina the Younger follows one woman’s study of another, separated by thousands of miles and two millennia b- Author: Arterian, Diana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 124
- Publish Date: June 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0810148412
- Language: English
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Alexander the Great: Lives and Legacies
$22.50 Add to cartAn evenhanded reimagining of the Greek conqueror’s life.
This book offers a fresh perspective on the reign of Alexander the Great. It re-examines Alexander’s military victories and personality while- Series: Great Lives of the Ancient World
- Author: Harrison, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1789149975
- Language: English
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Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome
$30.00 Add to cartJane Draycott reclaims the life story of Fulvia, one of the most powerful women of the late Roman Republic
“Light and thorough, wide-reaching and focused, entertaining but not sensationalist.”–Financ- Author: Draycott, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: July 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0300278047
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of Ancient Rome: A Millennium of Western Civilization, from Kingdom to Republic to Empire – A Retelling for Our Times
$16.95 Add to cart“For who is so indifferent or indolent as not to wish to know by what means the Romans succeeded in subjecting nearly the whole inhabited world to their sole government–a thing unique in history?”—
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: King, Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 9798893030587
- Language: English
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Life of Constantine
$7.99 Add to cartLife of Constantine the great is a panegyric written in Greek in honor of Constantine the Great by Eusebius of Caesarea in the 4th century AD. It was never completed due to the death of Eusebius in 33
- Author: Eusebius of Caesarea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1088165435
- Language: English
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The Way of the Gladiator: Inspiration for the Gladiator Films
$18.99 Add to cartThe book that inspired the stories of Gladiator & Gladiator II: Step into the ring with this classic, in-depth account of the ancient Romans’ obsession with the bloody and brutal games.
“[The Way of t- Author: Mannix, Daniel P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1504090888
- Language: English
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The Missing Thread: A Women’s History of the Ancient World
$35.00 Add to cartOne of The Smithsonian‘s 10 best history books of 2024
One of BBC History Magazine‘s best books of 2024 “Thoroughly researched and sprightly…. a complete history of the [Mediterranean world] with th- Author: Dunn, Daisy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0593299663
- Language: English
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Populus: Living and Dying in Ancient Rome
$30.00 Read moreThis revealing look at life in ancient Rome offers a compelling journey through the vivid landscape of politics, domestic life, entertainment, and inequality experienced daily by Romans of all social … [more below]
- Author: de la Bédoyère, Guy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0226832945
- Language: English
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The Ruins of Rome
$39.99 Add to cartThe beguiling ruins of Rome have a long history of allure. They first engaged the attention of later mediaeval tourists, just as they do today. The interest of travellers was captured in the Renaissan… [more below]
- Author: Mayer, Roland
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 394
- Publish Date: February 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1009430106
- Language: English
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Meditations
$19.99 Add to cartA stunning new edition of the classic Stoic text.
Contained in the timeless volume Meditations, the personal writings of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, who ruled from 161 to 180 CE are more relev- Series: Chartwell Deluxe Editions
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0785845550
- Language: English
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Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World
$21.99 Add to cartIn her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its reign as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean. No
- Author: Beard, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: December 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1324095601
- Language: English
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A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins
$29.99 Add to cartHold the glory–and infamy–of ancient Rome in the palm of your hand in this extraordinary and accessible story of history’s greatest superpower, as told through humanity’s most universal object: the … [more below]
- Author: Harney, Gareth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1668014130
- Language: English
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Bread of Angels
$18.99 Add to cartPurple. The foundation of an influential trade in a Roman world dominated by men. One woman rises up to take the reins of success in an incredible journey of courage, grit, and friendship. And along t… [more below]
- Author: Afshar, Tessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 06 2017
- ISBN10: 1496406478
- Language: English
