Alexander the Great: The Anabasis and the Indica
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The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)
Uther, the High King, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos - threats …
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The Golden Ass
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Lui è come una bestia: sente il tempo che viene. Lo fiuta. E quel che fiuta è un'Italia sfinita, stanca della "casta" politica, dei moderati, del buonsenso. Allora lui si mette a capo degli irregolari…
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The Conquest of Gaul
TRANSLATED BY S. A. HANDFORD WITH REVISIONS BY JANE GARDNER
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The earliest eye-witness account of Britain and its inhabitants appears in these famous memoirs.
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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
“All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined.”
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David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the peculiar quality of Herodotus, the father of history.
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Here is the historian, investigating and judging what…