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1) When Rome ruled / Produced by Atlantic Productions for National Geographic Channels in association with Fremantlemedia Enterprises ; series director and producer, Dan Oliver

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English

Description

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Groundbreaking eight-part series reveals ancient Rome's hidden treasures and untold stories as never before. From iconic figures including Caligula, Caesar, and Constantine to epic events such as the eruption of Vesuvius, the invasion of Britain, and fall of Rome, this collection reveals a startling, up-to-date vision of the ancient empire and challenges our perception of what we know about the Romans and their lives.

2) Julius Caesar

Author

Shakespeare, William

Series

Timeless Shakespeare
Writers and their Work
Plays (Oxford University Press)
Pelican Shakespeare
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Language

English

Formats

Book, Audio

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Presents the full text of Shakespeare's tragedy in which Cassius, fearing Julius Caesar's ambition, forms a conspiracy among Roman republicans including Caesar's trusted friend Brutus to assassinate him on the Ides of March.

3) The tragedy of Julius Caesar

Author

Shakespeare, William

Series

The New Folger Library Shakespeare
The Yale Shakespeare

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 10.8 - AR Pts: 6

Language

English

Description

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The text of the play is presented with discussions of Shakespeare's life and world, dramatic criticism, and textual commentaries

4) SPQR: a history of ancient Rome

Author

Beard, Mary

Language

English

Description

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"Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists. It explores...

5) The fall of the Roman Empire: a new history of Rome and the Barbarians

Author

Heather, P. J

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Language

English

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Presents a comprehensive history of the fall of the Roman Empire, and shows how the Huns, Goths, and Vandals moved across Europe, through Gaul and Spain, into North Africa, and eventually were able to sack Rome in 410 A.D.

6) The twelve Caesars

Author

Suetonius

Series

The Penguin Classics volume L72

Publisher

Penguin Books

Language

English

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Written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus in 121 AD while he was the personal secretary to emperor Hadrian, "The Twelve Caesars" is a series of twelve biographies of Roman rulers beginning with Julius Caesar and ending with Domitian. The tales of Rome's emperors are deeply personal and informative, while also entertaining and often filled with drama. Suetonius included invaluable descriptions of the rulers' public and private lives, physical appearances,...

7) Titus Andronicus

Author

Shakespeare, William

Series

Plays (Audio Partners)
The Folger Library general reader's Shakespeare. W0141
Works

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audio

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Classic Books Library presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "Titus Andronicus" (1594). This edition features a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. Unlike Shakespeare's other plays based on Roman histories, the story of "Titus Andronicus" is a fictional work. The play dramatises the gruesome events that take place in the battle for a nation between the brutal Roman general Titus and his powerful...

8) Julius Caesar / by William Shakespeare ; produced by BBC & Time-Life Films ; executive producer WNET: Jac Venza ; director: Herbert Wise

Series

Shakespeare William 1564-1616. Plays (Time-Life Video)
Complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare
Shakespeare William 1564-1616. Works. 1981 (Ambrose Video)

Pub. Date

1978

Language

English

Description

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Julius Caesar rises to become emperor of Rome and is assassinated.

9) Ben-Hur: a tale of the Christ

Author

Wallace, Lew

Series

Christian library

Language

English

Appears on list

Movies inspired by stories/books 2023

Description

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In first century Judaea, Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur is betrayed by his childhood friend Messala and sentenced to life as a Roman slave. When, during a pirate attack in the Aegean, Ben-Hur saves the life of a galley commander, his fortunes improve and he returns to Galilee a free man. There, his quest for vengeance turns into insurrection, but his life is transformed when he witnesses Christ's baptism by John the Baptist.

Ben-Hur: A Tale

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10) Emperor of Rome: ruling the ancient Roman world

Author

Beard, Mary

Publisher

Liverlight Publishing Corporation

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Description

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"In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its reign as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean. Now, drawing on more than thirty years of teaching and writing about Roman history, Beard turns to the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire, beginning with Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) and taking us through the nearly three centuries--and some thirty...

11) The rise of Rome: the making of the world's greatest empire

Author

Everitt, Anthony

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

c2012

Language

English

Description

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Traces the rise of Rome as an unlikely evolution from a market village to the world's most powerful empire, offering insight into its political clashes, military strategies, leading figures, and internal corruptions.

12) A Rome of one's own: the forgotten women of the Roman Empire

Author

Southon, Emma

Publisher

Abrams Press

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Description

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"The history of Rome has long been narrow and one-sided, essentially a history of 'the Doing of Important Things,' and as far as Roman historians have been concerned, women don't make that history. From Romulus through the political stab-fest of the late Republic, and then on to all the emperors, Roman historians may deign to give you a wife or a mother to show how bad things become when women get out of control, but history is more than that. Emma...

13) The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire

Author

Gibbon, Edward

Publisher

AMS Press

Pub. Date

1974]

Language

English

Description

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a six-volume work by the English historian Edward Gibbon. It traces Western civilization (as well as the Islamic and Mongolian conquests) from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium. Volume I was published in 1776 and went through six printings. Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, and VI in 1788–1789.

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