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Rome and Persia
- The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Epic in scope, tracing seven centuries of conflict between two great powers, historian Adrian Goldsworthy completely reshapes our understanding of one of the greatest rivalries of world history....
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MAPS NEEDED
- By David on 12-29-23
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21. Rome and Persia
- The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 09-05-23
- Language: English
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The Works of Julius Caesar: The Gallic Wars
- By: Julius Caesar, W. A. McDevitte - translator, W. S. Bohn - translator
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Contained here is Julius Caesar's own account of his military adventures in Gaul at the head of the Roman army, uniquely presented in Caesar's first-person perspective....
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Students, here is a good one!
- By MolllyT on 06-04-16
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22. The Works of Julius Caesar: The Gallic Wars
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 05-06-16
- Language: English
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The Metamorphoses
- By: Ovid
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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An undeniable masterpiece of Western Civilization, The Metamorphoses is a continuous narrative that covers all the Olympian legends....
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Not that translation mentioned in Amazon reviews
- By IPEVOINC on 05-24-13
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23. The Metamorphoses
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 12-19-06
- Language: English
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Legion versus Phalanx
- The Epic Struggle for Infantry Supremacy in the Ancient World
- By: Myke Cole
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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From the time of Ancient Sumeria, the heavy infantry phalanx dominated the battlefield. Armed with spears or pikes, standing shoulder to shoulder with shields interlocking, the men of the phalanx presented an impenetrable wall of wood and metal to the enemy....
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I might be a niche market for this but I loved it
- By Jonathan on 12-17-18
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24. Legion versus Phalanx
- The Epic Struggle for Infantry Supremacy in the Ancient World
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 12-04-18
- Language: English
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A Rome of One's Own
- The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
- By: Emma Southon
- Narrated by: Danielle Cohen
- Length: 14 hrs
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From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertaining new history of Rome that uses the lives of twenty-one extraordinary women to upend our understanding of the ancient world....
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Excellent stories, needlessly foul language
- By ShamaLambaDingDong on 04-14-24
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25. A Rome of One's Own
- The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
- Narrated by: Danielle Cohen
- Length: 14 hrs
- Release date: 01-09-24
- Language: English
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Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: Series 1-4
- A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome
- By: Natalie Haynes
- Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Writer, broadcaster and recovering comedian Natalie Haynes mixes comedy and conversation to bring the ancient world entertainingly up to date in these four radio series....
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Brillant
- By kHauser on 07-03-23
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26. Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: Series 1-4
- A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome
- Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
- Series: Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 03-21-19
- Language: English
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The Peloponnesian War
- By: Donald Kagan
- Narrated by: Bill Wallace
- Length: 19 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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For almost three decades at the end of the fifth century BC the ancient world was torn apart in a conflict that was, within its historical context, as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the great world wars of the 20th century.....
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Just The Facts And You Will Need Maps
- By Nikoli Gogol on 01-22-12
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27. The Peloponnesian War
- Narrated by: Bill Wallace
- Length: 19 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 11-30-10
- Language: English
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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- Murder in Ancient Rome
- By: Emma Southon
- Narrated by: Sophie Ward
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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Author Emma Southon examines a trove of real-life homicides from Roman history to explore Roman culture, including how perpetrator, victim, and the act itself were regarded by ordinary people....
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Narration is stilted, author tries too hard
- By Allison Jackson on 07-13-21
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28. A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- Murder in Ancient Rome
- Narrated by: Sophie Ward
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 03-09-21
- Language: English
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Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome
- By: Anthony Everitt
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
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Acclaimed British historian Anthony Everitt delivers a compelling account of the former orphan who became Roman emperor in A.D. 117 after the death of his guardian Trajan....
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A Biography "too tall for the height of the cella"
- By Darwin8u on 08-23-12
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29. Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 04-24-12
- Language: English
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Nero
- Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
- By: Anthony Everitt, Roddy Ashworth
- Narrated by: Greg Patmore
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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A striking, nuanced biography of Nero—the controversial populist ruler and last of the Caesars—and a vivid portrait of ancient Rome....
