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Twilight Cities
- Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean
- By: Katherine Pangonis
- Narrated by: Katherine Pangonis
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
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Katherine Pangonis explores five forgotten cities of the Mediterranean: Syracuse, Antioch, Ravenna, Tyre and Carthage. Each of these of these ancient cities has a claim to have been the centre of the world in its own time. Their fascinating entwined history takes in Alexander the Great, the Byzantine general Maniakes, and the Roman, Byzantine, Arab and Norman conquests. All were once major power centres that have declined into relative obscurity - but their glory still lingers for those who seek it out.
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Entirely and wonderfully relatable
- By Stephanie Dale on 21-09-2024
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Twilight Cities
- Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean
- Narrated by: Katherine Pangonis
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 06-07-2023
- Language: English
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Populus
- Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome
- By: Guy de la Bédoyère
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
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Living in ancient Rome was one of the most intense experiences in human history. It was also superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians and poets who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous nature of a city that ruled the known world. Populus takes the listener into a world of violent politics, disorder, unspeakably brutal entertainments, extravagance, decadence, eroticism, exotica, and staggering inequality, participated in daily by the Roman people from the hyper-rich elite to the lowliest slaves.
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Populus
- Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 04-04-2024
- Language: English
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The March of the Ten Thousand
- By: Xenophon
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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Translated by W. E. D. Rouse, The March of the Ten Thousand is one of the most admired and widely read pieces of ancient literature to come down to us. Xenophon employs a very simple, straightforward style to describe what is probably the most exciting military adventure ever undertaken. It is an epic of courage, faith and democratic principle.
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Interesting subject
- By marc milton-talbot on 30-01-2015
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The March of the Ten Thousand
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 11-07-2003
- Language: English
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Lessons in Stoicism
- What Ancient Philosophers Teach Us About How to Live
- By: John Sellars
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
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In Lessons in Stoicism, philosopher John Sellars weaves together the key ideas of the three great Roman Stoics - Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius - with snapshots of their fascinating lives, to show us how their ideas can help us today. In vivid prose, Sellars shows how the works of these three Stoics have inspired people ever since, speaking as they do to some of the perennial issues that face anyone trying to navigate their way through life.
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Good content but poor value
- By Brad on 11-02-2023
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Lessons in Stoicism
- What Ancient Philosophers Teach Us About How to Live
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Release date: 05-09-2019
- Language: English
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Wisdom of the Ancients
- Life Lessons from Our Distant Past
- By: Neil Oliver
- Narrated by: Neil Oliver
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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In Wisdom of the Ancients, Neil Oliver takes us back in time to grab hold of the ideas buried in forgotten cultures and early civilisations. From Laetoli footprints in Tanzania to Keralan rituals, stone circles and cave paintings, Oliver takes us on a global journey through antiquity. A master storyteller, drawing on immense knowledge of our ancient past, he distils this wisdom into 12 messages that have endured the test of time and invites us to consider how these might apply to our lives today. The result is powerful and inspirational, moving and profound.
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Hugely enjoyable and accessible
- By Nick on 17-10-2020
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Wisdom of the Ancients
- Life Lessons from Our Distant Past
- Narrated by: Neil Oliver
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 17-09-2020
- Language: English
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Famous Greeks
- By: J. Rufus Fears, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: J. Rufus Fears
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Join Professor Fears for this riveting 24-lecture examination of fascinating figures who shaped the story of Greece from the Trojan War through the rise of Rome. What do their lives, studied in the context of their times, tell us about virtue and vice, folly and wisdom, success and failure? Inspired and informed by the monumental works of Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plutarch, these lectures allow you to do exactly that, guided by a truly great teacher.
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Brilliant. If only high school teachers did this!
- By Kindle Customer on 26-10-2022
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Famous Greeks
- Narrated by: J. Rufus Fears
- Series: The Great Courses: Ancient History
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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Pharaohs of the Sun
- How Egypt's Despots and Dreamers Drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty
- By: Guy de la Bédoyère
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
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For more than two centuries, Egypt was ruled by the most powerful, successful and richest dynasty of kings in its long end epic history. They included the female king Hatshepsut, the warrior kings Thutmose III and Amenhotep II, the religious radical Akhenaten and his queen Nefertiti, and most famously of all for the wealth of his tomb the short-lived boy king Tutankhamun. The power and riches of the pharaohs of the 18th dynasty came at enormous cost to Egypt's enemies and most of its people.
