Ancient Rome

Roman civilization from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
The Twelve Caesars
The Aeneid
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Meditations
Imperium (Cicero, #1)
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
Pompeii
Metamorphoses
Caesar: Life of a Colossus
Memoirs of Hadrian
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
Augustus
Hekate Liminal Rites by Sorita d'EsteHekate Soteira by Sarah Iles JohnstonHekate in Ancient Greek Religion by Ilmo Robert Von RudloffHekate by Sorita d'EsteHekate by Sorita d'Este
The Goddess Hekate
18 books — 24 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoMistress of Rome by Kate QuinnBlood & Beauty by Sarah DunantPompeii by Robert   HarrisThe Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Historical Fiction - Italy
245 books — 103 voters
Pompeii by Robert   HarrisA Day of Fire by Kate QuinnCurses and Smoke by Vicky Alvear ShecterVacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope OsborneThe Secrets of Vesuvius by Caroline Lawrence
Pompeii
30 books — 25 voters

Santiago Posteguillo
En Roma no se trata de ganar o perder, sino de ganar o morir.
Santiago Posteguillo, Y Julia retó a los dioses

The recognition type-scene belonged to the storyteller's standard repertory in ancient Greco-Roman narrative and drama, especially in epic, novel, tragedy, and comedy, where motifs of hidden identities, veiling and revealing, Sein and Schein, deception and discovery often played a central role in the plot. ...more
Kasper Bro Larsen, Recognizing the Stranger: Recognition Scenes in the Gospel of John

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The House of Dionysus A place for the discussion of m/m set against the backdrop of the Greco-Roman world.
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Stoicism A book club on ancient and modern texts discussing the Greco-Roman philosophy of Stoicism and it…more
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Antica Roma - Romanzi Storici Buonasera a tutti, Mi chiamo Beatrice e sono una grande appassionata di storia, in particolare…more
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