Ancient Rome

Roman civilization from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Greco - Roman Fantasy.

296 books — 15 voters

Greek/Roman Columns on Covers

43 books — 18 voters

Vacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne

Carnival at Candlelight by Mary Pope Osborne

KIDS Italy : Bambini Italy : Juvenile Italy

269 books — 42 voters

Slavery in Ancient Rome

77 books — 23 voters

Hadrian and Antinous - Their lives and Times by Michael Hone

Fiction & Non-Fiction: Hadrian

29 books — 3 voters

The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George

Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter

Books about Cleopatra (fiction and nonfiction)

64 books — 152 voters

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― Thorsten Opper, Nero: The Man Behind the Myth

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― Christopher Hitchens, Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays

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