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    • On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
    • By: Mary Beard
    • Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
    • Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 05-14-24
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Laughter in Ancient Rome explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Drawing on a wide range of Roman writing-from essays on rhetoric to a surviving Roman joke book-Mary Beard tracks down the giggles, smirks, and guffaws of the ancient Romans themselves.

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    • By: Lionel Casson
    • Narrated by: John Glouchevitch
    • Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 02-28-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 49 ratings
    • Lionel Casson paints a vivid portrait of life in ancient Rome during the empire's greatest period, the first and second centuries AD....

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    • A Novel of Ancient Rome
    • By: Robert Harris
    • Narrated by: Simon Jones
    • Series: Imperium, Book 2
    • Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 02-02-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,649 ratings
    • On the eve of Marcus Cicero's inauguration as consul of Rome, the grisly death of a boy sends ripples of fear through a city already wracked by civil unrest, crime, and debauchery....

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    • A Novel of Ancient Rome
    • By: Taylor Caldwell
    • Narrated by: Simon Mattacks, Cassandra Campbell
    • Length: 33 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 07-09-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 82 ratings
    • In this riveting tale, the Roman Empire in its final glory is seen through the eyes of philosopher, orator, and political theorist Marcus Tullius Cicero....

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    • By: Saint Augustine
    • Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
    • Length: 47 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 06-20-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 326 ratings
    • Written between A.D. 413 and 426, The City of God is one of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian thought....

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    • The Women Who Made Imperial Rome
    • By: Guy de la Bédoyère
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 12-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 48 ratings
    • A captivating popular history that shines a light on the notorious Julio-Claudian women who forged an empire....

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    • By: Robert Graves
    • Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
    • Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 12-03-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 329 ratings
    • The politics of empire-building and the hypocricies, back-stabbings and corruptions of Rome's first family come to light....

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    • Mark of the Thief, Book 2
    • By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
    • Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
    • Series: Mark of the Thief, Book 2
    • Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 02-01-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 236 ratings
    • Nic may have escaped enslavement in the mines outside of Rome, but his troubles are far from over. The Praetor War - the battle to destroy Rome from within - is in full force....

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    • Ruling the Ancient World
    • By: Mary Beard
    • Narrated by: Mary Beard
    • Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 10-24-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 208 ratings
    • 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....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Christopher Kelly
    • Narrated by: Richard Davidson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 05-25-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of 60 million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates, and from the Rhine to the North African coast....

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    • The Novel of Ancient Rome
    • By: Steven Saylor
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Series: Rome, Book 1
    • Length: 22 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 03-20-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 654 ratings
    • Weaving history, legend, and new archaeological discoveries into a spellbinding narrative, critically acclaimed novelist Steven Saylor gives new life to the drama of Rome's first 1,000 years....

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    • Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
    • By: William Rosen
    • Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
    • Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 05-22-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 431 ratings
    • The emperor Justinian reunified Rome's fractured empire by defeating the Goths and Vandals. Then, in the summer of 542, he encountered a flea....

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    • A Captivating Guide to the Ruler of the Huns and His Invasions of the Roman Empire
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Randy Whitlow
    • Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
    • Release date: 05-01-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • In the popular imagination, Attila the Hun is among the most barbaric leaders ever. His warriors have the reputation of being ruthless, cruel, and bloodthirsty, as the Huns are believed to have been savages lacking any semblance of civilized culture....

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    • The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero
    • By: Tacitus, J. C. Yardley - translated, Anthony A. Barrett - introduction
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 19 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 03-17-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • The Annals also provides a vivid account of the violent suppression of the revolt led by Boudicca in Britain, the great fire of Rome under Nero, and the subsequent bloody persecution of the Christians....

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    • An Alternative History of the Conflict Between Rome and Carthage
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Daniel Houle
    • Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Rome and Carthage rarely could maintain peace after the end of the fourth century BCE. As the two most powerful civilizations in the western Mediterranean region, they were destined to clash, curse or not....

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    • The Stuff You Wish You'd been Taught at School
    • By: Caroline Taggart
    • Narrated by: Bill Wallis
    • Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 01-08-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • Is the Greek alphabet all Greek to you? Is geometry your Achilles heel and does your knowledge of Homer have more to do with The Simpsons than the Sirens?....

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