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The term classical antiquity is often used to refer to history in the Old World from the beginning of recorded Greek history in 776 BC (First Olympiad). This roughly coincides with the traditional date of the founding of Rome in 753 BC, the beginning of the history of ancient Rome, and the beginning of the Archaic period in Ancient Greece. Although the ending date of ancient history is disputed, some Western scholars use the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD (the most used), the closure of the Platonic Academy in 529 AD, the death of the emperor Justinian I in 565 AD, the coming of Is ...more

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Agrippa: A Novel of Ancient Rome's Descent into Dictatorship
Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature
The House with the Golden Door (Wolf Den Trilogy, #2)
The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy, #3)
Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old
Nero (The Nero Trilogy, #1)
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
Servus: How Slavery Made the Roman World
Carthage: A New History
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
Jewel of the Nile
As Sure as the Sea
The Lion (The Golden Age #1)
Protector (Athenian #2)
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History
After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
Of Love and Treason
Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy
Xolo
Between the Wild Branches (The Covenant House, #2)
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece
Ancestors: A History of Britain in Seven Burials
The Buried City: Unearthing the Real Pompeii
Before the King: Joanna's Story (Women of the Way, #2)
Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great – A Riveting Biography of Leadership, Ambition, and the Campaign That Forged History
A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
A Man at Arms
Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint
Peak Human: What We Can Learn from History's Greatest Civilisations
The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization
Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire
The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra
Empire (The Golden Age #2)
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire
The Lost Voices of Pompeii: Life and Death on Pompeii's Final Day
Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome
The Roman Revolution: Crisis and Christianity in Ancient Rome
The Life of Herod the Great
The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt
Χωράει όλη η αρχαιότητα στο ασανσέρ;
The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict
Sparrow (Sparrow, #1)
The Romans: A 2,000-Year History
The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World
The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization
Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
The Greeks: A Global History
Pox Romana: The Plague That Shook the Roman World (Turning Points in Ancient History)
1177 B.C.: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East
The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China
Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
Aristophanes: Four Plays: Clouds, Birds, Lysistrata, Women of the Assembly
Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters and the Bronze Age World They Revealed
The Daughter of Rome
Homer and His Iliad
From Plato to Christ: How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Faith
The City (City of Victory #2)
Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World
The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great
The Fort (City of Victory #1)
Dionysos: The New God (Olympians, #12)
Rome: Strategy of Empire
The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia #9)
The Wandering Queen: A Novel of Dido
A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins
New Rome: The Empire in the East
Athens: City of Wisdom
Following Caesar: From Rome to Constantinople, the Pathways That Planted the Seeds of Empire
Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy
How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium
Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World
The Wall (City of Victory #3)
Ramesses the Great: Egypt's King of Kings
Crassus: The First Tycoon
Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy: Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis
Tutankhamun's Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King's Tomb
Demetrius: Sacker of Cities
Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs: 100 Discoveries That Changed the World
The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere
Dominus (Roma, #3)
Rebel Daughter

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