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Pharaohs of the Sun
- How Egypt's Despots and Dreamers Drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 07-07-2022
- Language: English
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Forbidden Archeology
- The Hidden History of the Human Race
- By: Michael A. Cremo, Richard L. Thompson
- Narrated by: Laura Lee
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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Discover an alternate history to the human race as the authors of Forbidden Archeology challenge one of the most fundamental components of the modern scientific world view. Michael Cremo and Richard Thompson discuss the work of researchers who, over the past 2 centuries, have found bones and artifacts showing that people like ourselves existed on earth millions of years ago.
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Doesn’t match the book
- By josch on 06-11-2020
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Forbidden Archeology
- The Hidden History of the Human Race
- Narrated by: Laura Lee
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 15-12-1999
- Language: English
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Enchanted Islands
- A Mediterranean Odyssey – A Memoir of Travels through Love, Grief and Mythology
- By: Laura Coffey
- Narrated by: Laura Coffey
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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It started with a boy, of course. Seeking solace from the pain of heartbreak and her father's illness, Laura Coffey embarks on what was meant to be a simple holiday. But her newfound fascination with ancient Greek myths transforms her trip into a six-month odyssey, around tiny archipelagos and mystical Mediterranean islands thought to be the setting of Odysseus's epic journey. As she chases one of the most conflicted, flawed and yet beloved heroes through his fantastical sea-kingdoms, looking for the places where geography and mythology collide, she discovers the wild beauty of the islands.
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Enchanted Islands
- A Mediterranean Odyssey – A Memoir of Travels through Love, Grief and Mythology
- Narrated by: Laura Coffey
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 02-05-2024
- Language: English
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A Brief History of the Celts
- Brief Histories
- By: Peter Berresford Ellis
- Narrated by: Christopher Oxford
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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For centuries the Celts held sway in Europe. Even after their conquest by the Romans, their culture remained vigorous, ensuring that much of it endured to feed an endless fascination with Celtic history and myths, artwork and treasures. A foremost authority on the Celtic peoples and their culture, Peter Berresford Ellis presents an invigoration overview of their world. With his gift for making the scholarly accessible, he discusses the Celts' mysterious origins and early history and investigates their rich and complex society.
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Celtic mystery
- By Amazon Customer on 31-03-2021
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A Brief History of the Celts
- Brief Histories
- Narrated by: Christopher Oxford
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 18-02-2014
- Language: English
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Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: Series 1-4
- A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome
- 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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Interesting but tries to be too funny too often
- By Gerry Francis on 27-08-2020
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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
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 21-03-2019
- Language: English
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The Monarchy of England
- The Beginnings
- By: David Starkey
- Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
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This is the first of three volumes, which, taken together under the over-arching title of Monarchy, will form a new, ground-breaking history of England as told through the lives of its Kings and Queens.
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Excellent
- By Allyson on 05-06-2015
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The Monarchy of England
- The Beginnings
- Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 23-08-2005
- Language: English
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How to Be a Leader
- An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership
- By: Plutarch, Jeffrey Beneker - translator
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
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The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch thought deeply about the leadership qualities of the eminent Greeks and Romans he profiled in his famous - and massive - Lives, including politicians and generals such as Pericles, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony. Luckily for us, Plutarch distilled what he learned about wise leadership in a handful of essays, which are filled with essential lessons for experienced and aspiring leaders in any field today.
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Concise, short and invaluable
- By Anonymous User on 16-01-2023
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How to Be a Leader
- An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 05-11-2019
- Language: English
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The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Duat: The Book of the Dead
- By: Stacy Dalton
- Narrated by: Robbie Smith, Ryan Moorhen
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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The objects found in the graves of the predynastic Egyptians, i.e., vessels of food, flint knives, and other weapons, etc., prove that these early dwellers in the Nile Valley believed in some kind of a future existence. However, as the art of writing was unknown to them, their graves contain no inscriptions, and we can only infer from texts of the dynastic period what their ideas about the other world were.
