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Ancient Roman History Ancient Roman History "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." Marcus Tullius Cicero, Ad Familiares IX, 4 Rome Spreads Her Dying Every Day: Wings: Territorial Seneca at the Court of Expansion Between the Nero. Punic Wars. by James S. Romm by Gareth C. Sampson Explores the moral struggles, The two decades between the political intrigues and violent end of the First Punic War and vendettas that enmeshed the the beginning of the Second ancient Roman writer and represent a key period in the philosopher in the brutal daily development of Rome’s lives of the imperial family and imperial ambitions, both within the regime of his student, Nero. Italy and beyond. Augustus: The Life of The Defeat of Rome in Rome's First Emperor. the East: Crassus, the by Anthony Everitt Parthians, and the A sweeping biography of Disastrous Battle of Rome's first emperor ollof ws Augustus Caesar as he Carrhae, 53 BC. transformed the Roman by Gareth C. Sampson Republic into the world's In 53BC the Proconsul Marcus greatest empire, consolidating Crassus and 36,000 of his and expanding Roman power legionaries were crushed by the into every aspect of the known Parthians at Carrhae in what is world of his time, and examines now eastern Turkey. Crassus' his life in the context of the world in which he lived. defeat and death and the 20,000 casualties his army By the author of Cicero. suffered were an extraordinary disaster for Rome. The event intensified the bitter, destructive struggle for The Roman Invasion of power in the Roman republic, curtailed the empire's eastward expansion and had a lasting impact on the Britain: Archaeology history of the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Versus History. by Birgitta Hoffmann Marcus Agrippa: Right- Explores the contradictions hand Man of Caesar between the literary evidence and archaeology of the Roman Augustus. invasion of Britain. by Lindsay Powell Marcus Agrippa was a key factor in the rise of Augustus and the transition from Republic to Empire. This is the first accessible, full-length study of this significant figure orf over 75 years and 2014 sees the 2,000th anniversary of the death of Augustus. Lindenhurst Memorial Library 1 Lee Avenue Lindenhurst, New York 11757 | (631) 957-7755 https://www.lindenhurstlibrary.org/ Ancient Roman History "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." Marcus Tullius Cicero, Ad Familiares IX, 4 The Shadow of Hadrian's Wall. Vesuvius: A Life of by Adrian Keith Pliny. Goldsworthy by Daisy Dunn Taking readers on a historical Interweaves Pliny the Younger’s and archeological investigation Letters with extracts from Pliny during which fact is separated the Elder’s seven-volume from legend, an award-winning Natural History in a wide- historian of ancient Rome reaching dual portrait that presents a concise and places their lives against a fascinating history of the largest backdrop of dynamic changes Roman artifact known today in the first- and second-century and a great architectural marvel Roman Empire. of the ancient world. Ten Caesars: Roman The Storm Before the Emperors from Storm: The Beginning Augustus to of the End of the Constantine. Roman Republic. by Barry S Strauss by Michael Duncan The classical historian and best- Chronicling the years 146-78 BC, selling author of The Death of this book dives headlong into Caesar chronicles three and a the first generation to face this half centuries of the Roman treacherous new political Empire through the lives of 10 environment. Abandoning the forefront emperors, from ancient principles of their Augustus to Constantine. forbearers, men like Marius, Sulla, and the Gracchi brothers set dangerous new Imperial Tragedy: precedents that would start the Republic on the road to destruction and provide a stark warning about From Constantine's what can happen to a civilization that has lost its way. Empire to the Destruction of Roman Cicero: The Life and Italy Ad 363-568. Times of Rome's by Michael Kulikowski Greatest Politician. Imperial Tragedy tells the story by Anthony Everitt of Rome's gradual collapse. Full A lively portrait of the of palace intrigue, religious quintessential Roman politician conflicts and military history, as describes the life and times of well as details of the shifts in the ancient statesman, based social, religious and political on the witty and candid letters structures, Imperial Tragedy contests the idea that that Cicero wrote to his friend Rome fell due to external invasions. Instead, it focuses Atticus in which he described on how the choices and conditions of those living the events and personalities within the empire led to its fall. that shaped the final days of Republican Rome. Lindenhurst Memorial Library 1 Lee Avenue Lindenhurst, New York 11757 | (631) 957-7755 