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Power Ambition Glory

The Stunning Parallels between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today . . . and the Lessons You Can Learn

by Steve Forbes, John Prevas ...

Based on an extraordinary collaboration between Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO, and editor in chief of Forbes Media, and classics professor John Prevas, Power Ambition Glory provides intriguing comparisons between six great leaders of the ancient world and contemporary business leaders.• Great leaders not only have vision but know how to build structures to effect it. Cyrus the Great did so in ... Read more

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Based on an extraordinary collaboration between Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO, and editor in chief of Forbes Media, and classics professor John Prevas, Power Ambition Glory provides intriguing comparisons between six great leaders of the ancient world and contemporary business leaders.• Great leaders not only have vision but know how to build structures to effect it. Cyrus the Great did so in
... Read more

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Xenophon's March

Into The Lair Of The Persian Lion

by John Prevas ...

The year is 403 B.C. The Athenian philosopher Xenophon finds himself with an army of Greeks marching to what is now Turkey. Their mission: to aid the Persian pretender Cyrus in a war against his brother Artaxerxes. At a great battle, Cyrus is killed and his army destroyed—except for the Greeks holding his right flank. Xenophon and the Greeks are now stranded in the heart of the Persian Empire, ... Read more

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The year is 403 B.C. The Athenian philosopher Xenophon finds himself with an army of Greeks marching to what is now Turkey. Their mission: to aid the Persian pretender Cyrus in a war against his brother Artaxerxes. At a great battle, Cyrus is killed and his army destroyed—except for the Greeks holding his right flank. Xenophon and the Greeks are now stranded in the heart of the Persian Empire,
... Read more
Hannibal Crosses Alps

The Invasion Of Italy And The Punic Wars

by John Prevas ...

A history of the Carthaginian general's crossing of the Alps, invasion of Italy, and ravaging of the Roman empire during the Second Punic War."A story replete with high drama, immense human suffering, endurance, strategic brilliance, and stupidity born of arrogance." — BooklistWhen he left his Spanish base one spring day in 218 B.C. with his one hundred,zero-man army of mercenaries, Carthaginian ... Read more

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A history of the Carthaginian general's crossing of the Alps, invasion of Italy, and ravaging of the Roman empire during the Second Punic War."A story replete with high drama, immense human suffering, endurance, strategic brilliance, and stupidity born of arrogance." — BooklistWhen he left his Spanish base one spring day in 218 B.C. with his one hundred,zero-man army of mercenaries, Carthaginian
... Read more
Hannibal's Oath

The Life and Wars of Rome's Greatest Enemy

by John Prevas ...

According to the ancient sources, Hannibal was nine years old when his father led him to the temple at Carthage and dipped the young boy's hands in the blood of the sacrificial victim. Before those gods, Hannibal swore an oath of eternal hatred toward Rome.Few images in history have managed to capture and hold the popular imagination quite like that of Hannibal, the fearless North African, perched ... Read more

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According to the ancient sources, Hannibal was nine years old when his father led him to the temple at Carthage and dipped the young boy's hands in the blood of the sacrificial victim. Before those gods, Hannibal swore an oath of eternal hatred toward Rome.Few images in history have managed to capture and hold the popular imagination quite like that of Hannibal, the fearless North African, perched
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Power Ambition Glory

The Stunning Parallels Between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today...and the Lessons You Can Learn

by Steve Forbes, John Prevas ...

Narrated by Alan Sklar ...

Unabridged

12 hours 46 min

Based on an extraordinary collaboration between Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO, and editor in chief of Forbes Media, and classics professor John Prevas, Power Ambition Glory provides intriguing comparisons between six great leaders of the ancient world and contemporary business leaders.—Great leaders not only have vision but know how to build structures to effect it. Cyrus the Great did so in ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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Based on an extraordinary collaboration between Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO, and editor in chief of Forbes Media, and classics professor John Prevas, Power Ambition Glory provides intriguing comparisons between six great leaders of the ancient world and contemporary business leaders.—Great leaders not only have vision but know how to build structures to effect it. Cyrus the Great did so in
... Read more

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Hannibal's Oath

The Life and Wars of Rome's Greatest Enemy

by John Prevas ...

Narrated by Brad Raymond ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

According to the ancient sources, Hannibal was nine years old when his father led him to the temple at Carthage and dipped the young boy's hands in the blood of the sacrificial victim. Before those gods, Hannibal swore an oath of eternal hatred toward Rome.Few images in history have managed to capture and hold the popular imagination quite like that of Hannibal, the fearless North African, perched ... Read more

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According to the ancient sources, Hannibal was nine years old when his father led him to the temple at Carthage and dipped the young boy's hands in the blood of the sacrificial victim. Before those gods, Hannibal swore an oath of eternal hatred toward Rome.Few images in history have managed to capture and hold the popular imagination quite like that of Hannibal, the fearless North African, perched
... Read more

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Julius Caesar

by Philip Freeman ...

