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  • Tiberius and His Age

    Myth, Sex, Luxury, and Power

    by Edward Champlin ...
    A radical new portrait of the infamous Roman emperorRome’s second emperor, Tiberius (42 BCE–CE 37), has traditionally been seen as a villainous hypocrite—treacherous, grasping, vindictive, and depraved. But in Tiberius and His Age, Edward Champlin draws on vast and diverse evidence to show that Tiberius was—and was seen by contemporaries to be—recognizably human and far more complex than the ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • How to Do the Right Thing

    An Ancient Guide to Treating People Fairly

    by Seneca, Robert Kaster ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    How ancient Stoicism can help teach us to treat others—and ourselves—more fairly and mercifullyThere are times when we’ve all felt that we haven’t been treated as we deserve—that we’ve been misjudged, shortchanged, or given a raw deal. And, at one time or another, other people have probably felt that we’ve treated them just as unfairly. How to Do the Right Thing draws on the principles of ancient ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Emotion, Restraint, and Community in Ancient Rome

    by Robert Kaster ...
    Series series Classical Culture and Society
    Classical Culture and Society (Series Editors: Joseph A. Farrell, University of Pennsylvania, and Ian Morris, Stanford University) is a new series from Oxford that emphasizes innovative, imaginative scholarship by leading scholars in the field of ancient culture. Among the topics covered will be the historical and cultural background of Greek and Roman literary texts; the production and reception ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

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  • Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome

    by Anthony Everitt ...
    “A fascinating insight into the mind of the Roman emperor.”—Sunday Telegraph (London)Born in A.D. 76, Hadrian lived through and ruled during a tempestuous era, a time when the Colosseum was opened to the public and Pompeii was buried under a mountain of lava and ash. Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt vividly recounts Hadrian’s thrilling life, in which the emperor brings a century of disorder and ... Read more

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  • Complete Works of Cicero (Delphi Classics)

    by Cicero, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 22 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    Cicero's Rome's greatest orator, Marcus Tullius Cicero was a renowned philosopher and political theorist whose influence upon the history of European literature has been immense. For the first time in digital publishing history, readers can now enjoy Cicero’s complete works in English and Latin on their eReaders, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus ... Read more

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  • The Prince

    by Niccolo Machiavelli ...
    Often cited as one of the first works in modern political philosophy, The Prince is a political treatise that relates author Niccolo Machiavelli’s theories on state-building and rulership. Drawing on his experience as a diplomat, Machiavelli discusses the important policies for both republican free-states and hereditary princedoms, and outlines the most successful political tactics, many of which ... Read more

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  • Complete Works of Seneca the Younger (Delphi Classics)

    by Seneca the Younger, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 32 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    The leading Stoic philosopher of the Silver Age of Latin literature, as well as tutor to the infamous Nero, Seneca was also an accomplished dramatist, whose ground-breaking tragedies changed the course of theatre writing. The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin texts. For the first time in ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Marcus Agrippa

    Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

    by Lindsay Powell, Steven Saylor ...
    The authoritative biography of the ancient Roman general and loyal deputy to Emperor Augustus by the acclaimed historian and author of Augustus at War.When Gaius Octavius became the first emperor of Rome, Marcus Agrippa was by his side. As the emperor's loyal deputy, he waged wars, pacified provinces, beautified Rome, and played a crucial role in establishing the Pax Romana—but he always served ... Read more

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  • Claimed by the Pack

    A Reverse Harem Paranormal Romance

    by Jade Alters ...
    Series Book 7 - Fated Shifter Mates
    Three wolves after one girl’s heart.Ridge, Chase, and Grayson are wolf shifters living on the fringes of society and sticking by each other to survive.But everything changes when they cross paths with Cheyenne, a beautiful Native American girl each of them finds irresistible .As their mating instincts are aroused, the wolves are pitted against each other in a race to claim her as their own.With ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Neverending Empire

    The Infinite Impact of Ancient Rome

    by Aldo Cazzullo ...
    Translated by Loredana Maria Rinaldi ...
    From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire.“The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has left us. To tell the reasons, the things and the stories, thanks to which Roman civilization is alive”.From its ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • How to Win an Election

    An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians

    by Marcus Tullius Cicero ...
    Translated by Philip Freeman ...
    Series series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
    How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. In 64 BC when idealist Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest orator, ran for consul (the highest office in the Republic), his practical brother Quintus decided he needed some no-nonsense advice on running a successful campaign. What follows in his short letter are timeless bits of political ... Read more

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  • Dying Every Day

    Seneca at the Court of Nero

    by James Romm ...
    From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne (“Gripping . . . the narrative verve of a born writer and the erudition of a scholar” —Daniel Mendelsohn) and editor of The Landmark Arrian:The Campaign of Alexander (“Thrilling” —The New York Times Book Review), a high-stakes drama full of murder, madness, tyranny, perversion, with the sweep of history on the grand scale.At the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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