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A bloody revolt by a North African prince and a plot to seize control of Rome are the subjects of two short masterpieces of ancient history by the illustrious Roman chronicler, Sallust. He could not have chosen two more dramatic episodes in the long history of this city.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Production
- De cbrann en 04-22-05
De: Sallust, y otros
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Rome's Last Citizen
- The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
- De: Rob Goodman, Jimmy Soni
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 13 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 317
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Marcus Porcius Cato: aristocrat who walked barefoot and slept on the ground with his troops, political heavyweight who cultivated the image of a Stoic philosopher, a hardnosed defender of tradition who presented himself as a man out of the sacred Roman past-and the last man standing when Rome's Republic fell to tyranny. His blood feud with Caesar began in the chamber of the Senate, played out on the battlefields of a world war, and ended when he took his own life rather than live under a dictator.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Unfortunate
- De Olivia N. en 11-06-20
De: Rob Goodman, y otros
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Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
- De: Plutarch
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 83 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 269
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Plutarch (c. AD 46-AD 120) was born to a prominent family in the small Greek town of Chaeronea, about 20 miles east of Delphi in the region known as Boeotia. His best known work is the Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of famous Greeks and Romans, arranged in pairs to illuminate their common moral virtues and vices. The surviving lives contain 23 pairs, each with one Greek life and one Roman life as well as four unpaired single lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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For the Very Dedicated
- De John Pinkerton en 03-13-18
De: Plutarch
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The Assassination of Julius Caesar
- A People's History of Ancient Rome
- De: Michael Parenti
- Narrado por: David Stifel
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 74
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 59
Most historians, both ancient and modern, have viewed the Late Republic of Rome through the eyes of its rich nobility - the one percent of the population who controlled 99 percent of the empire's wealth. In The Assassination of Julius Caesar, Michael Parenti recounts this period, spanning the years 100 to 33 BC, from the perspective of the Roman people. In doing so, he presents a provocative, trenchantly researched narrative of popular resistance against a powerful elite.
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5 out of 5 stars
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another side to Roman history
- De Darksnovia en 04-16-22
De: Michael Parenti
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The Story of the Goths
- De: Henry Bradley
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 99
The Goths are the most enigmatic of all the ancient German tribes. Their name today is still widely in use for a variety of cultural and artistic movements. But unlike other famous German tribes whose names are still descriptive of nations they founded - the Franks, the Lombards, the Angles, the Saxons and the Alemanni - the Goths simply disappeared. The subject of Henry Bradley's splendid short history is tracing the rise, the migrations, and the impact of the Goths on European history along with their spectacular fall.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Book about a little understood people
- De Mark en 07-29-15
De: Henry Bradley
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The Jewish War
- De: Flavius Josephus
- Narrado por: Alastair Cameron
- Duración: 19 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
The Jewish rebellion against Rome was a significant turning point in Jewish history. Although Josephus is known for his divided loyalties in the rebellion, his account is the most detailed record available of the Jewish life and revolt under Roman rule. Born in Jerusalem to a father of priestly descent and a mother who claimed royal ancestry, Josephus was a first-century Romano-Jewish scholar, hagiographer, and historian.
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1 out of 5 stars
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terrible narration will put you to sleep.
- De Amazon Customer en 10-18-20
De: Flavius Josephus
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Rubicon
- The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic
- De: Tom Holland
- Narrado por: Mark Meadows, Tom Holland
- Duración: 15 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 286
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The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness - the same greatness which would herald the catastrophe of its fall. It is a story of incomparable drama.
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4 out of 5 stars
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If you’re looking for a history book, this isn’t it.
- De Richard Sweeny en 12-16-22
De: Tom Holland
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The Jewish War
- De: Flavius Josephus
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 23 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 388
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 342
In AD 66, nationalist and religious revolutionaries in Judaea led a ferocious revolt of the Jewish people against the authority of mighty Rome, culminating in the greatest upheaval and savagery the world had known up to that time. By the end of the conflict seven years later, over one million Jews had perished and tens of thousands were sold into slavery. Until the Holocaust, it remained the greatest tragedy ever endured by a people. How had this once prosperous region been laid low, and by what process did its fratricidal feuds take it down a slippery slope to utter annihilation? Fortunately for us, there was an eyewitness.
