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The Empires of Ancient Persia
- The History and Legacy of the Achaemenids, Parthians, and Sassanids in Antiquity
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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Lying in the middle of a plain in modern day Iran is a forgotten ancient city: Persepolis. Built two and a half thousand years ago, it was known in its day as the richest city under the sun. Persepolis was the capital of Achaemenid Persian Empire, the largest empire the world had ever seen, but after its destruction, it was largely forgotten for nearly 2,000 years, and the lives and achievements of those who built it were almost entirely erased from history. Alexander the Great’s troops razed the city to the ground in a drunken riot to celebrate the conquest of the capital, after which time and sand buried it for centuries. It was not until the excavations of the 1930s that many of the relics, reliefs, and clay tablets that offer so much information about Persian life could be studied for the first time. Through archaeological remains, ancient texts, and work by a new generation of historians, a picture can today be built of this remarkable civilization and their capital city. Although the city had been destroyed, the legacy of the Persians survived, even as they mostly remain an enigma to the West and are not nearly as well understood as the Greeks, Romans, or Egyptians. In a sense, the Achaemenid Persian Empire holds some of the most enduring mysteries of ancient civilization.
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The Empires of Ancient Persia
- The History and Legacy of the Achaemenids, Parthians, and Sassanids in Antiquity
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 2017-12-26
- Language: English
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Caesar's Legion
- The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome
- Written by: Stephen Dando-Collins
- Narrated by: Stuart Langton
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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Stephen Dando-Collins paints a vivid and definitive portrait of daily life in the Tenth Legion as he follows Caesar and his men along the blood-soaked fringes of the Empire. This unprecedented regimental history reveals countless previously unknown details about Roman military practices, Caesar's conduct as a commander and his relationships with officers and legionnaires, and the daily routine and discipline of the Legion.
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Amazing for history buffs
- By Dwayne Stewart on 2022-08-01
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Caesar's Legion
- The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome
- Narrated by: Stuart Langton
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2005-12-21
- Language: English
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Ancient Rome
- The Rise and Fall of an Empire
- Written by: Simon Baker
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Simon Baker charts the rise and fall of the world's first superpower, focusing on six momentous turning points that shaped Roman history. Welcome to Rome as you've never seen it before—awesome and splendid, gritty and squalid. From the conquest of the Mediterranean beginning in the third century BC to the destruction of the Roman Empire at the hands of barbarian invaders some seven centuries later, we discover the most critical episodes in Roman history.
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Enjoyable, but inconsistent and ramshackle
- By Matt on 2019-02-12
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Ancient Rome
- The Rise and Fall of an Empire
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2016-12-06
- Language: English
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The Birth of Classical Europe
- A History from Troy to Augustine
- Written by: Simon Price, Peter Thonemann
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level, from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a “classical Europe,” using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures. As this consistently fresh and surprising new audio book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical civilizations themselves, whose myths, history, and buildings were an elaborate engagement with an already old and revered past - one filled with great leaders and writers....
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Caught up in the details
- By Dmitry Sokolov on 2021-12-27
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The Birth of Classical Europe
- A History from Troy to Augustine
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Series: Penguin History of Europe Series, Book 1
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 2011-07-21
- Language: English
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Augustus
- First Emperor of Rome
- Written by: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 20 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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“Superb....Augustus is a first-rate popular biography by a skilled and knowing hand.” (Washington Post) Caesar Augustus created the Roman Empire and forever associated the name Caesar with power. Heir to Julius Caesar, he thrust himself into the middle of Roman politics at its most violent...
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Augustus
- First Emperor of Rome
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 20 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2026-01-27
- Language: English
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The African Emperor
- The Life of Septimius Severus
- Written by: Simon Elliott
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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Septimius Severus was Rome's black emperor. Born in the blistering heat of a North African spring in Leptis Magna AD 145, he died in the freezing cold of a northern British winter in York in AD 211. A giant of an emperor, whose career can be counted in superlatives, Severus was in power at the height of Rome's might. He led the largest army to ever campaign in Britain, comprising 50,000 men, part of a Roman military establishment which peaked at 33 legions under his rule. Born into the richest family, in the richest part of the Roman Empire, Severus monumentalised his rule across the empire.
