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The ancient Olympiads

bridges to the modern era
2000

Roman fort

2004
Contains drawings and notes that describes what it was like to live as a soldier in ancient Rome, and includes information on military life, Roman bathhouse, banquets, toilets, and more.

The Aeneid

2002
A modern translation of Virgil's classic epic poem, "The Aeneid," in which Aeneas, the future founder of Rome, embarks from the ruins of Troy on a treacherous journey toward a new home.

I, Claudius

from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Emperor of the Romans, born BC 10, murdered and deified AD 54
1976

Around the Roman table

2003
Looks at the dining customs, social traditions, and food of the Roman Empire, and includes recipes reconstructed for the modern cook.

You wouldn't want to be a Roman gladiator

gory things you'd rather not know!
2001
A light-hearted introduction to the life and training of a Roman gladiator.

Hands-on ancient people

2004
Presents full-color illustrated instructions for making art projects depicting the ancient civilizations of the Trojans, Mycenaeans, Minoans, Etruscans, and Greece and Rome and includes maps and historical information.

Julius Caesar

2002
Contains essays that provide information about the life and deeds of Roman leader Julius Caesar, discussing his actions as a politician, soldier, orator and writer, and dictator.

Julius Caesar

1964
This striking tragedy of political conflict focuses on the ancient Roman world and the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. Ironies abound most of all for Brutus, whose fate it is to learn that his idealistic motives for joining the conspiracy against a would-be dictator are not enough to sustain the movement once Caesar is dead.

William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

2011
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" in which Cassius, fearing Julius Caesar's ambition, forms a conspiracy among Roman republicans to assassinate him on the Ides of March.

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