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An amazing 360 degree portrait
- By Cooper A Day on 01-01-23
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30. Nero
- Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
- Narrated by: Greg Patmore
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 11-08-22
- Language: English
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The Histories
- By: Polybius, W. R. Paton - translator
- Narrated by: Jonathan Booth
- Length: 37 hrs and 38 mins
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The rise of Rome is one of the great stories of world history and fortunately we have a reliable and at times an eyewitness account, from the Greek historian Polybius of Megalopolis....
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Very “listenable”!
- By I can’t say on 07-21-22
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31. The Histories
- Narrated by: Jonathan Booth
- Length: 37 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 10-05-21
- Language: English
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Pox Romana
- The Plague That Shook the Roman World
- By: Colin Elliott
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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This audiobook gives a dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the Roman Empire at its pinnacle....
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Unlistenable because of the narrator
- By HWAG on 05-24-24
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32. Pox Romana
- The Plague That Shook the Roman World
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Series: Turning Points in Ancient History
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 02-06-24
- Language: English
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Hannibal
- Makers of History
- By: Jacob Abbott
- Narrated by: Agustin C. Smith, Francis A. Johnson
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general, considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His father Hamilcar Barca was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War....
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33. Hannibal
- Makers of History
- Narrated by: Agustin C. Smith, Francis A. Johnson
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 10-24-23
- Language: English
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Trajan
- Rome's Last Conqueror
- By: Nicholas Jackson
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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Until the publication of this captivating biography, no such volume on Trajan's life has been tailored to the general listener. The unique book illuminates a neglected period of ancient Roman history....
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Distracting performance
- By Generic Reviewer on 06-22-24
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34. Trajan
- Rome's Last Conqueror
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 11-22-22
- Language: English
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The Twelve Caesars
- By: Suetonius
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
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From the dignified grace of Augustus to the cruel debauchery of Nero, this history chronicles all the vices and virtues of the first 12 rulers of Imperial Rome....
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A pleasure to read...
- By Robyn C. Blaber on 03-13-10
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35. The Twelve Caesars
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 04-27-09
- Language: English
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The Byzantine Empire
- By: Charles Oman
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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This history by Charles Oman is a catalog of good, bad, and indifferent emperors who either pushed Byzantine Civilization to new heights or savagely drove it to defeat and dissolution....
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adequate good book. great reader
- By Felisa Kay on 01-30-21
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36. The Byzantine Empire
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 07-24-19
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of Italy
- 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic―A Retelling for Our Times
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
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A concise, star-studded retelling of Italy's past, from Caesar and Augustus to da Vinci and Michelangelo, tracing the story of a country with prodigious global influence—from a foremost author of historic Italy.
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Why not hire a reader who has any idea how to pronounce Italian?
- By Miguel on 08-18-24
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37. The Shortest History of Italy
- 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic―A Retelling for Our Times
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 04-26-24
- Language: English
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Strange Religion
- How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling
- By: Nijay K. Gupta
- Narrated by: Nijay K. Gupta
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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The first Christians were weird. Just how weird is often lost on today's believers.
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misleading title
- By Travis M. Stockwell on 03-24-24
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38. Strange Religion
- How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling
- Narrated by: Nijay K. Gupta
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 03-19-24
- Language: English
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The Dark Ages: 476-918
- By: Charles Oman
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 19 hrs and 30 mins
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The Dark Ages is the story of the birth of Western civilization. It was a harrowing crucible of war, destruction, and faith....
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An Excellent Production
- By Ken on 08-11-17
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39. The Dark Ages: 476-918
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 19 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 10-10-16
- Language: English
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Ancient Rome
- By: Thomas R. Martin
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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With commanding skill, Thomas R. Martin tells the remarkable and dramatic story of how a tiny, poor, and threatened settlement grew to become, during its height, the dominant power in the Mediterranean world for 500 years....
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Great review and understanding of Christianity
- By David on 12-08-20
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40. Ancient Rome
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 08-14-18
- Language: English
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