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May 22, 2025

The Buried City by Gabriel Zuchtriegel

May 22, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Buried City by Gabriel Zuchtriegel

The director of the Pompeii Archeological Park writes about unearthing the famous buried city

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May 22, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Jamie Bulloch, The Buried City, Pompeii, Vesuvius, Ancient Rome, Roman history, archeology
December 02, 2024

The Roads to Rome by Catherine Fletcher

December 02, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
The Roads to Rome by Catherine Fletcher

The author’s look at all the many people who’ve walked the famous roads of Rome

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December 02, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
The Roads to Rome, Catherine Fletcher, Ancient Rome, Roman history, travel writing
October 17, 2024

The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome by Guy de la Bedoyere

October 17, 2024/ Siddharth Handa
The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome by Guy de la Bedoyere

A new history of the great powers of the ancient world

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October 17, 2024/ Siddharth Handa/
Guy de la Bedoyere, The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome, history, ancient history, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome
July 30, 2024

Iron Imperator by Iskander Rehman

July 30, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Iron Imperator by Iskander Rehman

A well-illustrated new history of ancient Rome’s enigmatic Emperor Tiberius

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July 30, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Iron Imperator, Emperor Tiberius, Roman history, Roman emperors, Ancient Rome, ancient history, Iskander Rehman
October 26, 2023

Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard

October 26, 2023/ Steve Donoghue
Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard

A new history of Roman emperors and their world.

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October 26, 2023/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Roman history, Mary Beard, Steve Donoghue, Ancient Rome
October 27, 2020

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers - Horace & Seneca

October 27, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers - Horace & Seneca

New considerations of the modern-day relevance of ancient Roman writers Seneca and Horace.

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October 27, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Classic Literature, Philosophy, Nonfiction Translations
Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers, Horace, Seneca, Stephen Harrison, James Romm, classics, Steve Donoghue, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, philosophy
June 21, 2020

Alaric the Goth by Douglas Boin

June 21, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Alaric the Goth by Douglas Boin

A biographical study of the man who sacked the city of Rome.

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June 21, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Alaric the Goth, Douglas Boin, Roman history, Steve Donoghue, Ancient Rome
June 18, 2020

The Loeb Classical Livy, Books 23-25

June 18, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The Loeb Classical Livy, Books 23-25

A new English-language translation of some of the most dramatic writing from Roman historian Livy.

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June 18, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
History
JC Yardley, Livy, Loeb Classical Library, classics, Roman history, Steve Donoghue, Ancient Rome
June 17, 2019

The Origin of Empire by David Potter

June 17, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
The Origin of Empire by David Potter

Built on a careful blending of original sources and secondary sources, both scholarly and popular.

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June 17, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
History
David Potter, Harvard University Press, Ancient Rome, Roman history, Steve Donoghue
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