Michael Grant

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in London, England, The United Kingdom

November 21, 1914

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October 04, 2004

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Nonfiction, History

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Michael Grant was an English classisist, numismatist, and author of numerous popular books on ancient history. His 1956 translation of Tacitus’s Annals of Imperial Rome remains a standard of the work. He once described himself as "one of the very few freelances in the field of ancient history: a rare phenomenon". As a popularizer, his hallmarks were his prolific output and his unwillingness to oversimplify or talk down to his readership.

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	Cleopatra: A Biography 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1972 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twelve Caesars 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 1975 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of Rome 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Roman Emperors: A Biographical Guide to the Rulers of Imperial Rome, 31 BC-AD 476 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1985 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Myths of the Greeks and Romans 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1962 — 19 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Julius Caesar 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1969 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fall of the Roman Empire 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1976 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jesus: An Historian's Review of the Gospels 3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1977 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Constantine the Great: The Man and His Times 3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Classical Greeks 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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