Ancient History Lives

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    • By: Lionel Casson
    • Narrated by: John Glouchevitch
    • Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 02-28-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
    • Lionel Casson paints a vivid portrait of life in ancient Rome during the empire's greatest period, the first and second centuries AD....

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    • 24 Hours in Ancient History Series, Book 1
    • By: Philip Matyszak
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 05-01-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 118 ratings
    • In this entertaining and enlightening guide, best-selling historian Philip Matyszak introduces us to the people who lived and worked there. In each hour of the day we meet a new character and discover the fascinating details of their daily lives....

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    • By: Dr Donald P. Ryan
    • Narrated by: Philip Bretherton
    • Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 06-09-22
    • Language: English
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    • Spend a year in the company of the ancient Egyptians, during the twenty-sixth and final year of the reign of Amenhotep II (c.1400 BC), which saw a royal transition bringing Thutmose IV to the throne of Upper and Lower Egypt....

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    • A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
    • By: Yijie Zhuang
    • Narrated by: Kathleen Li
    • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 07-12-22
    • Language: English
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    • We meet one of twenty-four citizens of this ancient culture, from the midwife to the soldier, the priest to the performer, and the blacksmith to the tomb looter, and see what an average day in ancient China was really like....

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    • Life of a Colossus
    • By: Adrian Goldsworthy
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 24 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 08-12-14
    • Language: English
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    • In this landmark biography, Goldsworthy examines Caesar as a military leader, as well as his other roles, and places....

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    • Rome's Last Pagan Emperor
    • By: Philip Freeman
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Johns
    • Series: Ancient Lives
    • Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 04-30-24
    • Language: English
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    • Flavius Claudius Julianus, or Julian the Apostate, ruled Rome as sole emperor for just a year and a half, from 361 to 363, but during that time he turned the world upside down. Although a nephew of Constantine, the first Christian emperor of Rome, Julian fought to return Rome to the old gods.

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    • The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time
    • By: Michael J. Benton
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 10-27-20
    • Language: English
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    • Today it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact 65 million years ago that killed half of all species then living. It is far less widely understood that a much greater catastrophe took place at the end of the Permian period 251 million years ago....

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    • An MM Second Chance, Nerd/Jock Romance (South Rock High, Book 1)
    • By: A.J. Truman
    • Narrated by: Iggy Toma
    • Series: South Rock High, Book 1
    • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 08-29-23
    • Language: English
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    • A long time ago, in a suburban high school not so far away, a closeted nerd (me) and a closeted soccer star (Hutch) fell in love and planned to make their public debut at prom. Until Hutch bailed at the last minute, leaving me with a broken heart and unworn tuxedo....

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    • Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
    • By: Barbara Mertz
    • Narrated by: Lorna Raver
    • Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 03-04-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 431 ratings
    • Esteemed Egyptologist Barbara Mertz updates her widely praised social history of the people of ancient Egypt, which was originally published in 1968.

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    • A Life of Pliny
    • By: Daisy Dunn
    • Narrated by: Mike Grady
    • Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 12-10-19
    • Language: English
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    • When Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge, his 37-volume Natural History, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father....

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    • The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
    • By: Rob Goodman, Jimmy Soni
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 01-28-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 324 ratings
    • Rome's Last Citizen is a timeless story of an uncompromising man in a time of crisis and his lifelong battle to save the Republic....

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    • Her History, Her Myth
    • By: Francine Prose
    • Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
    • Series: Ancient Lives
    • Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 11-08-22
    • Language: English
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    • A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy....

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    • The Shamans of Mexico Their Thoughts about Life Death and the Universe
    • By: Carlos Castaneda
    • Narrated by: Luis Moreno
    • Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 10-31-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 159 ratings
    • World-renowned best-selling author Carlos Castaneda's selection of his writings on the shamans of ancient Mexico....

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