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The African Emperor
- The Life of Septimius Severus
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2025-09-11
- Language: English
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Zoroastrianism
- The History and Legacy of One of the World’s Oldest Religions
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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During the first half of the 1st millennium CE, an empire arose in Persia that extended its power and influence to Mesopotamia in the east, Arabia in the south, the Caucasus Mountains in the north, and as far east as India. This empire, known alternatively as the Sasanian Empire or Sassanid Empire, was the last of three great dynasties in Persia—the Achaemenid and the Parthian being the first two dynasties—before the rise of Islam.
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Zoroastrianism
- The History and Legacy of One of the World’s Oldest Religions
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
- Release date: 2025-09-03
- Language: English
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The Evolution of Christmas: The History of the Christian Holiday from the Birth of Jesus to Today
- Written by: Charles River Editors, Gustavo Vazquez-Lozano
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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How did things progress from that story in the Bible, with a Jewish girl giving birth to the Messiah of Israel in a manager in the city of Bethlehem, to the modern colossus that is the Christmas holiday? How did Santa Claus, the Christmas tree, the snow sleighs, the presents, and family reunions become the distinctive features of the holiday if none of them were there at the beginning? The answers can be attributed to a chain of events, characters, oral traditions, artistic works, and an assimilation of local folklore.
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The Evolution of Christmas: The History of the Christian Holiday from the Birth of Jesus to Today
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Release date: 2018-12-31
- Language: English
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Trajan
- Rome's Last Conqueror
- Written by: Nicholas Jackson
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Until the publication of this captivating biography, no such volume on Trajan's life has been tailored to the general listener. The unique book illuminates a neglected period of ancient Roman history. Trajan rose from fairly obscure beginnings to become the emperor of Rome. He was born in Italica, an Italic settlement close to modern Seville in present-day Spain, and is the first Roman Emperor to be born outside of Rome. His remarkable rise from officer to general and then to emperor in just over twenty years reveals a shrewd politician who maintained absolute power.
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Trajan
- Rome's Last Conqueror
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2022-11-22
- Language: English
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Alexandria
- The City That Changed the World
- Written by: Islam Issa
- Narrated by: Islam Issa
- Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
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Combining rigorous research with myth and folklore, Alexandria is an authoritative history of a city that has shaped our modern world. Soon after being founded by Alexander the Great, Alexandria became the crucible of cultural exchange between East and West for millennia and the undisputed global capital of knowledge. It was at the forefront of human progress, but it also witnessed brutal natural disasters, plagues, crusades and violence.
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Alexandria
- The City That Changed the World
- Narrated by: Islam Issa
- Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2023-11-02
- Language: English
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Rome's Last Citizen
- The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
- Written by: Rob Goodman, Jimmy Soni
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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Marcus Porcius Cato: aristocrat who walked barefoot and slept on the ground with his troops, political heavyweight who cultivated the image of a Stoic philosopher, a hardnosed defender of tradition who presented himself as a man out of the sacred Roman past-and the last man standing when Rome's Republic fell to tyranny. His blood feud with Caesar began in the chamber of the Senate, played out on the battlefields of a world war, and ended when he took his own life rather than live under a dictator.
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Rome's Last Citizen
- The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2013-01-28
- Language: English
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Ravenna
- Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
- Written by: Judith Herrin
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
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At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted scholars, lawyers, craftsmen, and religious luminaries, becoming a true cultural and political capital.
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Ravenna
- Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2020-10-27
- Language: English
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Science Education in the Early Roman Empire
- Written by: Richard Carrier
- Narrated by: Richard Carrier
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
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Throughout the Roman Empire cities held public speeches and lectures, had libraries, and teachers and professors in the sciences and the humanities, some subsidized by the state. There even existed something equivalent to universities, and medical and engineering schools. What were they like? What did they teach? Who got to attend them? In the first treatment of this subject ever published, Dr. Richard Carrier answers all these questions and more.
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pleasant surprise
- By A.King on 2021-03-22
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Science Education in the Early Roman Empire
- Narrated by: Richard Carrier
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 2016-11-22
- Language: English
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The Rise of Rome
- The Making of the World's Greatest Empire
- Written by: Anthony Everitt
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Emerging as a market town from a cluster of hill villages in the eighth and seventh centuries B.C., Rome grew to become the ancient world's preeminent power. Everitt fashions the story of Rome's rise to glory into an erudite book filled with lasting lessons for our time. He chronicles the clash between patricians and plebeians that defined the politics of the Republic. He shows how Rome's shrewd strategy of offering citizenship to her defeated subjects was instrumental in expanding the reach of her burgeoning empire.
