Bestsellers
-
Emperor of Rome
- Ruling the Ancient World
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Mary Beard
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire....
-
-
Wasn't sure but won me over
- De John S. en 01-26-24
De: Mary Beard
-
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- De: Edward Gibbon
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 126 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Here in a single volume is the entire, unabridged recording of Gibbon's masterpiece....
-
-
Masterpiece - Best Audiobook I’ve Listened To
- De Student en 09-18-18
De: Edward Gibbon
-
The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- De: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 26 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own....
-
-
An Historic Achievement
- De Ellen S. Wilds en 04-25-14
De: Susan Wise Bauer
-
Dynasty
- The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
- De: Tom Holland
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 16 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivated with Rubicon—his masterful, witty, brilliantly researched popular history of the fall of the Roman republic—with Dynasty, a luridly fascinating history of the reign of the first five Roman emperors.
-
-
Accessible, enjoyable history
- De Mary en 01-28-16
De: Tom Holland
-
Troy
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- De: Stephen Fry
- Narrado por: Stephen Fry
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In this brilliant conclusion to his best-selling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War....
-
-
Thank the gods
- De Stefan Filipovits en 06-22-21
De: Stephen Fry
-
Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood
- The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade
- De: Anthony Kaldellis
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 15 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests. By the early eleventh century, the empire was the most powerful state in the Mediterranean. Yet this imperial project came to a crashing collapse fifty years later....
-
-
Well researched, well written
- De 19levans en 03-06-24
-
Emperor of Rome
- Ruling the Ancient World
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Mary Beard
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire....
-
-
Wasn't sure but won me over
- De John S. en 01-26-24
De: Mary Beard
-
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- De: Edward Gibbon
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 126 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Here in a single volume is the entire, unabridged recording of Gibbon's masterpiece....
-
-
Masterpiece - Best Audiobook I’ve Listened To
- De Student en 09-18-18
De: Edward Gibbon
-
The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- De: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 26 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own....
-
-
An Historic Achievement
- De Ellen S. Wilds en 04-25-14
De: Susan Wise Bauer
-
Dynasty
- The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
- De: Tom Holland
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 16 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivated with Rubicon—his masterful, witty, brilliantly researched popular history of the fall of the Roman republic—with Dynasty, a luridly fascinating history of the reign of the first five Roman emperors.
-
-
Accessible, enjoyable history
- De Mary en 01-28-16
De: Tom Holland
-
Troy
- The Greek Myths Reimagined
- De: Stephen Fry
- Narrado por: Stephen Fry
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In this brilliant conclusion to his best-selling Mythos trilogy, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry retells the tale of the Trojan War....
-
-
Thank the gods
- De Stefan Filipovits en 06-22-21
De: Stephen Fry
-
Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood
- The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade
- De: Anthony Kaldellis
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 15 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests. By the early eleventh century, the empire was the most powerful state in the Mediterranean. Yet this imperial project came to a crashing collapse fifty years later....
-
-
Well researched, well written
- De 19levans en 03-06-24
-
Theoderic the Great
- King of Goths, Ruler of Romans
- De: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, John Noel Dillon - translator
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 23 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors, their wives, and children personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman emperor in 476. That leader became Theoderic the Great (454-526)....
-
-
More for historians than general readers
- De Bill Staley en 10-29-23
De: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, y otros
-
Marcus Aurelius
- The Stoic Emperor
- De: Donald J. Robertson
- Narrado por: Donald J. Robertson
- Duración: 6 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy.
-
-
Robertson does it again
- De J. Gilmore en 02-17-24
-
Twelve Caesars
- Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern (Bollingen Series)
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Mary Beard
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This audiobook narrated by best-selling author Mary Beard explores how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power....
-
-
This foray into art history is a disappointment.
- De Stephen J Chiulli en 11-10-21
De: Mary Beard
-
The Storm Before the Storm
- The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
- De: Mike Duncan
- Narrado por: Mike Duncan
- Duración: 10 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The story of the tumultuous years that set the stage for the fall of the Roman Republic....
-
-
Interesting, albeit a bit dry
- De Aria en 11-14-17
De: Mike Duncan
-
Julius Caesar
- De: Philip Freeman
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 14 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
More than 2,000 years after his death, Julius Caesar remains one of the great figures of history. He shaped Rome for generations, and his name became a synonym for "emperor" - not only in Rome but as far away as Germany and Russia....
-
-
Not very good...
- De FarleyFarley en 10-22-19
De: Philip Freeman
-
The Inheritance of Rome
- Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000
- De: Chris Wickham
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 32 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Historian Chris Wickham defies the conventional view of the Dark Ages in European history with a work of remarkable scope and rigorous yet accessible scholarship. The Inheritance of Rome presents a fresh understanding of the crucible in which Europe would ultimately be created....
-
-
Excellent Intro to An Obscure Period
- De Earth Lover en 07-30-18
De: Chris Wickham
-
A Rome of One's Own
- The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
- De: Emma Southon
- Narrado por: Danielle Cohen
- Duración: 14 h
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertaining new history of Rome that uses the lives of twenty-one extraordinary women to upend our understanding of the ancient world....
