Rome Fiction

Sassy, warm-hearted Lauren Garcia doesn’t expect to find a husband. Cheated on by her high school sweetheart while raising her three younger siblings alone, she swore off men a long time ago. But she can never resist helping out a friend, and unfortunately, her friend Tamika needs her to test the brand-new dating app she’s been working on. Meanwhile, her boss has been making her life hell by forcing her to evict a bunch of guys who’ve built some cabins on government land.

„Spanien“ ist der zweite Teil von der spannenden Geschichte Roms von den Anfängen der Königszeit bis zur Alleinherrschaft Caesars und führt dabei in die Gesellschaft und die Verfassung des römischen Staates im Wandel der Jahrhunderte ein. Für dieses Werk erhielt Mommsen 1902 den Literaturnobelpreis, als erstes und einziges Geschichtswerk bislang überhaupt. Doch nicht nur politische und militärische Ereignisgeschichte, sondern ebenso auch Soziales wie etwa die Klassenkämpfe zwischen Plebejern und Optimaten und ökonomische Faktoren finden ihr angemessenes Gewicht bei Mommsen.

„Britannien“ ist der fünfter Teil von der spannenden Geschichte Roms von den Anfängen der Königszeit bis zur Alleinherrschaft Caesars und führt dabei in die Gesellschaft und die Verfassung des römischen Staates im Wandel der Jahrhunderte ein. Für dieses Werk erhielt Mommsen 1902 den Literaturnobelpreis, als erstes und einziges Geschichtswerk bislang überhaupt. Doch nicht nur politische und militärische Ereignisgeschichte, sondern ebenso auch Soziales wie etwa die Klassenkämpfe zwischen Plebejern und Optimaten und ökonomische Faktoren finden ihr angemessenes Gewicht bei Mommsen.

A whole decade has passed since Baldwin, Brenden, Bria, and Christopher last saw each other. In college, they were a close-knit circle of friends who called themselves The Group - until an unfortunate set of circumstances placed their friendship in jeopardy. They went their separate ways after graduation, never looking back and never expecting to see each other again. Now they are reunited in a small North Carolina town to attend the funeral of one of their own.

If you're looking for a collection of Roman myths that speaks to all ages then keep listening....Feats of strength and skill, monsters, magic, divine interventions, and the overcoming of impossible odds by larger-than-life figures all feature in this audiobook. The Roman myths contained in this collection will be brought to life so all the details are more than merely a bunch of dry facts. Not only does this audiobook offer captivating stories for you to enjoy, but it also gives you impressive knowledge about history.

The audiobook begins with Caesar's early life, and the humble background from which he came. His accounts of great triumphs and great defeats are all included, as his exciting and eventful life is traced through the minutes of the book. Caesar was part of a time where record keeping was incredibly proficient, and the pieces we have to put together the life of this man and those around him are plentiful. Caesar's story is important down to the last detail, and this book encapsulates the details that matter.

Rome, 133 BC. Gaius Marius is back from war in the West. They fought for the peace and prosperity of Rome, but the legions return to find the Eternal City far less peaceful and prosperous than they had hoped. People are starving, homelessness abounds, war after war has overtaxed the legions. And the revolutionary tribune, Tiberius Gracchus, thinks he has a solution for everything. Political parties are developing, the people are up in arms, the senate is enraged. And Tiberius is at the center of it all.

This fictional classic describes the factual persecution endured by the early Christians living in the catacombs beneath Rome through the character of Marellus, a captain in the Praetorian Guard and despised Christian. Penned by an anonymous 19th-century author, Martyr of the Catacombs has challenged and encouraged the faithful for over a hundred years.

Welcome to Saturnalia, the Roman festival renowned for wild displays of sensuality and vice. Servants become masters and masters become servants as rich and poor alike revel in the thrill of role-reversal and the joy of debauchery. A rich Roman woman allows two of her lovesick servants a night of pleasure with each other, as long as she can indulge her secret desire for shame by watching them.

Amor y traicion en la antigua Cartago. Mientras las hordas romanas asedian y esperan el momento de invadir Cartago, la sacerdotisa del templo de la diosa Tanit, Salambo, ama y es amada. Ella es la hija de Amilcar, el gran general cartagines y para recobrar el perdido velo que ha caido en manos del adversario, tiene que entregarse al general enemigo, que por Salambo olvida patria y honor.

