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42 г. н. э. Бесстрашный центурион Макрон, опытный солдат, закаленный в боях, находится в самом сердце Германии со Вторым легионом — гордостью римской армии. Катону, новому рекруту и недавно назначенному заместителю Макрона в кровопролитной схватке с местными племенами предстоит доказать справедливость этого назначения.

The year is AD 316. Imperial persecution has officially ended. For the first time in history, the Roman emperor supports the church. But the fledgling faith’s future still hangs in the balance. Flavia, a Roman senator’s daughter, is sent from her convent by Bishop Sylvester to seek Emperor Constantine’s permission to determine the canon of scripture and build great churches where pagan temples once stood. But God’s enemies are on the move, and the path to the bishop’s goals is fraught with peril.

In 1999, an elite interdisciplinary team headed by Nobel laureate Andrew Danicek gathered in California to carry out a ground-breaking time-travel experiment. While the rest of the world remained unaware, Julius Caesar was successfully transported from the last day of his life to a specially-constructed covert facility. Four days of conversation with historians and Latin scholars were planned, followed by Caesar’s return to the moment from which he was extracted.

Romolo e Remo. Due nomi che non hanno bisogno di presentazioni. La loro leggenda è scolpita nelle menti di tutti, ma forse nessuno si è mai chiesto che personalità avessero i fondatori della Città Eterna. E se non fossero stati allevati dalla lupa? Sonia Morganti ci guida in un avvincente viaggio nella psiche e nella personalità dei due gemelli, alla scoperta delle loro ambizioni e del percorso che li guiderà a fondare uno degli imperi più gloriosi della storia dell’umanità.

Sie sind in der Unterzahl, doch sie verlieren nie den Mut... Rom, im Jahr 255. Von allen Seiten stoßen die Feinde Roms vor, um sich Teile des angeschlagenen Weltreiches einzuverleiben. Auch Sassanidenherrscher Shapur steht mit seinem mächtigen Heer vor Arete, dem östlichsten Bollwerk des Imperiums. Um die Festung zu verteidigen, sendet Kaiser Valerian seinen Tribun Ballista aus. Ballista ist Germane, steht aber seit Langem in Diensten Roms. Unerschrocken und loyal folgt er seinem Auftrag, obgleich er weiß, wie aussichtslos die Lage ist, denn er verfügt nur über wenige Krieger.

Told against the fourth-century backdrop of the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity, The Saint's Mistress breathes life into the previously untold story of Saint Augustine and his mistress. Defying social norms and traditions, Roman aristocrat Aurelius Augustinus falls in love with Leona, a North African peasant.

Even before the birth of Christ and many centuries before the expeditions of the great Spanish conquistadors, there lived a group of American Indians called the Timucua. Their ancient shell mounds, piled high from countless feasts and everyday meals, survive to this day. One tribe of the Timucuan Federation made its home near the mouth of the Manatee River in southwest Florida. Here, the unspoiled river emptied into the crystal green waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Salve, oh, Atón, tú que apareces resplandeciente en el cielo. Yo, Mutnodjemet, esclava, sacerdotisa, prostituta y reina, he practicado tu fe en secreto y nunca he dejado de adorarte. Hoy me postro ante ti para pedir que, en tu reino, me concedas reunirme con mi hermana. La que debe ser olvidada. La traidora, la hereje, la usurpadora. La que siempre me protegió y a la que yo no supe salvar de la muerte.

Amesbury, just two miles from Stonehenge, is regarded as one of the oldest towns in Britain, with evidence of habitation for more than 5,000 years. In 2002, a male skeleton was discovered there. It had lain undisturbed for almost that length of time. Archaeological research showed that the man was born almost a thousand miles from where he died. He had lived in the period when the Stone Age was ending and the age of metal was dawning.

Family killed. Homeland destroyed. Enslaved and made a tool of evil. Kaja rebels. He becomes a ghost, a thief, a killer. He fights his way to a foreign land where the same horrors are about to happen again. His innocent allies don’t know that the malice gathering in their midst will destroy them. He confronts the wicked, but they ensnare him instead. They want his power, and they will take it, even if they drive him mad.

