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2) Ancient Rome
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, government, people, culture, aspects of daily life, and enduring legacy of ancient Rome.
3) Ancient Rome
Author
Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, society, and political life of ancient Rome and its vast empire.
10) Wheelock's Latin
Author
Publisher
Collins Reference
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The classic beginning Latin texbook offers forty chapters with grammatical explanations and readings based on ancient Roman authors, along with self-tutorial exercises and an answer key for independent study.
13) Gladiators
Author
Publisher
Usborne
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"Gladiators were brutal fighters who risked their lives in one of the deadliest sports of all time. They performed to huge crowds in stadiums across the Roman Empire. Find out how these savage spectacles first began, who took part in them and how men were trained to become fighting machines" -- p. [4] of cover.
Author
Language
English
Formats
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.
16) Rome
Author
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.
Author
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.
20) Roman disasters
Author
Publisher
Polity Press
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
The civilization known for its historical triumphs is seen through the eyes of the enormous disasters they also suffered, including the battle of Cannae, which saw the loss of fifty-thousand soldiers in a single day, Pompeii, and the bubonic plague.
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