Köln, 1927: Helene von Ratschek sprüht vor neuen Ideen für die Süßwarenmanufaktur ihrer Familie. Ob Lakritze, Konfekt oder Weingummi, ihre Kreationen sind so köstlich wie originell. Doch als ihr Vater seine Nachfolge verkündet, gewährt er seinen Söhnen den Vortritt, während Helene einen Geschäftspartner heiraten soll. Helene jedoch möchte ein selbstbestimmtes Leben führen. Kurzentschlossen heuert sie unter falschem Namen bei der Konkurrenz in Hamburg an und begegnet dort dem charmanten Fabrikantensohn Frederik.

In Ancient Rome, on the morning of his ninth birthday, young Martial Portius races against time to find his older brother Hershal. Unless Martial can deliver an important message to him, the forgetful Hershal will likely lose his job as a Roman courier. As Martial anxiously searches the crowded streets, he learns a good deal about the people, places, and customs of his native city. Moreover Martial, the son of a poor artisan, comes to understand the value of education as an important first step in his and Hershal's dreams of a better life.

This letter of St. John Chrysostom to the Bishop of Rome, deals with Theophilus, the leader of the Church in Alexandria. Theophilus had been commanded to go to Constantinople, to answer to the Emperor for accusations against him. He arrived bringing with him a multitude of Egyptian Bishops, showing from the outset that he came for war and antagonism, argues Chrysostom.

Lilly hat drei Jobs gleichzeitig, als ihre krebskranke Mutter ihren letzten Wunsch äußert: Noch einmal möchte sie die Blüte jener seltenen Hyazinthe sehen, die einst im Garten ihres Cottages auf der Isle of Skye blühte. Lilly kehrt in ihre alte Heimat zurück, doch ihr früheres Zuhause ist heruntergekommen, und die Suche nach der Blume gestaltet sich schwieriger als gedacht. Dabei trifft sie nicht nur auf Liam, dem heute das Grundstück gehört, sondern auch auf ein Geheimnis, das ihre Mutter ein Leben lang vor ihr gehütet hat.

As Richard and Joan Maple's story continues in this fourth story in the collection, their marriage is falling apart. Though both intensely desire separation, they continue to hold on to their broken relationship. So rather than get away from each other, they go away with each other - to Rome.

From the destruction of the ancient city of Troy; we are taken on a fabulous journey, filled with adventure and romance, to the birth of a new, greater city, and at last to the days of glory in imperial Rome.

When barbarians invade Rome, Miranda the cat and her daughter Punka must find a safe place to hide from the chaos. They make their way through the burning city, collecting motherless kittens as they go. At last they reach the Colosseum, but even there, danger lurks! How these fortunate felines survive to become the noble ancestors of the cats of modern Rome is all due to the cleverness of the cat they come to call Miranda the Great, Queen of the Colosseum!

Following many years of war with Rome, Carthage is exhausted. Yet the trouble is not yet over. As mercenaries land in Carthage to claim payment for services rendered, they do not receive what they expect. Lacking a shared culture, structure and even language, this band of warriors has taken up residence in Carthage and is becoming increasingly angry.... Meanwhile, veteran Roman sailor and prefect Atticus Perennis is fighting pirates in the seas around Sicily. Perpetually an outsider due to his Greek heritage, Atticus is a fine Roman warrior with several points to prove.

Atticus Perennis, Roman prefect and hero of the seas, is stranded in Carthage. His Roman masters have all but abandoned him, and at his feet gape the jaws of an angry mercenary army. For while the senators and consuls of Rome bicker and debate, the mercenaries around Utica are running out of patience and strain at the leash, on the verge of war. And then, when a councillor is sent as a message to Atticus and his comrades, all but dead and hideously disfigured, the leash finally breaks....

A Roman soldier steals the Cup of Life from a small church in Britannia, seeking to carry the Cup to Rome as a prize. Instead, he finds himself tempted by the legend that those who drink from the cup will have eternal life. What the legends don't talk about is the price of that eternal life.