The Emperor Nero: A Guide to the Ancient Sources
Anthony A. Barrett, Elaine Fantham and John C. Yardley
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Nero's reign (AD 54-68) witnessed some of the most memorable events in Roman history, such as the...
Skull's Vengeance (Curse of Clansmen and Kings #4)
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A Celtic warrior queen must do the impossible—defeat her sorcerer half-brother and claim the...
Historical Fantasy Ancient Rome Ancient Britannia
Horace and Me: Life Lessons from an Ancient Poet
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Horace lived at a pivotal moment. Rome was facing a profound crisis: though it ruled the world, the...
Anecdotes of the Cynics
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'It's you who are the dogs...' What makes us happy? For over 800 years the Cynic philosophers of...
Doughnut: A Global History
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Doughnuts, those deep-fried pieces of dough, have powerful associations with nostalgia, irreverence...
The Appian Way: Ghost Road, Queen of Roads
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To walk on remnants of the storied Appian Way today, from Rome to the heel of Italy, is to walk in...
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth and Esther Eidinow
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What did the ancient Greeks eat and drink? What role did migration play? Why was emperor Nero...
The Horse in the Ancient World: From Bucephalus to the Hippodrome
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The domestication of the horse in the fourth millennium BC altered the course of mankind's future....
The Practical Art of Divine Magic: Contemporary and Ancient Techniques of Theurgy
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The ancient world of Egypt, Greece, and Rome was home to a set of magical and spiritual...