The History of Ancient Rome – 20 Essential Books
Twenty Essential Works on Republic, Empire, Conquest, Emperors, and Stoic WisdomBy Edward Gibbon, Theodor Mommsen, Plutarch, Livy, Julius Caesar, Emperor of Rome Augustus, Suetonius, Tacitus, Polybius, Marcus Aurelius, Harold Whetstone Johnston, A. H. J. Greenidge, John Bagnell Bury, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Marc Monnier, Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, W. Lucas Collins
Length708h 24m
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The History of Ancient Rome – 20 Essential Books assembles a capacious archive of Roman memory, political analysis, biography, military narrative, moral reflection, and modern historical interpretation. Spanning the Republic's expansion, civil conflict, Augustan settlement, imperial administration, and Rome's afterlife in scholarship, the volume juxtaposes annalistic history, eyewitness commentary, character portraiture, philosophical meditation, and synthetic survey. Standout materials include accounts of republican crisis, portraits of emperors, reflections on civic virtue, and records of conquest, allowing Rome to emerge as both historical power and enduring political idea. Its contributors form an unusually broad intellectual constellation: Greek and Roman historians, statesmen, imperial writers, and later European and American classicists. Ancient voices preserve competing perspectives on institutions, warfare, ambition, and authority, while modern historians and educators frame Roman civilization for subsequent readers. Together they situate the collection within the classical historiographical tradition and the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century revival of popular and scholarly antiquarian writing. The tensions among these voices—between republican liberty and imperial order, moral judgment and documentary inquiry—enrich its historical depth. Recommended for students, general readers, and lovers of classical civilization, this volume offers an exceptional opportunity to encounter Rome through multiple genres and centuries of interpretation. Its breadth supports comparative reading and invites sustained dialogue among conflicting accounts. Readers will find both a valuable introduction to Roman history and a stimulating guide to the ways histories of Rome are constructed, contested, and inherited.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length708 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Excavations of Roman Baths at Bath (Annotated)
2Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
3Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans - Volume 1
4Theseus
5Romulus
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6Comparison of Romulus with Theseus
7Lycurgus
8Numa Pompilius
9Comparison of Numa with Lycurgus
10Solon
11Poplicola
12Comparison of Poplicola with Solon
13Themistocles
14Camillus
15Pericles
16Fabius
17Comparison of Pericles with Fabius
18Alcibiades
19Coriolanus
20Comparison of Alcibiades with Coriolanus
21Timoleon
22Aemilius Paulus
23Comparison of Timoleon with Aemilius Paulus
24Pelopidas
25Marcellus
26Comparison of Pelopidas with Marcellus
27Aristides
28Marcus Cato
29Comparison of Aristides with Marcus Cato.
30Philopoemen
31Flamininus
32Comparison of Philopoemen with Flamininus
33Pyrrhus
34Caius Marius
35Lysander
36Sylla
37Comparison of Lysander with Sylla
38Cimon
39Lucullus
40Comparison of Lucullus with Cimon
41Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans - Volume 2
42Nicias
43Crassus
44Comparison of Crassus with Nicias
45Sertorius
46Eumenes
47Comparison of Sertorius with Eumenes
48Agesilaus
49Pompey (pt. 1)
50Pompey (pt. 2)
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