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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 492 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.06 — 78,799 ratings — published 2015
The Histories (Paperback)
by (shelved 335 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.01 — 54,973 ratings — published -430
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 313 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.23 — 26,232 ratings — published 2003
History of the Peloponnesian War (Paperback)
by (shelved 289 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.94 — 40,162 ratings — published -411
The Twelve Caesars (Paperback)
by (shelved 233 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.02 — 22,394 ratings — published 121
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 224 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.74 — 12,290 ratings — published 2014
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 208 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,457 ratings — published 2005
The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 203 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.93 — 500,670 ratings — published -800
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 199 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,349 ratings — published 2010
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 184 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,169,424 ratings — published -700
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 181 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,488 ratings — published 2007
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Paperback)
by (shelved 177 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,341 ratings — published 1776
Caesar: Life of a Colossus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 171 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.23 — 12,978 ratings — published 2006
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 165 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.25 — 15,317 ratings — published 2017
Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 156 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,147 ratings — published 2010
Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 149 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.95 — 4,625 ratings — published 2011
Cleopatra: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 148 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.73 — 122,266 ratings — published 2010
The Punic Wars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 144 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,381 ratings — published 2000
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 141 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.16 — 6,771 ratings — published 2015
The Peloponnesian War (Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.13 — 5,260 ratings — published 2003
The Conquest of Gaul (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.01 — 13,345 ratings — published -50
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,299 ratings — published 2005
The Persian Expedition (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,700 ratings — published -400
Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,918 ratings — published 2011
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.90 — 8,215 ratings — published 2001
The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.96 — 9,791 ratings — published -29
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,911,411 ratings — published 2011
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,232 ratings — published 2008
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.75 — 115,687 ratings — published -1200
The Aeneid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 103 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.87 — 141,207 ratings — published -19
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.95 — 8,280 ratings — published 2006
The Campaigns of Alexander (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.16 — 5,281 ratings — published 150
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
by (shelved 99 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.24 — 72,289 ratings — published 1934
Alexander the Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,212 ratings — published 1973
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,868 ratings — published 2014
The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,403 ratings — published 2012
Meditations (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.28 — 330,446 ratings — published 180
The Rise of the Roman Empire (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,826 ratings — published -170
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,323 ratings — published 2023
How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,147 ratings — published 2009
Alexander the Great (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.33 — 5,655 ratings — published 2010
The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,350 ratings — published 2005
The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,768 ratings — published 2010
The Annals of Imperial Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.98 — 9,232 ratings — published 116
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,844 ratings — published 2020
In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,361 ratings — published 2003
A War Like No Other: How the Athenians & Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,102 ratings — published 2005
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,852 ratings — published 2007
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,570 ratings — published 2023
Pax Romana (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as ancient-history)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,243 ratings — published 2016
“Much as Sade had done, Nietzsche valued the ancients for the pleasure they had taken in inflicting suffering; for knowing that punishment might be festive; for demonstrating that, 'in the days before mankind grew ashamed of its cruelty, before pessimists existed, life on earth was more cheerful than it is now'.”
― Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
― Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
“Get that pitying look off your face,' Eris snarled softly. 'I know what sort of creature my father is. I don't need your sympathy.'
Cassian again studied him. 'Why did you leave Mor in the woods that day?' It was the question that would always remain. 'Was it just to impress your father?'
Eris barked a laugh, harsh and empty. 'Why does it still matter to all of you so much?'
'Because she's my sister, and I love her.'
'I didn't realise Illyrians were in the habit of fucking their sisters.'
Cassian growled. 'It still matters,' he ground out, 'because it doesn't add up. You know what a monster your father is and want to usurp him; you act against him in the best interests of not only the Autumn Court but also all of the faerie lands; you risk your life to ally with us... and yet you left her in the woods. Is it guilt that motivates all of this? Because you left her to suffer and die?'
Golden flame simmered in Eris's gaze. 'I didn't realise I'd be facing another interrogation so soon.'
'Give me a damn answer.'
Eris crossed his arms, then winced. As if whatever injuries lay beneath his immaculate clothes ached. 'You're not the person I want to explain myself to.'
'I doubt Mor will want to listen.”
― A Court of Silver Flames
Cassian again studied him. 'Why did you leave Mor in the woods that day?' It was the question that would always remain. 'Was it just to impress your father?'
Eris barked a laugh, harsh and empty. 'Why does it still matter to all of you so much?'
'Because she's my sister, and I love her.'
'I didn't realise Illyrians were in the habit of fucking their sisters.'
Cassian growled. 'It still matters,' he ground out, 'because it doesn't add up. You know what a monster your father is and want to usurp him; you act against him in the best interests of not only the Autumn Court but also all of the faerie lands; you risk your life to ally with us... and yet you left her in the woods. Is it guilt that motivates all of this? Because you left her to suffer and die?'
Golden flame simmered in Eris's gaze. 'I didn't realise I'd be facing another interrogation so soon.'
'Give me a damn answer.'
Eris crossed his arms, then winced. As if whatever injuries lay beneath his immaculate clothes ached. 'You're not the person I want to explain myself to.'
'I doubt Mor will want to listen.”
― A Court of Silver Flames
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