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1) Ancient Rome
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Step into the world of ancient Rome and meet its emperors, gods, soldiers, and gladiators. Who were Rome's most famous emperors? What was everyday life like for a soldier in the Roman army? How did the citizens of ancient Rome live? Did gladiators really fight to the death in the mighty Colosseum? Find out the answers to all these questions, and many more, in Eyewitness Ancient Rome. Photographs of real artefacts and detailed illustrations will help...
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Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"How much do you really know about Roman gladiators? Which gladiator used a net? Why were some gladiators given a wooden sword? Who was Spartacus? Each page in this series presents a large full-color illustration and simple paragraph containing fun facts about gear, historical figures, and day-to-day life that encourage kids to explore a high-interest topic in more detail. Readers can dip in at random or read from cover to cover. New vocabulary is...
4) The Romans
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Describes in detail the world of the Romans from the founding of the city to the decline of the Empire. It deals with aspects of everyday life in Ancient Rome, as well as providing a clear historical outline of the period.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
From the founding of its republic in 509 B.C.E. to the demise of its empire in 476 C.E., Rome dominated the countries of the Mediterranean Sea, the Middle East, and Europe as far north as Britain. Roman scientists, engineers, mathematicians, architects, and others left a rich legacy of roads, aqueducts, bridges, mills, treatises, and more over its thousand-year history and for the centuries to come. This intriguing volume explains the dramatic story...
7) Ancient Rome
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Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Briefly discusses the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.
8) Gladiators
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Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A history of gladiators including details about their origin, tactics, and place in modern culture.
9) Ancient Rome
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Pub. Date
2012
Description
Explores the legacy of the Roman Empire and its famous leaders such as Julius Caesar, along with the society, politics and beliefs of this ancient civilization, which has influenced the Western world for centuries.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Ancient Rome is famous for its vast empire, which covered most of Europe as well as much of Asia and northern Africa. But it's also the source of achievements and inventions that have shaped Western civilization. Some of the best known include the alphabet, the calendar, and concrete, but there are many more. Readers will delight as they discover the many inventions and achievements of ancient Rome in this engaging volume. Thoroughly researched text...
13) Ancient Rome
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about ancient Rome. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
14) Gladiator
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Describes the history of gladiators, including types of armor, use of animals, amphitheaters, and how the practice fit into Roman society for almost 700 years.
16) Ancient Rome
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Read about the ancient Roman empire.
17) Ancient Rome
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Series
Pub. Date
1984.
Description
An account of life in ancient Rome, from its founding through the rise of Christianity and the fall of the Roman Empire, including its history, art, and important people.
18) Ancient Rome
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
The history, wars, society, and political life of ancient Rome and its vast empire and how it remains with us today.