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Amulets Fiction Caesar, Julius Fiction Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 Fiction Germanic peoples Fiction Gladiators Fiction Rome (Empire) Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D Fiction Rome History Kings, 753-510 B.C Rome History Republic, 510-30 B.CNielsen, Jennifer A
Summary: Nicolas Calva has Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice of Mars, and he has hidden the dangerous Jupiter Stone, but he still has to find a way to defeat The Mistress, a dragon who contains the soul of the vestalis Atroxia, and who hates Rome, and save his mother and friends, and maybe even the Empire itself--and he is troubled by his sneaking sympathy for Atroxia, who was unjustly condemned.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NIECopies Available at Fife Lake
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Summary: Now a driver in the chariot races, Nic is still a target of the Praetors because of the magical amulet he found, and they will do anything to get their hands on it--and meanwhile Atroxia is beginning to wake up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC NIEHolmes, 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 HOLRivers, Francine
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction RivFreisenbruch, Annelise
Summary: Documents the stories of eight wives of Roman rulers, assessing their historical contributions and cultural influence and drawing parallels between modern first ladies and the lives of such ancient-world figures as Livia, Helena, and Julia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937.06 FRELivingston, Lesley
Summary: When Caesar is murdered, Fallon and her fellow gladiatrices lose their protector and, realizing that Cleopatra is now in grave danger, travel to Alexandria, Egypt, for her safety and theirs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIVStilton, Geronimo
Summary: Collects three graphic novels featuring stories of Geronimo Stilton's time traveling adventures, as he visits the Coliseum, the Sphinx, and the discovery of America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STIGrant, Michael
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1968
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937.06 GRADownie, Ruth
Summary: Gaius Petreius Ruso is a divorced and down-on-his-luck army doctor who has made the rash decision to seek his fortune in an inclement outpost of the Roman Empire, namely Britannia. His arrival in Deva (commonly known as Chester, England) does little to improve his mood, and after a straight thirty-six-hour shift at the hospital, he succumbs to a moment of weakness and rescues an injured slave...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DOWBeard, Mary
Summary: The best-selling author of The Fires of Vesuvius presents a comprehensive history of the social and political world of the Roman emperors including Julius Caesar, Nero, Alexander Severus, Caligula, and Marcus Aurelius.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton Company 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Noble, 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 LATRivers, Francine
Summary: Atretes, German warrior. Revered gladiator. He won his freedom through his fierceness ... but his life is changed forever when he learns his son is alive. Atretes vows to find his son and return to Germania. Only one thing stands in his way: Rizpah, the young widow who adopted his abandoned baby. But Atretes is undaunted. One woman should be no trouble at all. It doesn't take him long to find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction RivBeard, Mary
Summary: "In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its reign as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean. Now, drawing on more than thirty years of teaching and writing about Roman history, Beard turns to the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire, beginning with Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD 920 BEAKamm, 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 KAMLivingston, Lesley
Summary: When Fallon and her fellow gladiatrices are thrust into a vicious conflict with a rival gladiator academy, the only thing that might save them is a tribe of long-forgotten mythic Amazon warriors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIVBeard, 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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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: The first Greek historians: Hecataeus and Hellanicus, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius -- The late Roman republic: Julius Caesar, Nepos, Diodorus Siculus, Sallust -- The early Roman principate: Augustus and after: Livy, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Velleius Paterculus, Josephus, Saint Luke -- The second century A.D.: Plutarch, Tacitius, Suetonius, Appian, Arrian -- The late Roman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner's 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938 GRABeard, Mary
Summary: A prominent classicist 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: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 937 BEACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wld BeardSummary: Groundbreaking eight-part series reveals ancient Rome's hidden treasures and untold stories as never before. From iconic figures including Caligula, Caesar, and Constantine to epic events such as the eruption of Vesuvius, the invasion of Britain, and fall of Rome, this collection reveals a startling, up-to-date vision of the ancient empire and challenges our perception of what we know about the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WHECopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WHERivers, Francine
Summary: Turning away from the opulence of Rome, Marcus is led by a whispering voice from the past into a journey that could set him free from the darkness of his soul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction RivGibbon, Edward
Summary: An abridged, profusely illustrated edition of the classic work originally published in six volumes from 1776 to 1788.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rand McNally 1979
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 937 GIBNielsen, Jennifer A.
Summary: When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds himself in possession of an ancient amulet filled with magic once reserved for the Gods, and becomes the center of a conspiracy to overthrow the emperor and destroy Rome.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2015
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NIECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC NIEIggulden, Conn.
Summary: Two boyhood friends, Gaius Marius and Marcus, now grown to manhood, are thrust into the grip of bitter conflict as every Roman prepares to take sides in the coming civil war between Sulla and Marius. Their friendship is further tested as they vie for the the love of an extraordinary slave girl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delta trade 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC IGGKershaw, Stephen
Summary: A narrative history of the Roman Empire from the point of view of the "barbarian" enemies of Rome. Rome's history follows a remarkable trajectory from its origins as a tiny village of refugees from a conflict zone to a dominant superpower. But throughout this history, Rome faced significant resistance and rebellion from peoples whom it regarded as barbarians: Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Goths,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2020