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  • The Silk Conspirators: Murder, Faith and the Trade Routes That Shook Constantinople

    by Dorian Vlachescu ...
    Constantinople, January 532 AD. The city is burning.The Nika Riots have turned the Hippodrome into a furnace and the streets into battlefields. Thirty thousand people will be dead before it ends. The Emperor Justinian is planning to flee. His empress Theodora is not.In the harbour district of the Neorion, while the city destroys itself, a body surfaces in the mooring ropes of a grain barge. The ... Read more

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  • The Story of Greece and Rome

    by Tony Spawforth ...
    "This excellent survey . . . spans the rise and fall of the Greco-Roman world. This conversational yet erudite history is a treat." ( Publishers Weekly, starred review)The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the greatest legacy of the classical world. However, narratives about the "civilized" Greek and Roman empires resisting the barbarians at the gate are far from ... Read more

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  • The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

    A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

    by Peter Heather ...
    The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Rome generated its own nemesis. Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors it called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling the Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. Heather is a leading authority on the late ... Read more

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  • The Fall of the Roman Empire

    A New History

    by Peter Heather ...
    The epic story of the inevitable fall of Rome's gloryIn The Fall of the Roman Empire, Peter Heather skillfully weaves a captivating tale of an ancient and long-lasting superpower that crumbled within the short space of a century. Its downfall was not instigated by massive rebellions or towering foes but by a small group of German-speaking asylum-seekers who audaciously defeated a vast Roman army ... Read more

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  • Summary and Analysis of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

    Based on the Book by Mary Beard

    by Worth Books ...
    Series series Smart Summaries
    So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of SPQR tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Mary Beard's book.Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.This short summary and analysis of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard includes:Historical contextChapter-by-chapter ... Read more

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  • The Romans

    A 2,000-Year History

    by Edward J. Watts ...
    **An acclaimed scholar tells the full, breathtaking history of Rome, from its emergence in the Iron Age to the capture of Constantinople in the thirteenth century“A sweeping historical survey that spans two millennia…Those intrigued by the ebb and flow of political power…will find in this book a cornucopia."—Wall Street Journal**When we think of “ancient Romans” today, many picture the toga-clad ... Read more

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  • Byzantium

    A History

    by John Haldon ...
    Originally the eastern half of the mighty Roman Empire, Byzantium grew to be one of the longest-surviving empires in world history, spanning nine centuries and three continents. It was a land of contrasts – from the glittering centre at Constantinople, to the rural majority, to the heartland of the Orthodox Church – and one surrounded by enemies: Persians, Arabs and Ottoman Turks to the east, ... Read more

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  • Rome Resurgent

    War and Empire in the Age of Justinian

    by Peter Heather ...
    Series series Ancient Warfare and Civilization
    Between the fall of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century and the collapse of the east in the face of the Arab invasions in the seventh, the remarkable era of the Emperor Justinian (527-568) dominated the Mediterranean region. Famous for his conquests in Italy and North Africa, and for the creation of spectacular monuments such as the Hagia Sophia, his reign was also marked by global ... Read more

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  • The Roman Empire in Crisis, 248–260

    When the Gods Abandoned Rome

    by Paul N. Pearson ...
    "A clear, brisk writer, Pearson is also quite thorough, taking a holistic attitude to the many facets of a confused, turbulent period." — NYMAS ReviewThis book is a narrative history of a dozen years of turmoil that begins with Rome's millennium celebrations of 248 CE and ends with the capture of the emperor Valerian by the Persians in 260. It was a period of almost unremitting disaster for Rome, ... Read more

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  • The Roman Empire

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Philip Matyszak ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    No other political entity has shaped the modern world like the Roman Empire. Encompassing close to a quarter of the world’s population and 3 million km2 of land, it represented a diverse and dynamic collection of nations, states and tribes, all bound to Rome and the ideal of a Roman identity.In the lively and engaging style that he’s known for, Philip Matyszak traces the history of the Roman ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire: How Rome Built the Ancient World’s Greatest Empire and Lost It All

    The Rise and Fall Series, #1

    by Epic Epoch ...
    Series Book 1 - The Rise and Fall Series
    The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire by Epic Epoch(Disclaimer: This is an original work of historical non-fiction by Epic Epoch.)What made Rome the greatest empire in the ancient world? What led to its triumph—and its total collapse?Have you ever wondered how an ambitious city on the banks of the Tiber came to dominate the known world? Without the myths, the marble gloss, or textbook boredom? ... Read more

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  • The Hellenistic Age

    by Peter Thonemann ...
    The three centuries which followed the conquests of Alexander are perhaps the most thrilling of all periods of ancient history. This was an age of cultural globalization: in the third century BC, a single language carried you from the Rhône to the Indus. A Celt from the lower Danube could serve in the mercenary army of a Macedonian king ruling in Egypt, and a Greek philosopher from Cyprus could ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD