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Romans

Romans

by Two-Can (Creator)

-- These pocket-sized nonfiction guides are packed with information about history, science, and nature subjects that kids are really interested in. -- Overflowing with facts, experiments, activities, and quizzes that give a really intense summary of each topic. -- Small size puts information at the tips of children's fingers. -- Compact design ...

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Rosslyn: Guardian of the Secrets of the Holy Grail

Rosslyn: Guardian of the Secrets of the Holy Grail

by Tim Wallace-Murphy, Marilyn Hopkins

The first book to explore the significance of seven pre-Christian sites, which formed the route of a pilgrimage taken by the Druids, the Knights Templar and Christian mystics in their search for ultimate enlightenment.

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Valley of the Golden Mummies

Valley of the Golden Mummies

by Joan Holub

Fascinating details of the mummy-making process are unearthed by Dan, who explores the topic for his history report for school. Full-color illustrations.

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The Antonines: The Roman Empire in Transition

The Antonines: The Roman Empire in Transition

by Michael Grant

In The Antonines, the eminent historian of classical history, Michael Grant, examines the vital role played by the Antonines in the development and expansion of the Roman Empire. He surveys that period's renowned contributions to the arts, discussing at length Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, perhaps one of the greatest literary products of the ...

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Poet, Public, and Performance in Ancient Greece

Poet, Public, and Performance in Ancient Greece

by Professor Lowell Edmunds (Editor), Professor Robert W Wallace (Editor)

Poetry in archaic and classical Greece was a practical art, arising from specific social or political circumstances. The interpretation of a poem or drama must therefore be viewed in the context of its performance. This book brings together a distinguished group of contributors to reconstruct the performance context of a wide array of works, ...

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The Novel in Antiquity

The Novel in Antiquity

by Tomas Hägg

Tracing the development of Greek romances from 100 B.C. through 12th-century Byzantium, Hagg analyzes the content, plot and narrative techniques of the ancient novel, and explores the social and literary milieu in which the genre flourished. 79 illustrations.

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Decline and fall of the Roman Empire

Decline and fall of the Roman Empire

by Edward Gibbon

A three-volume Modern Library edition.

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Lysistrata

Lysistrata

by Aristophanes

Aristophanes's most popular play shows how sex, or the lack of it, becomes a powerful agent of reconciliation. As war ravages ancient Greece, Lysistrata of Athens leads the wives to deny their husbands all sexual favors until they lay aside their weapons. Dismayed and frustrated, the men retaliate--and a battle of sexes begin.

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Meditations

Meditations

by Aurelius Marcus

In these personal reflections, the Roman emperor and second-century Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius discusses life, morality, duty, and community. Originally entitled "To Himself", the work did not surface until the fourth century, but it has inspired readers ever since.

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History of the Peloponnesian War

History of the Peloponnesian War

by Thucydides

Much of our knowledge of the Peloponnesian Wars--the 27-year conflict between Athens and Sparta--is derived from this classic text. Sparta emerged victorious, and it dominated Greece for several decades afterward.

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Alexander the Great

by Nicholas Victor Sekunda, John Warry

One of the most intriguing characters in military history is evaluated with this spectacular volume that explores his command skills, weaponry and tactics and ties it in beautifully with his troubled family history.

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Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

by Vassos Karageorghis, John R Mertens, Marice R Rose

The most important collection of Cypriot antiquities outside Cyprus is the Cesnola Collection at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, assembled by Luigi Palma di Cesnola, the first director of the museum. Cesnola was a Civil War veteran who went to Cyprus in 1866 and, in excavations there, sought to rival the finds of Heinrich Schliemann at Troy ...

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Histories

by Herodotus

Chronicling the remarkable victory of Greece n its war (499-479 B.C.) against the invading Persians, Herodotus was the first historian to research the sites he described, traveling the world to gather a wealth of data for his enthralling epic." The Histories also inaugurated the practice of ethnography, making this brilliant work a monument in the ...

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Lost Civilizations

by Bill Harris

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Greece: History and Treasures of an Ancient Civilization

by Stefano Maggi, Laura Accomazzo (Editor), Giorgio Ferrero (Editor)

This lavishly illustrated volume invites readers to delve into the source of the oldest and most authentic roots of Western civilization, and to immerse themselves in the world of the ancient Greeks-their historical development, cultural horizons, art, and architecture. Hundreds of photographs, aerial views, three-dimensional reconstructions, and ...

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Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World

by Professor Paul Cartledge

In this brilliant examination of one of civilizations greatest stands, Cartledge illuminates how the confrontation between a huge army and a small group of defenders in 480 B.C. changed the way that generations would come to think about courage, combat, and death.

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Cleopatra

by Jacob Abbott

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned ...

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Greek Studies a Series of Essays

by Walter Horatio Pater

Walter Horatio Pater (1839-1894) was an English essayist and art and literary critic. After graduating from Oxford he became acutely interested in literature, beginning to write articles and criticisms. The first of these to be printed was a brief essay upon Coleridge, contributed in 1866 to the Westminster Review. A few months later (January, ...

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Story of Mankind

by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Written in 1921, this book traces the history of the human race from evolution and our earliest ancestors up to and including World War I. Illustrated with b&w drawings. Winner of the 1922 Newbery Medal, the first book to be so honored.

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Story of Civilization

by Will Durant, Ariel Durant

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Hellenistic History and Culture

by Peter Green (Editor)

In a 1988 conference, American and British scholars unexpectedly discovered that their ideas were converging in ways that formed a new picture of the variegated Hellenistic mosaic. That picture emerges in these essays and eloquently displays the breadth of modern interest in the Hellenistic Age. A distrust of all ideologies has altered old views ...

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Anabasis

by Xenophon

Xenophon (431-355 BC), son of Gryllus, of the deme Erchia of Athens, was a soldier, mercenary and an admirer of Socrates. He is known for his writings on the history of his own times, the sayings of Socrates, and the life of Greece. He participated in the expedition led by Cyrus the Younger against his older brother, the emperor Artaxerxes II of ...

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Ancient Records of Egypt: Historical Documents from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest

by James Henry Breasted (Editor)

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Brush Up Your Mythology!

by Michael Macrone, Ph.D.

Greek and Roman tales are more popular and influential than ever and can be seen in all aspects of our modern culture. Brush up Your Mythology! takes an irreverent look at those gods and spirits whose myths and legends have become commonplace today. Chaos, Mother Earth, and Cupid appear, along with the origins of the days of the week and an ...

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History of Julius Cæsar

by Jacob Abbott

The news of his passage spread rapidly to all Pompey's stations along the coast, and the ships began to gather, and the armies to march toward the point where Caesar had effected his landing. The conflict and struggle commenced. One of Pompey's admirals intercepted the fleet of galleys on their return, and seized and burned a large number of them, ...

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