When You Can't Stop Thinking About the Roman Empire

Statistically, 95% of librarians only think about the Roman Empire when asked a reference question about it.

Updated September 27, 2023
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Eyewitness Ancient Rome : Discover One of History's Greatest Civilizations
DK
Paper Book
Step into the world of Ancient Rome and explore the rise and fall of a fascinating ancient civilization like never before! Become an eyewitness to the wonders of one of history's greatest civilizations, from its vast empire to gladiator fights, this picture-led guide will take...
SPQR : a history of ancient Rome
Beard, Mary
Paper Book
Mary Beard on Ancient Rome: Britain's favourite classicist lifts the lid on the Roman Empire.
Medicus : a novel of the Roman Empire.
Downie, Ruth
Paper Book
Divorced and down on his luck, Gaius Petreius Ruso has made the rash decision to seek his fortune in an inclement outpost of the Roman Empire, namely Britannia. In a moment of weakness, after a straight thirtysix-hour shift at the army hospital, he succumbs to compassion and rescues an injured...
Terra incognita : a novel of the Roman Empire
Downie, Ruth
Paper Book
Army doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso strikes out for the uncivilized borders of Roman Britain in this highly anticipated sequel to Ruth Downie's New York Times bestselling debut. It is spring in the year 118, and Gaius Petreius Ruso has been stationed in the Roman-occupied...
The rise of Rome : the making of the world's greatest empire
Everitt, Anthony.
Paper Book
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian, comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian...
The confessions of young Nero : a novel
George, Margaret
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling and legendary author of Helen of Troy and Elizabeth I now turns her gaze on Emperor Nero, one of the most notorious and misunderstood figures in history. Built on the backs of those who fell before it, Julius Caesar's...
Lavinia
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Paper Book
In a richly imagined, beautiful new novel, an acclaimed writer gives an epic heroine her voice InThe Aeneid, Vergil's hero fights to claim the king's daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an empire. Lavinia herself never speaks a word. Now, Ursula K. Le Guin...
Eyewitness Ancient Rome : Discover One of History's Greatest Civilizations
DK
Paper Book
Step into the world of Ancient Rome and explore the rise and fall of a fascinating ancient civilization like never before! Become an eyewitness to the wonders of one of history's greatest civilizations, from its vast empire to gladiator fights, this picture-led guide will take...
Mark of the thief
Nielsen, Jennifer A.
Paper Book
Jennifer A. Nielsen, author of the NYT and USA TODAY bestselling Ascendance Trilogy, has woven an electrifying tale of greed and power, magic and destiny, and one boy's courage at the heart of it all.When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing the...

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