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History of Rome

History of Rome

1986 ·
·3.93·348 Ratings ·448 Pages
“ Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. ” ― Rumi
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  • Julius Caesar

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    ·3.98·6,302 Ratings
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    2004·
    ·3.99·2,765 Ratings
    • Introduction by Michael Grant• Against Verres, I• twenty-three letters• The Second Philippic Against Antony• On Duties, III• On Old Age• Appendices inc. maps, genealogy, definitions.First published 1960; reprinted w/revisions 1965; reprint
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    1971·
    ·4·1,380 Ratings
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    1973·
    ·4.03·1,431 Ratings
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    ·3.88·151 Ratings
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    1997·
    ·3.79·130 Ratings
    This fall of the Roman Empire has always been regarded as one of the most significant transformations in the whole of human history. A hundred years before it occurred, Rome was an immense power defended by an invincible army. A hundred years later, the p
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    2004·
    ·3.86·573 Ratings
    In this readable biography, Grant tells the story of the real queen of Egypt behind the legend--a woman thrust at an early age into the violent & bitter politics of a declining kingdom at the mercy of a growing empire. In both public & private lif
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