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Pub. Date
2009
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Filled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, -- Lost to the West is replete with stories of assassination, mass mutilation and execution, sexual scheming, ruthless grasping for power, and clashing armies that soaked battlefields with the blood of slain warriors numbering in the tens of thousands.
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman Empire. Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases played in the collapse of Rome's power--a story of nature's triumph over human ambition. Interweaving a grand historical narrative...
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Pub. Date
2007
Description
"Death in Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook is a selected compilation of ancient texts in translation on the subject of death in ancient Rome. Mortality rates were high in ancient Rome and how a person died was no less important than how they lived. Despite the brutality of the assassinations that feature in accounts of Roman political life, laudable figures faced their deaths with dignity and stoicism, their last words set down for posterity. Whether a...
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