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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 302 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.05 — 86,581 ratings — published 2015
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
by (shelved 223 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.24 — 75,004 ratings — published 1934
The Aeneid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 187 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.88 — 147,809 ratings — published -19
The Twelve Caesars (Paperback)
by (shelved 184 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.03 — 23,434 ratings — published 121
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 163 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.27 — 376,107 ratings — published 180
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 163 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.23 — 29,439 ratings — published 2003
Imperium (Cicero, #1)
by (shelved 133 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.14 — 43,130 ratings — published 2006
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
by (shelved 118 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.14 — 24,858 ratings — published 1990
Pompeii (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.89 — 56,216 ratings — published 2003
Metamorphoses (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.10 — 80,535 ratings — published 8
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,713 ratings — published 1776
Memoirs of Hadrian (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.21 — 37,956 ratings — published 1951
Caesar: Life of a Colossus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.25 — 13,724 ratings — published 2006
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.24 — 16,695 ratings — published 2017
Augustus (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.26 — 21,978 ratings — published 1972
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
by (shelved 92 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.20 — 17,208 ratings — published 1934
The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.96 — 10,042 ratings — published -29
Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)
by (shelved 89 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.01 — 32,782 ratings — published 2010
The Conquest of Gaul (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.02 — 13,942 ratings — published -50
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 88 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,758 ratings — published 2015
The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)
by (shelved 87 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.89 — 15,954 ratings — published 1989
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,646 ratings — published 2008
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.95 — 8,450 ratings — published 2006
Conspirata (Cicero, #2)
by (shelved 75 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.26 — 22,888 ratings — published 2009
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.90 — 8,472 ratings — published 2001
The Annals of Imperial Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.99 — 9,476 ratings — published 116
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.08 — 7,960 ratings — published 2023
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,339 ratings — published 2014
Caesar's Women (Masters of Rome, #4)
by (shelved 67 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.29 — 7,886 ratings — published 1996
Roman Blood (Roma Sub Rosa, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.95 — 9,552 ratings — published 1991
The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome, #2)
by (shelved 63 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.33 — 13,532 ratings — published 1990
Quo Vadis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.02 — 43,245 ratings — published 1896
Medicus (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.77 — 9,644 ratings — published 2006
Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3)
by (shelved 61 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.40 — 8,908 ratings — published 1993
Roma (Roma, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.94 — 8,946 ratings — published 2007
Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.32 — 60,464 ratings — published 64
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,427 ratings — published 2005
The Punic Wars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,669 ratings — published 2000
Daughters of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #2)
by (shelved 60 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.96 — 13,503 ratings — published 2011
Cleopatra's Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.12 — 31,277 ratings — published 2009
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,880 ratings — published 2020
Caesar (Masters of Rome, #5)
by (shelved 56 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.40 — 8,528 ratings — published 1997
Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7)
by (shelved 56 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,385 ratings — published 2007
The October Horse (Masters of Rome #6)
by (shelved 56 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.34 — 6,701 ratings — published 2002
The Gates of Rome (Emperor, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.20 — 31,580 ratings — published 2003
Julius Caesar (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.71 — 224,848 ratings — published 1599
Dictator (Cicero, #3)
by (shelved 53 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.42 — 19,079 ratings — published 2015
How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,314 ratings — published 2009
The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,594 ratings — published 2012
The Roman Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,042 ratings — published 1939
“Римської імперії атлети-чемпіони, вважалося, мали дотримуватися чотириденного циклу: одного дня робити підготовчі вправи, другого — інтенсивні, третього — для розслаблення, а четвертого — помірні. Через цю схему помер один олімпійський чемпіон: тренер змушував його дотримуватися режиму навіть у дні героїчного похмілля.”
― Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
― Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
“Ut haec ipsa qui non sentiat deorum vim habere is nihil omnino sensurus esse videatur."
If any man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.”
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If any man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.”
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