Ancient Italy

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    • The Rise and Fall of An Empire
    • By: Simon Baker
    • Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
    • Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 12-06-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 277 ratings
    • This is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Simon Baker charts the rise and fall of the world's first superpower, focusing on six momentous turning points....

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    • Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000
    • By: Chris Wickham
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Series: Penguin History of Europe Series, Book 2
    • Length: 32 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 07-10-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 362 ratings
    • Historian Chris Wickham defies the conventional view of the Dark Ages in European history with a work of remarkable scope and rigorous yet accessible scholarship. The Inheritance of Rome presents a fresh understanding of the crucible in which Europe would ultimately be created....

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    • The Men Who Won the Roman Empire
    • By: Adrian Goldsworthy
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 02-23-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 606 ratings
    • Each chapter paints a fascinating portrait of a single general, offering in-depth insight into his leadership skills and victories as well as each one's pioneering strategies....

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    • A Mediterranean History
    • By: Jamie Mackay
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 07-13-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 55 ratings
    • Sicily has always acted as a gateway between Europe and the rest of the world. Fought over by the Phoenicians and Greeks, the Romans, Goths and Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Germans, and the Spanish and the French for thousands of years, Sicily became a unique melting pot....

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    • Marcus Aurelius, Vespanian, Hadrian, Nero, and Others
    • By: Ron Carver
    • Narrated by: Brandon Woodall
    • Length: 4 hrs
    • Release date: 02-12-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 107 ratings
    • In this historical yet somewhat dramatic account of the Roman emperors, you'll find judgments, opinions, and for the most part, hard facts about the rulers of the vast empire that controlled the Mediterranean Sea and beyond for centuries....

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    • From Constantine to the Destruction of Roman Italy
    • By: Michael Kulikowski
    • Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
    • Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 05-11-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • The Tragedy of Empire begins in the late fourth century with the reign of Julian, the last non-Christian Roman emperor, and takes listeners to the final years of the Western Roman Empire at the end of the sixth century....

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    • By: Thomas R. Martin
    • Narrated by: John Lescault
    • Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 08-14-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 814 ratings
    • With commanding skill, Thomas R. Martin tells the remarkable and dramatic story of how a tiny, poor, and threatened settlement grew to become, during its height, the dominant power in the Mediterranean world for 500 years....

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    • A Time Travel Romance Adventure Through Ancient Rome
    • By: Tracy Higley
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 07-29-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • When a secret society wants you dead, hiding in the past might be your only future. BOOK 2 in the award-winning series THE TIME TRAVEL JOURNALS OF ...

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    • Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
    • By: Judith Herrin
    • Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
    • Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 10-27-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 98 ratings
    • This riveting audiobook narrated by Phyllida Nash traces the history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman Empire....

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    • 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic―A Retelling for Our Times
    • By: Ross King
    • Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
    • Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 04-26-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • A concise, star-studded retelling of Italy's past, from Caesar and Augustus to da Vinci and Michelangelo, tracing the story of a country with prodigious global influence—from a foremost author of historic Italy.

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    • An Archaeological Thriller
    • By: Dave Bartell
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 02-10-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • A mysterious forger. A plot to empty the world’s museums. Can this champion of culture stop it before all our history is fake? A forensic audit ...

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    • Death of a Superpower
    • By: Adrian Goldsworthy
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 12-30-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 813 ratings
    • This is the story of how an empire without a serious rival rotted from within, its rulers and institutions putting short-term ambition and personal survival over the greater good of the state....

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    • King of Goths, Ruler of Romans
    • By: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, John Noel Dillon - translator
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 23 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 07-25-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
    • In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors, their wives, and children personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman emperor in 476. That leader became Theoderic the Great (454-526)....

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    • A Family Adventure Through Switzerland and Italy
    • By: KR Goswami
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 05-07-25
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Set off on a remarkable family adventure through Switzerland and Italy with Alpine Dreams and Tuscan Sunsets. This captivating travel narrative ...

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    • A Captivating Guide to the History of Italy and Rome
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 02-12-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
    • If you want to discover the captivating history of Italy and Rome, then this audiobook is for you. It includes two books: History of Italy and History of Rome. It covers topics ranging from the founding and early settlements to the modern history....

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    • The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero
    • By: Tacitus, J. C. Yardley - translated, Anthony A. Barrett - introduction
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 19 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 03-17-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • The Annals also provides a vivid account of the violent suppression of the revolt led by Boudicca in Britain, the great fire of Rome under Nero, and the subsequent bloody persecution of the Christians....

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    • A Captivating Guide to Italian History, Starting from the First Settlements Through the Middle Ages to the Modern Period
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 4 hrs
    • Release date: 01-29-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • It is not an easy job to draw the border between the history of Italy and the history of Rome. In so many places, the two political and geographical entities collide. They wouldn’t be possible without each other, but they each have their own story....

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    • Wonders of the World, Book 19
    • By: Mary Beard, Keith Hopkins
    • Narrated by: Joan Walker
    • Series: Wonders of the World
    • Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 12-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 64 ratings
    • Byron and Hitler were equally entranced by Rome's most famous monument, the Colosseum. Mid-Victorians admired the hundreds of varieties of flowers in its crannies and occasionally shuddered at its reputation for contagion, danger, and sexual temptation....

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