Duncan, Michael
Summary: The creator of the award-winning podcast series The History of Rome and Revolutions brings to life the bloody battles, political machinations, and human drama that set the stage for the fall of the Roman Republic. The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Beginning as a small city-state in central Italy, Rome gradually expanded into a wider...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937 DUNKamm, Antony.
Contents: 1. The Origins of Rome 2. The Republic 3. Twelve Caesars 4. Religions and Mythology 5. Society and Daily Life 6. Art, Architecture, and Building 7. Latin Literature 8. The Roman Army 9. The Empire: Stability, Disintegration, Recovery, Fall Appendices Index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Routledge 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937 KAMDraycott, Jane (Jane Louise)
Summary: "The first biography of one of the most fascinating yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient world: Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. Years ago, archaeologists excavating near Pompeii unearthed a hoard of Roman treasures, among them a bowl depicting a woman with thick, curly hair and sporting an elephant-scalp headdress. For decades, theories circulated about her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLEOPATRA, QUEEN DRABeard, Mary
Summary: Beard explores ancient Rome and how its citizens adapted the notion of imperial rule, invented the concepts of citizenship and nation, and made laws about those traditionally overlooked in history, including women, slaves, and criminals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 937 BEANoble, Thomas F. X.
Summary: Explores the five momentous centuries that link the Classical and Modern worlds and shows how the fall of the Roman Empire gave rise to three great civilizations: Medieval Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic Caliphate. Examines many features of the period between A.D. 253 and A.D. 750, including the development of these unique civilizations, their memorable political and religious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 LATTacitus, Cornelius
Summary: One of the most important historical records from classical antiquity, “The Annals of Imperial Rome” chronicles the history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius beginning in 14 AD to the end of the reign of Nero in 68 AD. Written by Cornelius Tacitus, a Roman Senator during the second century AD, it is a detailed first-hand account of the early Roman Empire and an important source for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Library 1982
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 937 TACShakespeare, William
Summary: Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of the Roman World, has become the thrall of the fascinating Cleopatra. Affairs of state call him to Rome, but the attractions of the Queen of Egypt prove impossible to resist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [BBC Audiobooks America] 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHAHolmes, Kirsty
Summary: "At its height, ancient Rome stretched from modern-day Great Britain in the west to modern-day parts of Asia to the east. Many social studies students know that ancient Rome was powerful and contributed much to future world civilizations, but what's often less clear is why and how this huge empire fell so spectacularly. Your readers will investigate this exact idea, including the invasions the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 937 HOLSidebottom, Harry
Summary: "What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? The life and times of the worst Roman emperor of all. On 8 June AD218 a fourteen-year-old Syrian boy, egged on by his grandmother, led an army to battle in a Roman civil war. Against all expectations, he was victorious. Varius Avitus Bassianus, known to the modern world as Heliogabalus, was proclaimed emperor. The next...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oneworld 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937 SIDEveritt, Anthony
Summary: "The Roman emperor Nero has long been the very image of a bad ruler--cruel, vain, and incompetent. He committed incest with his mother, who had schemed and killed to place him on the throne, and later murdered her. He supposedly set fire to Rome and thrummed his lyre as it burned. Afterward he cleared the charred ruins of the city center and, in their place, built a vast palace. Historians of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NERO EVEBarrett, Anthony
Summary: "Nero became Emperor in A.D 54. On the evening of July 18, 64 A. D., it seems that a lamp was left unextinguished in a stall still heaped with piles of combustible material. Whether this was accidental or deliberate we cannot now determine, and normally it would not have led to anything that would have attracted even local attention. But there was a gusty wind that night, and the flickering...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937 BARDaileader, Philip.
Summary: Focusing on the seven centuries from 300 to 1000, this course examines the period of European history known as the "Dark Ages." The period is dominated by two empires, the Roman Empire and the Carolingian Empire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.1 DAISpawforth, Antony
Summary: The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the greatest legacy of the classical world. However, narratives about the "civilized" Greek and Roman empires resisting the barbarians at the gate are far from accurate. Tony Spawforth, an esteemed scholar, author, and media contributor, follows the thread of civilization through more than six millennia of history. His...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 938 SPASummary: See how the Germanic tribes lived, fought and worshipped their gods. Intricate 3D animation shows how they built their settlements, buried their kings, vanquished their enemies. Roman cities such as the ancient Cologne, home of the Romanophile Germans, and the Roman limes, the border to free Germania, are also reconstructed through computer graphics and full-cast reenactments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Shakespeare, William
Summary: BBC Audiobooks America and Arkangel Productions present a fully-dramatized production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, which explores the deep repercussions of political murder and betrayal on the human heart. Conspiracy swirls around Julius Caesar, a brilliant politician at the height of his power and popularity. As Caesar grows overly confident and ponders imperial rule, the Roman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHADaynes, Katie
Summary: "Who were the ancient Romans? Where did they go to eat, shop and wash? What did they do for fun? In this book you'll find the answers and lots more about life in Roman times."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around Usb DaynesCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DAYSummary: Complilation of 7 films with introduction to the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames. 'Toccata for toy trains' is a trip through a world of antique toys, and toy trains. 'House : after five years of living' illustrates the home and studio designed and built by Charles Eames on a hill in California overlooking the ocean. 'Lucia chase vignette' follows a sister chasing her brother through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILHansen, Grace
Summary: Learn about one of the wonders of the world: Rome's awesome Colosseum!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 937.632 HANSummary: "Experience the intrigue, scandal, excitement and chaos of the most dominant empire in the history of western civilization as History journeys back to the age of Caesar"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ANCKeahey, John
Summary: "A travel narrative following three ancient roads and looking at more than two thousand years of history of Ancient Rome through the modern eye. In 66 B.C., young, ambitious Julius Caesar, seeking recognition and authority, became the curator of the Via Appia. He borrowed significant sums to restore the ancient highway. It was a way to curry favor from Roman citizens in villages along the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This series covers history from 3500 B.C. to the 1780's. This course analyzes civilizations by looking at their geographic and political environments, their technologies, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. Students will look at history from new perspectives, come to understand the connections between human beings despite time and distance, and appreciate the lasting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1995
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Holland, Tom
Summary: "Beginning in 69AD, the so-called Year of the Four Emperors and spanning to 138AD, the death of Hadrian, Pax presents a narrative history of Rome at the height of its power. From the gilded capital to the barbarous realms beyond the frontier, historian Tom Holland offers a tour of the most famous episodes in Roman history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, Hachette Book Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937 HOLFischer, Thomas
Summary: With this opulent volume, Thomas Fischer presents a comprehensive and unique exploration of the Roman military of the imperial era. With over 600 illustrations, the costumes, weapons and equipment of the Roman army are explored in detail using archaeological finds dating from the late Republic to Late Antiquity, and from all over the Roman Empire. The buildings and fortifications associated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Casemate Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 FISShakespeare, William.
Summary: The noble Titus returns victorious to Rome bringing Tamora, Queen of the Goths as his captive. When one of Tamora's sons is condemned to die, she vows revenge, and, aided by the villainous Aaron, she exacts a terrible retribution, inaugurating a grim cycle of rape, murder, and cannibalism. This macabre, often brilliant tragedy comes from the earliest stage of Shakespeare's dramatic career....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2006