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The Histories (Oxford World's Classics)
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This is great, fun book to read. This is a book you can read for enjoyment. I was reluctant to read it because I assumed it would be difficult because it was written around 425 BC. I assumed because it was ancient it would be difficult to read. That was wrong. It's a very entertaining read. It's also extremely interesting. Herodotus was a very smart an... »
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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I gave this book 5 stars because of the incredible content. The book is well written and fairly easy to read, though it is very long. I can't imagine reading the entire volume set written by Gibbons. The only problem I have with this book is that the author does drone on a bit. ... »
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Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day (5 Denarii)
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This text is hysterical! I laughed out loud repeatedly while reading it. There is a wealth of information about everything you could ever want to know about the City of Ancient Rome. Although told as if written for a traveller in 200 C.E., the text makes occasional forays into the distant past as well as ahead to modern times as such excursions beco... »
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Roman Life: 100 B.C. to A.D. 200
A nice feature of this book are the little fictional scenarios which attempt to convey what the pictured artworks would have meant to their original audie... »
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Ancient Turkey: A Traveller's History
I bought this book as background reading for an upcoming trip to Turkey. It is a comprehensive and well-written overview of ancient history, from the Hitt... »
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