Ancient Thebes, 335 BC. Alexander savagely crushes the Theban revolt against his rule. Swearing revenge for their once glorious city, Dimitrios, a captain of the Theban army, physician Klemes, and soldier Ari join General Memnon in Asia Minor to fight against Alexander as he sets off to conquer the Persian Empire.

Rome is reeling from the after-effects of a civil war. The troops that marched through Italia have left a wave of destruction. A vindictive message, left on the wall of a family estate, galvanizes Ursa’s father into tracking down the perpetrators and seeking answers. Before undertaking his quest, the sickly former centurion informs his son Ursa that he is adopted. Caught between two worlds, Ursa seeks both to remedy the cause of his father’s dishonor and learn more about his heritage.

تتناول الرواية قصة شجرة الدر كأول امرأة ملكة تتولي الحكم في تاريخ مصر الإسلامية، حيث قدرت لها الأقدار أن تتوج ملكة على مصر بعد مقتل الملك «طوران شاه» آخر سلاطين الدولة الأيوبية.

En pleno siglo II antes de Cristo, Roma es la máxima potencia del Mediterráneo tras haber derrotado a la Cartago de Aníbal y a los poderosos reinos de Siria y Macedonia. Sin embargo, pese a su posición dominante, ya nada es suficiente para los miembros de las familias senatoriales, sean Escipiones, Claudios, Fabios, Licinios, Fulvios o Sulpicios.

Marius, a delinquent teenager, has more trouble than he can handle. He is sent back in time and finds himself facing yet another dilemma. King Antiochus Epiphanes IV crushes Jerusalem, leaving the Jewish people in deep affliction. Their lives in jeopardy, their faith torn from them, they are living without hope - until one humble man in Modein decides to challenge the Seleucid soldiers.

Unsung Odysseys explores the story of Odysseus’ 10-year journey home from Troy through the multiple voices of the women embroiled in his adventures - a distraught mother, a patient wife, a devoted nurse, a benevolent witch, a possessive nymph, a love-sick princess, and a loyal goddess. In words expressed with heartfelt clarity that convey timeless messages, these women have finally broken their silence to share their perspectives on an epic hero’s adventures.

56 A. D.: Die römischen Legionen stehen an der Ostgrenze dem Partherreich gegenüber. Tribun Cato und Centurio Macro sind kampferprobt in zahllosen Schlachten. Doch die Spione der Parther beobachten jeden ihrer Schritte. Und auch aus den eigenen Reihen droht Gefahr: Ein Verräter ist unter ihnen. Es ist an Macro und Cato, ihn zu finden und zu richten - sonst könnte er nicht nur die Legion zu Fall bringen, sondern das gesamte römische Imperium.

"Ben Hur" - ein spannendes Hörspiel von Christopher Lukas frei nach dem berühmten Roman von Lew Wallace.

Messalina, dritte Frau Kaiser Claudius', berühmt und berüchtigt für ihren ausschweifenden Lebensstil, scheint auf dem Höhepunkt ihrer Macht. Niemand kann sich vor ihren Intrigen, die oftmals tödlich enden, sicher wissen, ganz Rom weiß über die Launen der Kaisersgemahlin Bescheid. Ein Jahr nach ihrer Hochzeit mit dem späteren Kaiser Claudius wird der blutrünstige Kaiser Caligula ermordet und Claudius besteigt den Thron. Jedoch beginnt man bald Messalina des Mordes am Kaiser zu verdächtigen.

Die Weisheit König Salomos ist seit jeher legendär. Schon zu seinen Lebzeiten kannte man in weiten Teilen des Ostens die Geschichten über den klugen und gütigen König. Diese Geschichten waren auch bis in das weit entfernte Königreich von Saba gedrungen. Die dort herrschende Königin Bilkis Balmaka wusste, dass nur ein Mann ihrer Liebe würdig war: König Salomo. Und so machte sie sich mit ihrer Karawane auf diesen sagenumwobenen Mann zu finden.