Series series Gift for History Buffs
A fascinating, comprehensive biography of the cunning Roman conqueror Julius Caesar.More than two thousand years after his death, Julius Caesar remains one of the great figures of history. He shaped Rome for generations, and his name became a synonym for “emperor”—not only in Rome but as far away as Germany and Russia. He is best known as the general who defeated the Gauls and doubled the size of ... Read more

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A fascinating, comprehensive biography of the cunning Roman conqueror Julius Caesar.More than two thousand years after his death, Julius Caesar remains one of the great figures of history. He shaped Rome for generations, and his name became a synonym for “emperor”—not only in Rome but as far away as Germany and Russia. He is best known as the general who defeated the Gauls and doubled the size of
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Masters of Command

Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership

by Barry Strauss ...

Series series Lessons from Ancient War Leaders
Bestselling author and historianBarry Strauss compares the way the three greatest generals of the ancient world waged war and draws lessons from their experiences that apply on and off the battlefield.Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar—each was a master of war. Each had to look beyond the battlefield to decide whom to fight, when, and why; to know what victory was and when to end the war; to determine ... Read more

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Bestselling author and historianBarry Strauss compares the way the three greatest generals of the ancient world waged war and draws lessons from their experiences that apply on and off the battlefield.Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar—each was a master of war. Each had to look beyond the battlefield to decide whom to fight, when, and why; to know what victory was and when to end the war; to determine
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Roman Republic at War

A Compendium of Battles from 502 to 31 B.C.

by Don Taylor ...

Descriptions of every significant battle fought by the Roman Republic between 480 and 31 BC—and most of the minor ones too: "Amazing" ( Books Monthly).The information in each entry of this remarkable book is drawn exclusively from ancient texts in order to offer a brief description of each battle based solely on the information provided by the earliest surviving sources that chronicle the event ... Read more

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Descriptions of every significant battle fought by the Roman Republic between 480 and 31 BC—and most of the minor ones too: "Amazing" ( Books Monthly).The information in each entry of this remarkable book is drawn exclusively from ancient texts in order to offer a brief description of each battle based solely on the information provided by the earliest surviving sources that chronicle the event
... Read more
Thermopylae

The Battle for the West

by Ernle Bradford ...

An account of the ancient battle between Persia and the alliance of Greek city-states, including the legendary "300 Spartans."In 480 BCE, Persian king Xerxes led a massive invasion of Greece. A critical point in this invasion was the battle for the pass at Thermopylae—"Hot Gates" in Greek. Xerxes had amassed one of the largest armies yet known to man, while Leonidas's troops, a group of united ... Read more

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An account of the ancient battle between Persia and the alliance of Greek city-states, including the legendary "300 Spartans."In 480 BCE, Persian king Xerxes led a massive invasion of Greece. A critical point in this invasion was the battle for the pass at Thermopylae—"Hot Gates" in Greek. Xerxes had amassed one of the largest armies yet known to man, while Leonidas's troops, a group of united
... Read more
Mithridates the Great

Rome's Indomitable Enemy

by Philip Matyszak ...

This military biography of the ancient King of Pontus, one of the Roman Republic's greatest rivals, draws on a wealth of new scholarly evidence.Fought between the Roman Republic and the Kingdom of Pontus, the Mithridatic wars stretched over half a century and two continents. Their story is one of pitched battles, epic sieges, double-crosses, world-class political conniving, assassinations and ... Read more

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This military biography of the ancient King of Pontus, one of the Roman Republic's greatest rivals, draws on a wealth of new scholarly evidence.Fought between the Roman Republic and the Kingdom of Pontus, the Mithridatic wars stretched over half a century and two continents. Their story is one of pitched battles, epic sieges, double-crosses, world-class political conniving, assassinations and
... Read more
The Histories

by Polybius, Brian McGing ...

Translated by Robin Waterfield ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'no one else in our times has attempted to write a universal history' Polybius' ambitious goal was to describe how Rome conquered the Mediterranean world in less than fifty-three years. This great study of imperialism takes the reader back to Rome's first encounter with Carthage in 264 and forward to her destruction of that renowned city in 146. Polybius, himself a leading Greek politician of the ... Read more

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'no one else in our times has attempted to write a universal history' Polybius' ambitious goal was to describe how Rome conquered the Mediterranean world in less than fifty-three years. This great study of imperialism takes the reader back to Rome's first encounter with Carthage in 264 and forward to her destruction of that renowned city in 146. Polybius, himself a leading Greek politician of the
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