-
-
Truly lovely. So much information and so fun to learn
- De Em en 01-27-24
De: Emma Southon
-
Pax
- War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
- De: Tom Holland
- Narrado por: Tom Holland
- Duración: 14 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A stunning portrait of Rome’s glory days, this is the definitive history of the Pax Romana—an ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness....
-
-
Great book!
- De Mic en 09-27-23
De: Tom Holland
-
Ravenna
- Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
- De: Judith Herrin
- Narrado por: Phyllida Nash
- Duración: 19 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This riveting audiobook narrated by Phyllida Nash traces the history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman Empire....
-
-
Worthy book, stingy production.
- De Stephen Chakwin en 12-13-20
De: Judith Herrin
-
Rome
- Strategy of Empire
- De: James Lacey
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 18 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
James Lacey provides a comprehensive, persuasive, and engaging account of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire....
-
-
More detailed information on Rome.
- De George Bettasso en 01-03-24
De: James Lacey
-
The History of Rome, Volume 1, Books 1 - 5
- De: Titus Livy, William Masfen Roberts - translator
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 18 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Hardly anyone who was educated was unaware of at least some of the more famous stories of Roman myth and history as told by Titus Livius....
-
-
1
- De Darwin8u en 03-30-17
De: Titus Livy, y otros
-
The Dark Ages: 476-918
- De: Charles Oman
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 19 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The Dark Ages is the story of the birth of Western civilization. It was a harrowing crucible of war, destruction, and faith....
-
-
An Excellent Production
- De Ken en 08-11-17
De: Charles Oman
-
The Twelve Caesars
- De: Suetonius
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 14 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From the dignified grace of Augustus to the cruel debauchery of Nero, this history chronicles all the vices and virtues of the first 12 rulers of Imperial Rome....
-
-
A pleasure to read...
- De Robyn C. Blaber en 03-13-10
De: Suetonius
-
Rome and Persia
- The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry
- De: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrado por: Mark Elstob
- Duración: 20 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Epic in scope, tracing seven centuries of conflict between two great powers, historian Adrian Goldsworthy completely reshapes our understanding of one of the greatest rivalries of world history....
-
-
MAPS NEEDED
- De David en 12-29-23
-
Agrippina
- The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World
- De: Emma Southon
- Narrado por: Teri Schnaubelt
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The story of Agrippina, at the center of imperial power for three generations, is the story of the Julio-Claudia dynasty - and of Rome itself, at its bloody, extravagant, chaotic, ruthless, and political zenith....
-
-
Fun!
- De Curatina en 02-27-20
De: Emma Southon
-
The Complete Works of Tacitus: Volume 1: The Annals, Part 1
- De: Cornelius Tacitus
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In the pantheon of ancient men of letters, none hold a more venerated position than the Roman historian, Tacitus....
-
-
Tacitus
- De cbrann en 03-25-08
-
Annals
- De: Tacitus
- Narrado por: David Timson
- Duración: 18 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Beginning at the end of Augustus' reign, Tacitus's Annals examines the rules of the Roman emperors from Tiberius to Nero. Their dramas and scandals are brought fully under the spotlight....
De: Tacitus
-
The Roman Triumph
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Lucy Rayner
- Duración: 13 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A radical reexamination of this most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman triumph, but also its darker side....
-
-
Did Mary Beard really write this book?
- De daryl en 03-03-23
De: Mary Beard
-
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 of 2
- De: Plutarch, John Dryden - translator
- Narrado por: B.J. Harrison
- Duración: 37 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This epic chronicle by Plutarch (A.D. 46-120) continues with the lives of great Grecians and Romans....
-
-
TABLE of CONTENTS here:
- De Amazon Customer en 02-24-16
De: Plutarch, y otros
-
The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire
- From the First Century CE to the Third, Revised and Updated Edition
- De: Edward N. Luttwak
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
At the height of its power, the Roman Empire encompassed the entire Mediterranean basin. Rome prospered for centuries while successfully resisting attack, fending off everything from overnight robbery raids to full-scale invasion attempts by entire nations on the move.
-
The Complete Works of Tacitus: Volume 2: The Annals, Part 2
- De: Cornelius Tacitus
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 10 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Tacitus is most famous for his amazing descriptions of the reign of Nero, one of the most ruthless and sadistic monarchs of all time....
-
-
Great for your Rome historian.
- De Jerry en 04-25-18
-
Rome Is Burning
- Nero and the Fire that Ended a Dynasty
- De: Anthony A. Barrett
- Narrado por: John Telfer
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
According to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his majestic imperial capital and fiddled while the city burned. It’s a story that has been told for more than two millennia - and it’s likely that almost none of it is true....
-
The Ancient City
- A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Ancient Greece and Rome
- De: Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 15 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This amazing analysis of family and religious life among the ancient Greeks and Romans is the key to understanding ancient Mediterranean civilizations....
-
-
One of the best books I've ever read
- De g en 06-14-22
-
Strange Religion
- How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling
- De: Nijay K. Gupta
- Narrado por: Nijay K. Gupta
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The first Christians were weird. Just how weird is often lost on today's believers.
-
-
Modern analogies helped
- De Lisa Mensinger en 04-30-24
De: Nijay K. Gupta