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Elizabeth Legge is a classical (Roman focus) archaeologist, biologist, and Doctor of Medicine candidate. She has travelled in 65 countries on every continent since the age of 2 and lived in 17 of them. Since she was a teen, she has travelled solo across and between several continents, living in different countries along the way. Much of this was done for her postgraduate university studies and to perform research for her main historical novel series, whose research was also used for her archaeology master’s thesis, which achieved full grades and much commendation.

Her historical epic espionage mysteries are published under her pseudonym ELYSE DEBARRE. They can be found on this Goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show....

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	Agrippa I: Loyal Roman or Planning a Rebellion?: The Third Wall of Jerusalem — Archaeology & Political Context (Agrippa I: Thesis Defence Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	When the King Must Die: Fairy Tales and Bronze Age Memory (Beneath the Ancient World: Strategic Readings of Ancient Texts Book 3) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Women Physicians in Ancient Rome it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Ambrosius Aurelianus, Flavius Aetius, and Early Post-Roman Britain 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Roman Military Medicine from an Archaeological and Historical Perspective it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Structure and Phases of the Castra Praetoria in Rome 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Malhata Fortress on the Roman-Judaean Negev Frontier:, Associated with a Roman Road, the Francincense Trail, and a Princely Fugitive 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Gaius Caligula’s Reign, Personality and Friendship with M. Julius Agrippa I 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Beneath the Old Testament: History, Memory, and the Ancient Near East (Beneath the Ancient World: Strategic Readings of Ancient Texts Book 1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Trojan Horse: Espionage, Infiltration, and Deception in the Ancient World (Beneath the Ancient World: Strategic Readings of Ancient Texts Book 5) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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My Scholarly Living Books, Including When the King Must Die: Fairy Tales and Bronze Age Memory

Most of my scholarly works are published on ResearchGate and Academia.edu, where new findings and essays appear as they develop. A few of my more recent publications are living books, including When the King Must Die: Fairy Tales and Bronze Age Memory,

When the King Must Die Fairy Tales and Bronze Age Memory (Beneath the Ancient World Strategic Readings of Ancient Texts Book 3) by Elizabeth Legge

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The Pillars of Rome (Republic, #1)

by Jack Ludlow

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Elizabeth Legge said: " Beautifully written so far — classic historical fiction with strong atmosphere and detail. Anyone expecting fantasy has picked up the wrong genre, but as a Roman era historical novel it’s excellent. "

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The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 3, Part 2: The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and Other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries B.C.

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The actual text is extraordinary: a political courtroom drama and a war narrative involving Cicero, the young Caesar as a lawyer, Cato, and Catiline the revolutionary. It reads like an ancient Roman action thriller. If you read it as history — or sim ...more
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Elizabeth Legge made a comment on Rebecca’s review of Agrippa I: Loyal Roman or Planning a Rebellion?: The Third Wall of Jerusalem — Archaeology & Political Context (Agrippa I: Thesis Defence Series) " The audio version is a podcast‑style re‑presentation of a section of my thesis‑defence session, as I clearly stated in the description. Draft2Digital ...more "
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