Roman History Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Religious History of the Roman Empire: The Republican Centuries
J. A. North
@haszehem The Religious History of the Roman Empire: The Republican Centuries Kindle https://t.co/trizzT8Cxi Book https://t.co/HcV6OZ5LgX 14 chapters dealing with aspects of the religious life of Republican Rome between c. 500 BCE & the fall of the Republican constitution in c. 30 BCE
Hardcover, 2023
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Before Augustus: The Collapse of the Roman Republic
Natale Barca
Out Soon - Order Now Before Augustus: The Collapse of the Roman Republic Book https://t.co/jLLmXHJ5XL This new history of the Roman Republic sets the complex social & political system of the time to provide a full context to the historical events & epic battles of the 1st C BC
Hardcover, 2023
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Virgil: With Notes by W. Rushton and H. Young
Publius Vergilius Maro
Today in 70 BC was born Vigil Among the greatest of the Roman poets, Virgil was the author of the 'Aeneid'. Publius Vergilius Maro, known in English as Virgil (or sometimes Vergil) was born near Mantua in northern Italy in October 70 BC. He spent his early life in northern Italy. https://t.co/XbmQmnIwMr
Paperback, 2010
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Meditations: With Selected Correspondence
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Get the Kindle at https://t.co/JSCnZezyXv Get this book at https://t.co/EY61y2wTTM Written in Greek by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher
Paperback, 2011
$9.94$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Roman Britain's Pirate King: Carausius, Constantius Chlorus and the Fourth Roman Invasion of Britain
Simon Elliott
Roman Britain's Pirate King: Carausius, Constantius Chlorus & the 4th Roman Invasion of Britain Kindle https://t.co/QppCMLfkz8 Book https://t.co/F0izdSDj8C Britannica, disappeared. It was never to return Lecture by the Author Simon elliott https://t.co/gedxlcT4W4
Hardcover, 2022
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Palatine: An Alternative History of the Caesars
Peter Stothard
Palatine: An Alternative History of the Caesars. Get the Kindle at https://t.co/4gquWK8AYZ Get the Book at https://t.co/VjAlyQdIKy New book reveals the rulers of Rome tended to meet sticky ends. https://t.co/oryIWWHbNM via @romanhistory1
Hardcover, 2023
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The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome
Harry Sidebottom
Died today 222AD Elagabalus, Emperor, murdered by the Praetorian Guard at 18 The Mad Emperor:Heliogabalus & the Decadence of Rome. Kindle https://t.co/MhFQEGdW8C Book https://t.co/dy9lci2ulm Harry Sidebottom unveils the high drama of sex, religion, power & culture in Ancient Rome
Hardcover, 2022
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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Today 161AD Marcus Aurelius became Emperor. He was a Stoic philosopher and also wrote his famous 'Meditations'. Meditations - (Penguin Classics) Kindle at https://t.co/JSCnZezyXv Book at https://t.co/EY61y2wTTM Written in Greek by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher
Hardcover, 2023
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The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity
Hugh Elton
@RomeInTheEast @CUPAcademic The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity: A Political and Military History Get the Kindle at https://t.co/oEJfolGrrd Get this book at https://t.co/4TgjvZyh24 A detailed and up to date history of the last centuries of the Roman Empire, beginning with the crisis of the third century
Paperback, 2018
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I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54
Robert Graves
Today 1976 Started The ambitious BBC Television adaptation of I Claudius Get the box set at https://t.co/yKKHzklTge I, Claudius follows the history of Rome, narrated by the elderly Claudius, from the death of Marcellus, nephew and son-in-law of Augustus
Paperback, 1989
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