https://www.lindenhurstlibrary.org/ Ancient Roman History "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." Marcus Tullius Cicero, Ad Familiares IX, 4 A Jew Among Romans: The Historians of The Life and Legacy of Ancient Rome: An Flavius Josephus. Anthology of the Major by Frederic Raphael Writings. The author of The Glittering by Ronald Mellor Prizes presents a bold chronicle The Historians of Ancient Rome of the life of the Jewish general- is the most comprehensive turned-Roman historian while collection of ancient sources for appraising the roles of Jewish Roman history available in a immigrants in the Diaspora single English volume. After a centuries, providing scholarly general introduction on Roman coverage of such topics as historical writing, extensive Josephus's regard by posterity, his role as a religious passages from more than a dozen Greek and Roman and intellectual prototype and his relationship with historians and biographers trace the history of Rome the Roman emperor Vespasian. over more than a thousand years: from the city's foundation by Romulus to Constantine's edict of Rubicon: The Last toleration for Christianity, Years of the Roman Republic. Carthage Must Be by Tom Holland Destroyed: The Rise A suspenseful popular history of and Fall of an Ancient the fall of the Roman Republic Civilization. traces the events and by Richard Miles generation that marked the An epic history of the city final enturc y B.C., discussing whose defeat was one of the such topics as the drama- ancient world's defining spurred personality of Julius moments draws on a wealth of Caesar, the rise of Alexandria, new archaeological research to the rule of Augustus, and the contributions of such cover such topics as its figures as Caesar, Cleopatra, and Brutus.. founding among the Phoenician settlements of Lebanon, its rise to the Mortal Republic: How Mediterranean's greatest sea power and the Rome Fell into contributions of military leader Hannibal. Tyranny. by Edward Jay Watts Hadrian and the The prize-winning historian and Triumph of Rome. author of The Final Pagan by Anthony Everitt Generation offers a revisionist A meticulously researched history of the Roman Republic profile fo the enigmatic Roman that explains why it transitioned emperor places his formative from freedom to autocracy, years against a backdrop of first- triggering civil wars and the century events and chronicles imperial reign of Augustus. his successful efforts to end a century of disorder and warfare. Lindenhurst Memorial Library 1 Lee Avenue Lindenhurst, New York 11757 | (631) 957-7755 https://www.lindenhurstlibrary.org/ Ancient Roman History "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." Marcus Tullius Cicero, Ad Familiares IX, 4 The Rise of Rome: The The History of Rome. Making of the World's by Theodor Mommsen Greatest Empire. The History of Rome chronicles by Anthony Everitt the ancient empire's society The best-selling author of Cicero and government from the traces the rise of Rome as an second century BC to the end unlikely evolution from a market of the Republic and rise of village to the world's most Julius Caesar. Combining powerful empire, offering scientific learning with stylistic insight into its political clashes, vigor, Mommsen's insights military strategies, leading transcend new interpretations figures and internal corruptions. and discoveries. SPQR: A History of The Reach of Rome: A Ancient Rome. Journey Through the by Mary Beard Lands of the Ancient A prominent classicist explores Empire, Following a ancient Rome and how its Coin. citizens adapted the notion of by Alberto Angela imperial rule, invented the An unconventional history of concepts of citizenship and the Roman Empire by the best- nation and made laws about selling author of A Day in the those traditionally overlooked in Life of Ancient Rome explores history, including women, slaves its far-reaching influence and and criminals. massive size at the height of its territorial expansion, offering related insights into the Stilicho: The Vandal daily lives of its diverse but united people. Who Saved Rome. by Ian Hughes Caesar: Life of a Ian Hughes explains how a Colossus. Vandal (actually Stilicho had a by Adrian Keith Vandal father and Roman Goldsworthy mother) came to be given The first major biography in almost total control of the decades examines the full Western Empire and describes complexity of Julius Caesar's his attempts to save both the character in an incisive portrait Western Empire and even that shows why his political and Rome itself from the attacks of military leadership continues to Alaric the Goth and other barbarian invaders. resonate two thousand years following his death. Lindenhurst Memorial Library 1 Lee Avenue Lindenhurst, New York 11757 | (631) 957-7755 https://www.lindenhurstlibrary.org/.
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