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Publisher
Running Press Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"We've heard of Alexander the Great. We've heard of Ivan the Terrible. But what was so Great about Alexander? What was so Terrible about Ivan? Spanning centuries of history in a culturally diverse framework--from ancient India to nineteenth-century Hawaii, and with a balanced focus on notorious women rulers as well as male, The Great and the Terrible takes a humorous look at some of the most glorious and notorious figures in history through the lens...
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Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"This novel biography brings Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE) to life for a new generation of readers by exploring the emperor's fascinating psychological journey. Donald J. Robertson examines Marcus's relationships with key figures in his life, such as his mother, Domitia Lucilla, and the emperor Hadrian, as well as his Stoic tutors. He draws extensively on Marcus's own Meditations and correspondence, and he examines the emperor's actions as detailed...
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Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) is one of the great figures of antiquity who still speaks to us today, more than two thousand years after his death. His Meditations has been compared by John Stuart Mill to the Sermon on the Mount. A guide to how we should live, it remains one of the most widely read books from the classical world.
But Marcus Aurelius was much more than a philosopher. As emperor he stabilized the empire, issued numerous reform edicts,...
68) I, Claudius: from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, born 10 B.C., murdered and deified A.D. 54
Author
Publisher
Vintage International
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
"The first of Robert Graves's two-part account of the life of Roman Emperor Tiberius Claudius, written in the form of Claudius's autobiography, covering the years from his early childhood through his election as Emperor in 41 A.D."--
73) The way of light
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In the final part of Constantine's fantasy of politics and magic, the Carodorean Valraven Palindrake, Dragon Lord of the empire's armies, must undergo terrible trials if he is to finally achieve the destiny he was born for and women through the centuries have schemed for ... but nothing comes easy in this land of feuds and bitter revenge. As a dark cabal of Fire-mages seek to crown their chosen successor, the children of the Dragon Lord summon ancient...
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Series
Language
English
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In this sequel to I, Claudius, the story of the Roman Emperor-on which the award-winning BBC TV series was based-continues . . . In I, Claudius, Robert Graves began the story of the limping, stammering young man who is suddenly thrust onto the throne after the death of Caligula. In Claudius the God, Graves continues the story, detailing Claudius's thirteen-year reign and his ultimate downfall. Painting the vivid, tumultuous, and decadent society...
