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	Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire 4.29 avg rating — 3,378 ratings — published 2011 — 23 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
	Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero 4.14 avg rating — 1,850 ratings — published 2014 — 8 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 Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom 4.01 avg rating — 745 ratings — published 2021 — 10 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
	How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely by James Romm (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Seneca 3.92 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 2022 — 8 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
	Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece 4.18 avg rating — 335 ratings — 6 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
	Demetrius: Sacker of Cities 3.98 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Alexander the Great: Selections from Arrian, Diodorus, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius by James Romm (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Introduction/Translator), Pamela Mensch (Translator), Arrian 3.82 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	On the War for Greek Freedom: Selections from The Histories by James Romm (Goodreads Author), Samuel Shirley (Translator) 3.59 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2003 — 6 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
	Herodotus 3.90 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1998 — 8 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
	Since You're Mortal . . .: Life Lessons from the Lost Greek Plays 3.92 avg rating — 48 ratings — 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

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“Alexander’s top generals were about to tangle with one of history’s toughest teenage girls.”
― James Romm, Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire

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“Diogenes the Cynic was an ascetic by choice. He rejected his family's bourgeois status, got himself exiled from his native city, and went about in a threadbare cloak with only the barest possessions, a bag for his crust of bread and a cup for scooping water from fountains. When one day he saw a boy drinking from his hands, he smashed the cup, disgusted by his own love of luxury.”
― James Romm, Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero

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“Life, properly regarded, is only a journey toward death”
― James Romm, Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero

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