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1) Ancient Rome
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Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, society, and political life of ancient Rome and its vast empire.
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Language
English
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Description
Today, we refer to Christianity's conquest of the West as a triumph. Nixey offers a history of the rise of Christianity in the classical world that focuses on its terrible cost, in terms of violence and dogmatic intolerance, that helped bring upon the dark ages. She shows how, in an orgy of destruction, Jesus's followers helped to pitch Western civilization into a thousand-year-long decline.
5) Rome
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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
See how gladiators fought against each other and animals, follow the timeline of the Roman Empire, meet the emperors, and visit the forum to understand the daily lives of people in Rome. Did you know that soldiers walked over 20 miles a day with their heavy armor and ate garlic to stay healthy? Drop by the Colosseum to see gladiators and chariot races, discover how to decipher roman numerals, and uncover what happened at Pompeii.
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Publisher
Ticktock, an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Filled with fascinating facts and engaging illustrations, Meet the Incredible Romans explores the everyday from the baths to the delicacies of doormice, to the lives of Emperors, soldiers and gladiators!"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A masterly investigation into the Classical roots of Western civilization, taking the reader on an illuminating journey from Troy, Athens, and Sparta to Utopia, Alexandria, and Rome. An authoritative and accessible study of the foundations, development, and enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece and Rome, centered on ten locations of seminal importance in the development of Classical civilization. Starting with Troy, where history, myth and cosmology...
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Covering more than 1,000 years of history, and an empire that stretched from Scotland to Syria, Ancient Rome reveals in vivid detail all of the key political, cultural, and military events that shaped the Roman Empire and explores what it was like to live in a society that laid the foundations for many aspects of the modern world"--
10) Emperors of Rome
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English
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What sort of men were the Roman emperors (and were they all men)? What background and training, if any, prepared them for their awesome responsibilities? What depravities did they display? And what achievements can they claim: laws passed, monuments built, lands and peoples conquered? Dive into these questions and more with this introduction to the complex personalities of emperors such as Augustus, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. These thirty-six
...11) Ancient Rome
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English
Description
Step into the world of ancient Rome and meet its emperors, gods, soldiers, and gladiators. Who were Rome's most famous emperors? What was everyday life like for a soldier in the Roman army? How did the citizens of ancient Rome live? Did gladiators really fight to the death in the mighty Colosseum? Find out the answers to all these questions, and many more, in Eyewitness Ancient Rome. Photographs of real artefacts and detailed illustrations will help...
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