Ancient Biography

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    • Rome's Last Conqueror
    • By: Nicholas Jackson
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 22-11-2022
    • Language: English
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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....

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    • The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy
    • By: Adrienne Mayor
    • Narrated by: Paul Hecht
    • Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 28-01-2011
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • A National Book Award finalist for this epic work, Adrienne Mayor delivers a gripping account of Mithradates, the ruthless visionary who began to challenge Rome’s power in 120 B.C. Machiavelli praised his military genius....

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    • Adventures of an Unconventional Archaeologist
    • By: Donald P. Ryan
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 18-02-2020
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • A real-life "Indiana Jones", Donald P. Ryan, PhD, offers a breathtaking personal account of his adventures in archaeology in Beneath the Sands of Egypt. Listeners will thrill to the exploits of this "unconventional archaeologist" as he retrieves the remains of Egypt's past....

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    • Seneca at the Court of Nero
    • By: James S. Romm
    • Narrated by: Paul Woodson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 26-10-2021
    • Language: English
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    • James Romm seamlessly weaves together the life and written words, the moral struggles, political intrigue, and bloody vengeance that enmeshed Seneca the Younger in the twisted imperial family and the perverse, paranoid regime of Emperor Nero, despot and madman....

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    • Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen
    • By: Jane Draycott
    • Narrated by: Joan Walker
    • Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-2022
    • Language: English
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    • The first biography of one of the most fascinating, and unjustly neglected, female rulers of the ancient world: Cleopatra Selene. Princess, prisoner, African queen–and surviving daughter of Cleopatra VII....

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    • A Story of Empire, Slander and Adultery
    • By: Honor Cargill-Martin
    • Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
    • Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 11-05-2023
    • Language: English
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    • This is the story of Messalina–third wife of Emperor Claudius and one of the most notorious women to have inhabited the Roman world....

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    • How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq
    • By: Victor Davis Hanson
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 24-09-2019
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • Prominent military historian Victor Davis Hanson explores the nature of leadership with his usual depth and vivid prose in The Savior Generals, a set of brilliantly executed pocket biographies of five generals....

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    • The Women Who Made Imperial Rome
    • By: Guy de la Bédoyère
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 18-12-2018
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • A captivating popular history that shines a light on the notorious Julio-Claudian women who forged an empire....

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    • Minor Characters from Major Moments
    • By: Adrian Bliss
    • Narrated by: Adrian Bliss
    • Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 29-08-2024
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • History may be written by the victors, but to get the real story sometimes you have to ask the nobodies.

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    • The First Tycoon
    • By: Peter Stothard
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 15-11-2022
    • Language: English
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    • The story of Rome's richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory....

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    • The Fascinating, True Account of the Discovery of the Old Testament's Most Infamous City
    • By: Dr Steven Collins, Dr. Latayne C. Scott
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 12-06-2013
    • Language: English
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    • The audiobook follows Dr. Collins as he tracks down Biblical, archaeological, and geological clues to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, narrowing down the list of possible sites....

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    • An Outsider's History of the Fall of Rome
    • By: Douglas Boin
    • Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
    • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-2020
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Denied citizenship by the Roman Empire, a soldier named Alaric changed history by unleashing a surprise attack on the capital city of an unjust empire....

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    • By: Saint Augustine
    • Narrated by: Mel Foster
    • Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 25-05-2010
    • Language: English
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    • The Confessions of St. Augustine is one of the most moving diaries ever recorded of a man's journey to the fountain of God's grace....

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    • A Quest to Revive Ancient Wheat, Rural Jobs, and Healthy Food
    • By: Bob Quinn, Liz Carlisle
    • Narrated by: Coleen Marlo, Chris Sorensen
    • Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 24-09-2019
    • Language: English
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    • When Bob Quinn was a kid, a stranger at a county fair gave him a few kernels of an unusual grain. Little did he know, that grain would change his life....

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    • His Life and His Mysterious Death
    • By: Anthony Everitt
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 27-08-2019
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world’s greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial revisionist portrait....

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    • The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
    • By: Reza Aslan
    • Narrated by: Reza Aslan
    • Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 16-07-2013
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • A fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography that challenges long-held assumptions about the man we know as Jesus of Nazareth....

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    • By: Adrian Goldsworthy
    • Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
    • Length: 20 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 03-09-2020
    • Language: English
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    • A joint biography that investigates how, during their lifetimes, Philip and Alexander transformed Macedon from a weak kingdom into a globe-spanning empire....

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