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2 out of 5 stars
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mispronunciations are irritating
- De DR en 01-22-18
De: Flavius Josephus
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The Prince
- De: Nicolo Machiavelli
- Narrado por: Joseph Gomez
- Duración: 3 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513, after he was forced to leave Florence as a political exile. Dedicated to Lorenzo de’ Medici, the work is Machiavelli’s advice to the ruler of Florence on how to stay in power.
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The Death of Caesar
- The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination
- De: Barry Strauss
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 8 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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William Shakespeare's gripping play showed Caesar's assassination to be an amateur and idealistic affair. The real killing, however, was a carefully planned paramilitary operation, a generals' plot put together by Caesar's disaffected officers and designed with precision. Brutus and Cassius were indeed key players, but they had the help of a third man - Decimus. He was the mole in Caesar's entourage, one of Caesar's leading generals, and a lifelong friend.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Absorbing
- De Jean en 03-24-15
De: Barry Strauss
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The History of the Peloponnesian War
- De: Thucydides
- Narrado por: Mike Rogers
- Duración: 22 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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The rivalry between two of the dominant city states of Ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta, erupted into a war lasting nearly 30 years and was to have a dramatic effect on the balance of power in the area. Between 431 and 404 BCE, the two cities battled it out on land and sea, aided by their alliances with neighbouring states: Athens’ Delian League vigorously opposed Sparta’s Peloponnesian League in a conflict which effectively involved the whole region.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Full frontal of war, politics, diplomacy, destruction, plunder
- De Jeff Lacy en 05-27-20
De: Thucydides
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Tyrant
- Shakespeare on Politics
- De: Stephen Greenblatt
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 5 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 186
As an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social causes, the psychological roots, and the twisted consequences of tyranny. In exploring the psyche (and psychoses) of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, Coriolanus, and the societies they rule over, Stephen Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the catastrophic consequences of its execution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Too Close for Comfort
- De C. Gross en 05-10-18
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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
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,830
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,918
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,874
The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. After its founding in 509 BCE, the Romans refused to allow a single leader to seize control of the state and grab absolute power. The Roman commitment to cooperative government and peaceful transfers of power was unmatched in the history of the ancient world. But by the year 133 BCE, the republican system was unable to cope with the vast empire Rome now ruled.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, albeit a bit dry
- De Aria en 11-14-17
De: Mike Duncan
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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
- De: Anthony Everitt
- Narrado por: John Curless
- Duración: 15 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,408
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,251
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In this dynamic and engaging biography, Anthony Everitt plunges us into the fascinating, scandal-ridden world of ancient Rome in its most glorious heyday. Accessible to us through his legendary speeches but also through an unrivaled collection of unguarded letters to his close friend Atticus, Cicero comes to life here as a witty and cunning political operator.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An eloquent man, and a patriot
- De Darwin8u en 01-19-15
De: Anthony Everitt
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Scipio Africanus
- Greater Than Napoleon
- De: B.H. Liddell Hart
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 6 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 605
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Scipio Africanus (236-183 BC) was one of the most exciting and dynamic leaders in history. As commander, he never lost a battle. Yet it is his adversary, Hannibal, who has lived on in public memory. As B. H. Liddell Hart writes, "Scipio's battles are richer in stratagems and ruses - many still feasible today - than those of any other commander in history." Any military enthusiast or historian will find this to be an absorbing, gripping portrait.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent performance of a tough script.
- De A. Johnson en 12-23-19
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Ancient Rome
- The Rise and Fall of An Empire
- De: Simon Baker
- Narrado por: Chris MacDonnell
- Duración: 17 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 218
This is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Simon Baker charts the rise and fall of the world's first superpower, focusing on six momentous turning points that shaped Roman history. Welcome to Rome as you've never seen it before - awesome and splendid, gritty and squalid. From the conquest of the Mediterranean beginning in the third century BC to the destruction of the Roman Empire at the hands of barbarian invaders some seven centuries later, we discover the most critical episodes in Roman history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Clear and dramatic
- De Tad Davis en 08-01-17
De: Simon Baker