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Colleen McCullough - Masters of Rome
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Colleen McCullough - Masters of RomeMasters of Rome is a series of historical fiction novels by author Colleen McCullough (b. 1937) set in ancient Rome during the last days of the old Roman Republic; it primarily chronicles the lives and careers of Gaius Marius, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Pompey the Great, Julius Caesar, and the early career of Caesar Augustus. It spans from January 1, 110 BC through to January 16, 27 BC.

 
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Rome, the Greek World, and the East: Government, Society, and Culture in the Roman Empire vol 2
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Rome, the Greek World, and the East: Government, Society, and Culture in the Roman Empire vol 2
Fergus Millar is one of the most influential contemporary historians of the ancient world.

Every article in Volume 2 addresses the themes of how the Roman Empire worked in practice and what it was like to live under Roman rule.
 
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Rome, the Greek World, and the East: Roman Republic and the Augustan Revolution Vol 1
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Rome, the Greek World, and the East: Roman Republic and the Augustan Revolution Vol 1
These 16 collected essays open with a contribution by Fergus Millar in which he defends the continuing significance of the study of Classics and argues for expanding the definition of what constitutes that field.

In this volume he also questions the dominant scholarly interpretation of politics in the Roman Republic, arguing that the Roman people, not the Senate, were the sovereign power in Republican Rome.
 
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Septimius Severus - The African Emperor
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Septimius Severus - The African Emperor
Septimius Severus, the African Emperor, was descended from Phoenician settlers in Tripolitania, and his reign, from AD 193-211, represents a turning point in Roman history.

Well-illustrated and engaging, this biography reveals the multifaceted and sometimes conflicting character of an enigmatic and complex emperor.
 
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The Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History
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The Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History
Attractively illustrated, this book offers a fascinating look at the life of the Roman soldier, drawing on everything from Rome's rich historical and archaeological record to soldier's personal correspondence to depictions of military subjects in literature and art.
 
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