Antiquity
Roman History: The Early Empire, from the Assassination of Julius Caesar to tha…
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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…
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…
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 …
The World's Famous Orations, Vol. I: Greece
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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…
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 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…
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 3: Ancient Achievements
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John Lord
The third book in the Beacon Lights of History series, Lord discusses achievements such as the formation of laws, the development of the fin…
Early Rome, from the Foundation of the City to its Destruction by the Gauls
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Wilhelm Ihne
In this short scholarly work the German historian, Wilhelm Ihne, elucidates what is known or can be deduced about Rome's early history, from…
1001 Questions and Answers on General History
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Benjamin Hathaway
A book for students of history to test their knowledge and to direct their studies. As the title tells us, this is a book of 1001 questions,…
The Roman Empire of the Second Century: Or, The Age of the Antonines
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William Wolfe Capes
This short overview of the Roman Empire from AD 96-180 opens as the murderers of Domitian raise to power the wise old senator, Nerva. Ignori…
The Jesus of History
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Terrot R. Glover
A collection of a series of lectures delivered while Glover was in India setting the life of Jesus into its historical context and seeing wh…
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 4: Imperial Antiquity
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John Lord
Volume 4 discusses some of the key leaders of the ancient world, including Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius and Constantine, as well as import…
The Pilgrimage Of Etheria
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Etheria
This (probably) late fourth century common era (A.D.) narrative of a Christian pilgrimage is the earliest such text which survives to us. It…
Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
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Austen Layard
Austen Henry Layard is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace re…
Reincarnation: A Study in Human Evolution
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Théophile Pascal
Dr. Pascal brings us the Theosophic knowledge to reincarnation. He discusses four main topics: 1). The Soul and the Bodies, 2). Reincarnat…
The Romance of Excavation
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David Masters
The Romance of Excavation: A Record of the Amazing Discoveries in Egypt, Assyria, Troy, Crete, etc., with Twenty-Nine Illustrations,From the…
Speeches Against Catilina
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
This volume contains the four speeches delivered by Cicero in 63 BC, when he was a consul, against the conspiracy headed by L. Sergius Catil…
Selections from Josephus
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Flavius Josephus
Jewish historian, military leader and Roman citizen, Titus Flavius Josephus, provides the most thorough history of the 1st century Roman Emp…
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03
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Charles F. Horne
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…
The Lost Island of Atlantis
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Edward Taylor Fletcher
In this paper, read before the Literary and Historical Society, Quebec, Fletcher demonstrates methodically what he perceives as evidence for…