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  • Lives of the Later Caesars

    One of the most controversial of all works to survive from ancient Rome, the Augustan History is our main source of information about the Roman emperors from 117 to 284 AD. Written in the late fourth century by an anonymous author, it is an enigmatic combination of truth, invention and humour. This volume contains the first half of the History, and includes biographies of every emperor from ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Agricola and Germany

    by Tacitus, Anthony Birley ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    `Long may the barbarians continue, I pray, if not to love us, at least to hate one another.' Cornelius Tacitus, Rome's greatest historian and the last great writer of classical Latin prose, produced his first two books in AD 98. He was inspired to take up his pen when the assassination of Domitian ended `fifteen years of enforced silence'. The first products were brief: the biography of his late ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Agricola and Germany

    by Tacitus, Anthony Birley ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    `Long may the barbarians continue, I pray, if not to love us, at least to hate one another.' Cornelius Tacitus, Rome's greatest historian and the last great writer of classical Latin prose, produced his first two books in AD 98. He was inspired to take up his pen when the assassination of Domitian ended `fifteen years of enforced silence'. The first products were brief: the biography of his late ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • The Twelve Caesars

    by Robert Graves, Suetonius ...
    'Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel and the monster within' GORE VIDALAs private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Fall of the Roman Republic

    by Plutarch, Robin Seager ...
    Translated by Rex Warner ...
    Dramatic artist, natural scientist and philosopher, Plutarch is widely regarded as the most significant historian of his era, writing sharp and succinct accounts of the greatest politicians and statesman of the classical period. Taken from the Lives, a series of biographies spanning the Graeco-Roman age, this collection illuminates the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157-43 bc. Whether ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Roman Britain: A New History 55 BC - AD 450

    A New History 55 BC-AD 450

    by Patricia Southern ...
    For nearly four centuries, from AD 43 to 410, Britain was a small province on the north western edge of the vast Roman Empire. Patricia Southerns masterly new history tells the story from first contact, through invasion and conquest, coexistence to eventual decline incorporating the political, social and cultural history of Britannia. For the first time the wealth of voices from the varied ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Rise of the Roman Empire

    by Polybius ...
    Translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert ...
    The Greek statesman Polybius (c.200–118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome. Opening with the Punic War in 264 BC, he vividly records the critical stages of Roman expansion: its campaigns throughout the Mediterranean, the temporary setbacks inflicted by Hannibal and the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Gallic War

    Seven Commentaries on The Gallic War with an Eighth Commentary by Aulus Hirtius

    by Julius Caesar ...
    Translated by Carolyn Hammond ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    The Gallic War, published on the eve of the civil war which led to the end of the Roman Republic, is an autobiographical account written by one of the most famous figures of European history. On one level a straightforward narrative of the campaigns Caesar fought against the Gauls, Germans and Britons, it also serves a deeper political purpose, revealing him as a commander of breathtaking flair, ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • The History of England 1066-1216

    by George Burton Adams ...
    A history of the 150 years following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, detailing all the major events during one of the most turbulent eras of English history. ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of the Roman Empire

    by Dr Stephen P. Kershaw ...
    Series series Brief Histories
    In this lively and very readable history of the Roman Empire from its establishment in 27 BC to the barbarian incursions and the fall of Rome in AD 476, Kershaw draws on a range of evidence, from Juvenal's Satires to recent archaeological finds.He examines extraordinary personalities such as Caligula and Nero and seismic events such as the conquest of Britain and the establishment of a 'New Rome' ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Roman History

    The Reign of Augustus

    by Cassius Dio ...
    Translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert ...
    Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC-AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savage civil war. This selection from Cassius Dio's Roman History gives the fullest description of that long struggle and ultimate triumph - detailing the brutal battles and political feuds that led to the collapse of Rome's 400-year-old republic, and Augustus' subsequent reign as ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Annals of Imperial Rome

    by Tacitus ...
    Translated by Michael Grant ...
    Tacitus' Annals of Imperial Rome recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68. With clarity and vivid intensity he describes the reign of terror under the corrupt Tiberius, the great fire of Rome during the time of Nero, and the wars, poisonings, scandals, conspiracies and murders that were part of imperial life. Despite ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD