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  • Germania-Publius Cornelius Tacitus

    Germania-Publius Cornelius Tacitus
    Nov 13 2026
    Germania by Publius Cornelius Tacitus.

    The Germania (Latin: De Origine et situ Germanorum, literally The Origin and Situation of the Germans), written by Gaius Cornelius Tacitus around 98, is an ethnographic work on the Germanic tribes outside the Roman Empire. Germania fits squarely within the tradition established by authors from Herodotus to Julius Caesar. Tacitus himself had already written a similar essay on the lands and tribes of Britannia in his Agricola. The Germania begins with a description of the lands, laws, and customs of the Germanic people; it then segues into descriptions of individual tribes, beginning with those dwelling closest to Roman lands and ending on the uttermost shores of the Baltic, among the amber-gathering Aesti, the primitive and savage Fenni, and the unknown tribes beyond them.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Stratagems and The Aqueducts of Rome-Sextus Julius Frontinus

    Stratagems and The Aqueducts of Rome-Sextus Julius Frontinus
    Nov 12 2026
    Stratagems and The Aqueducts of Rome by Sextus Julius Frontinus.

    Frontinus' Stratagems is a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history, which the author comments based on his own experience as a general in Germania. Many of the stories he tells can also be found in other Roman authors like Valerius Maximus and Livy. His most famous work however is De aquaeductu, The Aqueducts of Rome, an official report to the emperor on the state of the aqueducts of Rome, in two books. It presents a history and description of all the nine aqueducts that provided the water-supply of Rome in the first century, as well as information about the laws relating to its use and maintenance, and the quality of water delivered by each.

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    6 hrs and 56 mins
  • Roman Empire of the Second Century Or, The Age of the Antonines-William Wolfe Capes

    Roman Empire of the Second Century Or, The Age of the Antonines-William Wolfe Capes
    Nov 11 2026
    Roman Empire of the Second Century Or, The Age of the Antonines by William Wolfe Capes.

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    7 hrs and 6 mins
  • History of Rome, volume 1-Titus Livius (Part 2 of 2)

    History of Rome, volume 1-Titus Livius (Part 2 of 2)
    Nov 10 2026
    History of Rome, volume 1 by Titus Livius.

    The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient Rome, written in Latin by Livy (Titus Livius) between 27 and 9 BC, covering the period from the supposed arrival of Aeneas and the Trojansall the way to the time of Augustus, finishing with the death of Drusus, contemporary to Livy himself. Only 35 of the 142 books written by the author arrived to our times. This translation, by the Rev Canon William Masfen Roberts, was published in six volumes as part of the Everyman's Library Collection.

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    7 hrs and 35 mins
  • History of Rome, volume 1-Titus Livius (Part 1 of 2)

    History of Rome, volume 1-Titus Livius (Part 1 of 2)
    Nov 9 2026
    History of Rome, volume 1 by Titus Livius.

    The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient Rome, written in Latin by Livy (Titus Livius) between 27 and 9 BC, covering the period from the supposed arrival of Aeneas and the Trojansall the way to the time of Augustus, finishing with the death of Drusus, contemporary to Livy himself. Only 35 of the 142 books written by the author arrived to our times. This translation, by the Rev Canon William Masfen Roberts, was published in six volumes as part of the Everyman's Library Collection.

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    9 hrs and 34 mins
  • From the Foundation of the City Vol. 01-Titus Livius

    From the Foundation of the City Vol. 01-Titus Livius
    Nov 8 2026
    From the Foundation of the City Vol. 01 by Titus Livius.

    Ab urbe condita, is a monumental history of ancient Rome written in the Latin language by Titus Livius(Livy), an ancient Roman historian. The work covers the time from the stories of Aeneas, the earliest legendary period from before the city's founding in c. 753 BC, to Livy's own times in the reign of the emperor, Augustus. The last year covered by Livy is 745 AUC, or 9 BC, the death of Drusus. About 25% of the work survives. Livy's History of Rome was in demand from the publication of the first packet. Livy became so famous that a man from Cadiz travelled to Rome just to see him, and once he had seen, returned home. The popularity of the work continued through the entire classical period. A number of Roman authors used Livy, including Aurelius Victor, Cassiodorus, Eutropius, Festus, Florus, Granius Licinianus and Orosius.

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    7 hrs and 12 mins
  • Byzantine Empire-Charles William Chadwick Oman

    Byzantine Empire-Charles William Chadwick Oman
    Nov 7 2026
    Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman.

    Fifty years ago the word “Byzantine” was used as a synonym for all that was corrupt and decadent, and the tale of the East-Roman Empire was dismissed by modern historians as depressing and monotonous. The great Gibbon had branded the successors of Justinian and Heraclius as a series of vicious weaklings, and for several generations no one dared to contradict him. Since they have written, the Byzantines no longer need an apologist, and the great work of the East-Roman Empire in holding back the Saracen, and in keeping alive throughout the Dark Ages the lamp of learning, is beginning to be realized. Finis".

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    9 hrs and 19 mins
  • Early Rome, from the Foundation of the City to its Destruction by the Gauls-Wilhelm Ihne

    Early Rome, from the Foundation of the City to its Destruction by the Gauls-Wilhelm Ihne
    Nov 6 2026
    Early Rome, from the Foundation of the City to its Destruction by the Gauls by Wilhelm Ihne.

    In this short scholarly work the German historian, Wilhelm Ihne, elucidates what is known or can be deduced about Rome's early history, from the time of its legendary founders and kings, through the establishment of the Republic, to the invasion of the Gauls in 390 B.C. Ihne writes that "No great state known to history can be traced to such a small beginning as Rome." This book shows how the slow evolution of Rome's political institutions, through class conflict and compromise, created a state which, despite few natural advantages, was destined to rule the world.

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    6 hrs and 50 mins