The Real Story of Rome: 15 History Books by Roman Authors
Fifteen Classical Histories of Conquest, Civil War, Empire, and Roman MemoryBy Julius Caesar, Livy, Tacitus, Ammianus Marcellinus, Suetonius, Plutarch, Polybius, Sallust, Flavius Josephus, Strabo
Length452h 7m
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The Real Story of Rome gathers fifteen foundational historical works to chart Rome's emergence, expansion, and transformation across republic, empire, and late antiquity. Moving between annalistic narrative, biography, ethnography, military analysis, political invective, and geographical description, the volume reveals that Roman history was never a single story. Accounts of civil discord, imperial power, frontier warfare, Jewish-Roman conflict, and the moral burdens of rule stand beside penetrating portraits of rulers and peoples, making the collection a rich archive of ancient historical imagination. Its contributors—senators, officials, soldiers, biographers, geographers, and observers writing in both Latin and Greek—represent the cosmopolitan intellectual world shaped by Roman dominion. From republican crisis through the imperial age and its later upheavals, these writers engage enduring classical concerns: virtus, liberty, tyranny, civic decline, providence, and the unstable relationship between character and power. Their differing social positions and literary methods make disagreement itself a central historical resource. This volume is especially valuable for readers seeking a broad, comparative introduction to Rome's own records and representations of its past. It invites students and general readers alike to trace recurring events through competing voices, assess the artistry and bias of ancient historiography, and encounter the many cultural worlds Rome contained.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length452 hrs 7 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The History of Rome
26Book XIII
2The History of Rome Vol. 1
27Book XIV
3Book I (pt. 1)
28Book XV
4Book I (pt. 2)
29Book XVI
5Book II (pt. 1)
30Book XVII
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6Book II (pt. 2)
31Book XVIII
7Book III (pt. 1)
32Book XIX
8Book III (pt. 2)
33Book XX
9Book IV (pt. 1)
34Book XXI (pt. 1)
10Book IV (pt. 2)
35Book XXI (pt. 2)
11Book V (pt. 1)
36Book XXII (pt. 1)
12Book V (pt. 2)
37Book XXII (pt. 2)
13Book VI (pt. 1)
38Book XXIII (pt. 1)
14Book VI (pt. 2)
39Book XXIII (pt. 2)
15Book VII (pt. 1)
40Book XXIV (pt. 1)
16Book VII (pt. 2)
41Book XXIV (pt. 2)
17Book VIII (pt. 1)
42Book XXV (pt. 1)
18Book VIII (pt. 2)
43Book XXV (pt. 2)
19The History of Rome Vol. 2
44Book XXVI (pt. 1)
20Book IX (pt. 1)
45Book XXVI (pt. 2)
21Book IX (pt. 2)
46The History of Rome Vol. 3
22Book X (pt. 1)
47Book XXVII (pt. 1)
23Book X (pt. 2)
48Book XXVII (pt. 2)
24Book XI
49Book XXVIII (pt. 1)
25Book XII
50Book XXVIII (pt. 2)
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