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The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Duat: The Book of the Dead
- Narrated by: Robbie Smith, Ryan Moorhen
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 16-06-2022
- Language: English
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Medieval Maritime Warfare
- By: Charles D. Stanton
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 19 hrs and 32 mins
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Following the fall of Rome, the sea is increasingly the stage upon which the human struggle of western civilization is played out. In a world of few roads and great disorder, the sea is the medium on which power is projected and wealth sought. Yet this confused period in the history of maritime warfare has rarely been studied; it is little known and even less understood. Charles Stanton uses an innovative and involving approach to describe this fascinating but neglected facet of European medieval history.
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Medieval Maritime Warfare
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 19 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 10-09-2019
- Language: English
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The Spartacus War
- By: Barry Strauss
- Narrated by: Ray Grover
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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The Spartacus War is the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellion in the ancient world, the fascinating true story behind a legend that has been the inspiration for novelists, filmmakers, and revolutionaries for 2,000 years. Starting with only 74 men, a gladiator named Spartacus incited a rebellion that threatened Rome itself.
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A Fantastic Exploration of the History
- By John Drakopoulos on 14-10-2022
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The Spartacus War
- Narrated by: Ray Grover
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 31-12-2009
- Language: English
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The World of Biblical Israel
- By: Cynthia R. Chapman, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Cynthia R. Chapman
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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From Genesis to Job, the Hebrew scriptures contain some of the most influential stories in Western civilization. But what do these stories tell us about daily life in ancient Israel? And why do they still speak to us today? In 24 captivating lectures, Professor Chapman introduces you to the stories of the Judeans in exile and grounds them in their historical context, giving you a grand vision of history as presented in the scriptures.
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The richness of the OT, lovingly wrought
- By Amazon Customer on 21-05-2018
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The World of Biblical Israel
- Narrated by: Cynthia R. Chapman
- Series: The Great Courses: Comparative & World Religion
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 25-10-2013
- Language: English
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Democracy
- A Life
- By: Paul Cartledge
- Narrated by: Paul Hodgson
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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Ancient Greece first coined the concept of democracy, yet almost every major ancient Greek thinker - from Plato and Aristotle onward - was ambivalent toward or even hostile to democracy in any form. The explanation for this is quite simple: The elite perceived majority power as tantamount to a dictatorship of the proletariat. In ancient Greece, there can be traced not only the rudiments of modern democratic society but the entire Western tradition of antidemocratic thought.
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A very dry and academic but interesting overview
- By C. Broughton on 22-01-2018
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Democracy
- A Life
- Narrated by: Paul Hodgson
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 28-06-2016
- Language: English
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Discourses on Livy
- By: Niccolo Machiavelli
- Narrated by: Kim Moulton
- Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins
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When I consider how much honor is attributed to antiquity, and how many times, not to mention many other examples, a fragment of an antique statue has been bought at a great price in order to have it near to one, honoring his house, being able to have it imitated by those who delight in those arts, and how they then strive with all industry to present them in all their work: and when I see, on the other hand, the works of greatest virtu which Historians indicate have been accomplished by ancient Kingdoms and Republics, by Kings, Captains, Citizens, Lawgivers, and others....
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Discourses on Livy
- Narrated by: Kim Moulton
- Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 04-12-2023
- Language: English
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The Works and Days
- By: Hesiod, Richmond Lattimore - translator
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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Among the finest poets of ancient Greece was Hesiod, a contemporary of Homer, who lived in the eighth century B.C. It is still a matter of dispute whether Homer or Hesiod was the earlier poet, and sometimes whether they were one and the same person! At any rate, Hesiod's incredible poetry serves as a major source for our understanding of Greek mythology, farming practices, time keeping and astronomy. In and of itself, the "Works and Days" is unparalleled in its richness and beauty, easily rivaling Homer.
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The Works and Days
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 20-09-2007
- Language: English
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