Ancient Italy

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    • The Men Who Won the Roman Empire
    • Written by: Adrian Goldsworthy
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 2016-02-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • Each chapter paints a fascinating portrait of a single general, offering in-depth insight into his leadership skills and victories as well as each one's pioneering strategies....

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    • Death of a Superpower
    • Written by: Adrian Goldsworthy
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 2014-12-30
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
    • This is the story of how an empire without a serious rival rotted from within, its rulers and institutions putting short-term ambition and personal survival over the greater good of the state....

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    • A Mediterranean History
    • Written by: Jamie Mackay
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 2021-07-13
    • Language: English
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    • Sicily has always acted as a gateway between Europe and the rest of the world. Fought over by the Phoenicians and Greeks, the Romans, Goths and Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Germans, and the Spanish and the French for thousands of years, Sicily became a unique melting pot....

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    • From Constantine to the Destruction of Roman Italy
    • Written by: Michael Kulikowski
    • Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
    • Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 2021-05-11
    • Language: English
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    • The Tragedy of Empire begins in the late fourth century with the reign of Julian, the last non-Christian Roman emperor, and takes listeners to the final years of the Western Roman Empire at the end of the sixth century....

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    • Written by: Ross King
    • Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
    • Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 2024-04-26
    • Language: English
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    • Discover the prodigious global influence of il bel paese in this star-studded retelling of Italy's past-from a foremost author of historic Italy. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced book.

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    • Written by: Edith Hamilton
    • Narrated by: Nadia May
    • Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 2006-05-05
    • Language: English
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    • The Roman Way makes vividly interesting the contrast between Roman and Greek culture....

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    • Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
    • Written by: Judith Herrin
    • Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
    • Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 2020-10-27
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • This riveting audiobook narrated by Phyllida Nash traces the history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman Empire....

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    • A Life of Pliny
    • Written by: Daisy Dunn
    • Narrated by: Mike Grady
    • Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 2019-12-10
    • Language: English
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    • When Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge, his 37-volume Natural History, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father....

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    • Wonders of the World, Book 19
    • Written by: Mary Beard, Keith Hopkins
    • Narrated by: Joan Walker
    • Series: Wonders of the World
    • Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 2019-12-03
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Byron and Hitler were equally entranced by Rome's most famous monument, the Colosseum. Mid-Victorians admired the hundreds of varieties of flowers in its crannies and occasionally shuddered at its reputation for contagion, danger, and sexual temptation....

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    • The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero
    • Written by: Tacitus, J. C. Yardley - translated, Anthony A. Barrett - introduction
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 19 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 2020-03-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The Annals also provides a vivid account of the violent suppression of the revolt led by Boudicca in Britain, the great fire of Rome under Nero, and the subsequent bloody persecution of the Christians....

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    • A Captivating Guide to the History of Italy and Rome
    • Written by: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 2021-02-12
    • Language: English
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    • If you want to discover the captivating history of Italy and Rome, then this audiobook is for you. It includes two books: History of Italy and History of Rome. It covers topics ranging from the founding and early settlements to the modern history....

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    • Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
    • Written by: Judith Herrin
    • Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
    • Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 2020-08-27
    • Language: English
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    • In 402 AD, after invading tribes broke through the Alpine frontiers of Italy and threatened the imperial government in Milan, the young Emperor Honorius made the momentous decision to move his capital to a small, easily defendable city in the Po estuary - Ravenna....

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    • Life Lessons from the Early Greeks
    • Written by: Adam Nicolson
    • Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
    • Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 2023-10-17
    • Language: English
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    • In How to Be, Adam Nicolson takes us on a glorious, immersive journey. Grounded in the belief that places give access to minds, however distant and strange, this book reintroduces us to our earliest thinkers through the lands they inhabited....

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    • A Captivating Guide to the City in Ancient Rome That Was Buried Because of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius During the Rule of the Roman Empire
    • Written by: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Series: The Ancient Romans
    • Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 2021-12-02
    • Language: English
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    • Pompeii was destroyed by the horrific eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, which buried at least 2,000 unlucky people. Pompeii became a mysterious tomb, hiding secrets of Rome and other civilizations that influenced the life and culture of the city and its people....

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    • Written by: Matthew Kneale
    • Narrated by: Neil Gardner
    • Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 2018-05-15
    • Language: English
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    • Novelist and historian Kneale, a longtime resident of Rome, tells the story of the Eternal City - from the early Roman Republic through the Renaissance to Mussolini and the German occupation in World War Two - through pivotal moments that defined its history....

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    • The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination
    • Written by: Barry Strauss
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 2015-03-03
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • 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....

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