Antiquity
Hellenic History
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George Willis Botsford
"The purpose of this volume is to present in brief scope the evolution of Greek civilization a culture simple in its essential unity, a…
Egyptian Tales, translated from the Papyri, Series Two : XVIIIth to XIXth Dynasty
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William Matthew Flinders Petrie
Egyptian stories translated from ancient, often incomplete, documents. - Summary by Timothy Ferguson
The History of Britain
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John Milton
A reader of this history, encountering the frequent references to “my author,” meaning the current source, will be reminded of DON QUIXOTE a…
Roman History: The Early Empire, from the Assassination of Julius Caesar to that of Domitian
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William Wolfe Capes
William Wolfe Capes (1834-1914) was an Anglican cleric, a classicist, and a historian. This is his short chronicle of the early Roman Empire…
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 7
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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …
Theodoric the Goth
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Thomas Hodgkin
Theodoric the Great (~454-526) was king of the Ostrogoths during the time of the terminal decline of the Western Roman Empire. After wanderi…
The History of Rome, volume 1
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Titus Livius
The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient Rome, written in Latin by Livy (Titus Livius) between 27 and 9 BC, covering th…
Xerxes, Makers of History
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Jacob Abbott
This history covers the years of Xerxes' years as ruler of the Persian empire and invasion of Greece. - Summary by Deon Gines
The World's Famous Orations, Vol. I: Greece
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Various,William Jennings Bryan and Various, William Jennings Bryan
This is the first volume in the ten volume collection of the world's most famous orations, as compiled by William Jennings Bryant and Franci…