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The Rise of Rome
- The Making of the World's Greatest Empire
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2012-09-17
- Language: English
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Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: Series 1-4
- A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome
- Written by: Natalie Haynes
- Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Writer, broadcaster and recovering comedian Natalie Haynes mixes comedy and conversation to bring the ancient world entertainingly up to date in these four radio series. Each episode sees her profiling a key figure from ancient Greece and Rome, and, aided by her special guests, creating a stand-up show around them.
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Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: Series 1-4
- A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome
- Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
- Series: Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2019-03-21
- Language: English
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The Story of Greece and Rome
- Written by: Tony Spawforth
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
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The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the greatest legacy of the classical world. However, narratives about the "civilized" Greek and Roman empires resisting the barbarians at the gate are far from accurate. Tony Spawforth, an esteemed scholar, author, and media contributor, follows the thread of civilization through more than six millennia of history. His story reveals that Greek and Roman civilization, to varying degrees, was supremely and surprisingly receptive to external influences, particularly from the East.
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Brilliant
- By RW on 2025-09-28
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The Story of Greece and Rome
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-07
- Language: English
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Vie des hommes illustres, œuvres choisies
- Classiques de l'antiquité
- Written by: Plutarque
- Narrated by: Frédéric Chevaux
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
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"Les Vies parallèles des hommes illustres" forment l'œuvre la plus connue de Plutarque, écrite en grec et composée entre 100 et 120 de notre ère. Il s'agit d'une série de biographies d'hommes illustres du monde gréco-romain. Içi sont présentés les 5 récits suivants : "Vie d'Artaxerxès, roi perse" ; "Vie de Galba et Vie d'Othon, empereurs romains" ; "Vie de Thémistocle" et "Vie de Cicéron". Plutarque est un philosophe, biographe, moraliste et penseur majeur de la Rome antique.
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Une vue sur le passé
- By Frederic Martineau on 2020-10-22
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Vie des hommes illustres, œuvres choisies
- Classiques de l'antiquité
- Narrated by: Frédéric Chevaux
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-07
- Language: French
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Les royaumes barbares en Occident en 1 heure
- Collection "Que sais-je?"
- Written by: Magali Coumert, Bruno Dumézil
- Narrated by: Thibault de Montalembert
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
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Les Barbares ont une drôle de réputation. Les penseurs de la Renaissance leur imputent le naufrage de la seule véritable civilisation : Rome. Les historiens du XIXe siècle leur octroient volontiers l'origine des nations européennes : les Angles n'ont-ils pas donné leur nom à l'Angleterre, les Francs à la France ?
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Les royaumes barbares en Occident en 1 heure
- Collection "Que sais-je?"
- Narrated by: Thibault de Montalembert
- Series: Collection "Que sais-je ?"
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Release date: 2013-01-15
- Language: French
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Justinian's Flea
- Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
- Written by: William Rosen
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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The emperor Justinian reunified Rome's fractured empire by defeating the Goths and Vandals. At his capital in Constantinople, he built the world's most beautiful building, married the most powerful empress, and wrote the empire's most enduring legal code, seemingly restoring Rome's fortunes for the next five hundred years. Then, in the summer of 542, he encountered a flea. The ensuing outbreak of bubonic plague killed 5,000 people a day in Constantinople and nearly killed Justinian himself.
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Excellent story
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-07-25
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Justinian's Flea
- Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 2007-05-22
- Language: English
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Caesar's Civil War
- 49–44 BC
- Written by: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great were two of the greatest generals Rome had ever produced. Together they had brought vast stretches of territory under Roman dominion. In 49 BC they turned against each other and plunged Rome into civil war. In this audiobook, Adrian Goldsworthy relates the gripping story of this desperate power struggle. Drawing on original accounts of the war, he examines how legion was pitched against legion in a vicious battle for political domination of the vast Roman world.
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Caesar's Civil War
- 49–44 BC
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2023-01-19
- Language: English
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