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    The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic

    by Tom Holland ...
    Narrated by Tom Holland, Mark Meadows ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 9 min

    'The Book that really held me, in fact, obsessed me, was Rubicon . . . This is narrative history at its best. Bloody and labyrinthine political intrigue and struggle, brilliant oratory, amazing feats of conquest and cruelty' Ian McEwan, Books of the Year, Guardian'Marvellously readable' Niall FergusonThe Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Heroes

    The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold

    by Stephen Fry ...
    Narrated by Stephen Fry ...
    Audiobook 2 - Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths

    Unabridged

    15 hours

    Brought to you by Penguin.Shortlisted for the 2018 Specsavers Audiobook of the Year award.IMAGINE SANDALS ON YOUR FEET, A SWORD IN YOUR HAND, HOT SUN BEATING DOWN ON YOUR BRONZE HELMET. ENTER THE WORLD OF STEPHEN FRY'S SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, HEROESFew mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses

    by Dan Carlin ...
    Narrated by Dan Carlin ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 55 min

    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDo tough times create tougher people? Can humanity handle the power of its weapons without destroying itself? Will human technology ever peak or regress? And why, since the dawn of time, has it always seemed as though death and destruction are waiting just around the corner?Combining his trademark thrilling, expansive storytelling with rigorous history and thought ... Read more

    $31.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Storm Before the Storm

    The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

    by Mike Duncan ...
    Narrated by Mike Duncan ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 13 min

    The creator of the award-winning podcast series The History of Rome and Revolutions brings to life the bloody battles, political machinations, and human drama that set the stage for the fall of the Roman Republic.The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Beginning as a small city-state in central Italy, Rome gradually expanded into a wider world ... Read more

    $38.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Bullies and Saints

    An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History

    by John Dickson ...
    Narrated by John Dickson ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 23 min

    Is the world better off without Christianity?Combining narrative with keen critique of contemporary debates, author and historian John Dickson gives an honest account of 2,000 years of Christian history that helps us understand what Christianity is and what it's meant to be.To say that the Christian Church has an "image problem" doesn't quite capture it. From the Crusades and the Inquisition to ... Read more

    $42.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    SPQR

    A History of Ancient Rome

    by Mary Beard ...
    Narrated by Phyllida Nash ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 30 min

    Sunday Times Top 10 BestsellerShortlisted for a British Book Industry Book of the Year Award 2016The new series Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit is on BBC2Ancient Rome matters.Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Caesar and Christ

    A History of Roman Civilization and of Christianity from Their Beginnings to AD 325

    by Will Durant ...
    Narrated by Grover Gardner ...
    Audiobook 3 - The Story of Civilization

    Unabridged

    36 hours 31 min

    The third volume of Will Durant's Pulitzer Prize–winning series, Caesar and Christ chronicles the history of Roman civilization and of Christianity from their beginnings to 325 AD. In this masterful work, listeners will learn about:- the Etruscan civilization of ancient Italy - the birth of the Roman Republic and the beginnings of Roman law - the great reigns of Caesar and Antony - the people of ... Read more

    $43.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Rome

    by Robert Hughes ...
    Narrated by David Timson ...

    Abridged

    11 hours 36 min

    For almost a thousand years, Rome held sway as the spiritual and artistic centre of the world. Hughes vividly recreates the ancient Rome of Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, Nero, Caligula, Cicero, Martial and Virgil. With the artistic blossoming of the Renaissance, he casts his unwavering critical eye over the great works of Raphael, Michelangelo and Brunelleschi, shedding new light on the Old ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Hannibal

    A History of the Art of War among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 BC, with a Detailed Account of the Second Punic War

    by Theodore Ayrault Dodge ...
    Narrated by Bill Wallace ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 19 min

    Hannibal is often considered the finest general the world has ever known. Setting out from Carthaginian-dominated Spain with a small army of select troops, he fought his way over the Pyrenees and crossed the Alps with elephants and a full baggage train. Descending into Italy, he destroyed the main Roman army at Lake Trasimeno and came close to conquering Rome itself. At Cannae, Hannibal’s ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Escape from Rome

    The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity

    by Walter Scheidel ...
    Narrated by Daniel Henning ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 36 min

    The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing that ever happened, clearing the path for Europe's economic rise and the creation of the modern ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Plutarch’s Lives, Vol. 1

    by Plutarch ...
    Narrated by Bernard Mayes ...

    Unabridged

    42 hours 28 min

    One of the world’s most profoundly influential literary works and the basis for Shakespeare’s Roman plays (Julius Caesar, Coriolanus, and Antony and Cleopatra), Plutarch’s Lives have been entertaining and arousing the spirit of emulation in countless readers since their creation at the beginning of the second century.Originally named Parallel Lives, the work pairs eminent Romans with famous Greek ... Read more

    $58.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2

    by Edward Gibbon ...
    Narrated by Bernard Mayes ...

    Unabridged

    40 hours 19 min

    Famous for its unflagging narrative power, fine organization, and irresistibly persuasive arguments, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has earned a permanent place of honor in historical literature. Gibbon's elegantly detached erudition is seasoned with an ironic wit, and remarkably little of his work is outdated.This second volume covers AD 395 to AD 1185, from the reign of Justinian in ... Read more

    $58.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Road to Rome

    (The Forgotten Legion Chronicles No. 3)

    by Ben Kane ...
    Narrated by Michael Praed ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 42 min

    Having survived the perils of a journey across half the world, Romulus and Tarquinius are press-ganged into the legions, which are under imminent threat of annihilation by the Egyptians. Meanwhile in Rome, Romulus's twin sister Fabiola lives in fear for her life, loved by Brutus, but wooed by Marcus Antonius, his deadly enemy. Soon after, Romulus fights at Zela, the vicious battle where Caesar ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: Series 1-4

    A comical guide to Ancient Greece and Rome

    by Natalie Haynes ...
    Narrated by Natalie Haynes ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 19 min

    All four series of Natalie Haynes’ BBC Radio 4 show combining comedy with classicismWriter, broadcaster and recovering comedian Natalie Haynes mixes comedy and conversation to bring the ancient world entertainingly up to date in these four radio series. Each episode sees her profiling a key figure from ancient Greece and Rome, and, aided by her special guests, creating a stand-up show around them ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Ten Caesars

    Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine

    by Barry Strauss ...
    Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 52 min

    Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)****—a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of the most important emperors, from Augustus to Constantine.In this essential and “enlightening” (The ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Twelve Caesars

    by Suetonius ...
    Narrated by Clive Chafer ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 42 min

    As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colorful biographical works in history. The Twelve Caesars chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus, ... Read more

    $32.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

    Murder in Ancient Rome

    by Emma Southon ...
    Narrated by Sophie Ward ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 11 min

    In Ancient Rome all the best stories have one thing in common murder. Romulus killed Remus to found the city; Caesar was assassinated to save the Republic. Caligula was butchered in the theatre, Claudius was poisoned at dinner and Galba was beheaded in the forum. In one fifty-year period, twenty-six emperors were murdered. But what did killing mean in a city where gladiators fought to the death to ... Read more

    $27.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Life of Sulla, The

    by Plutarch, Bernadotte Perrin ...
    Narrated by Andrea Giordani ...

    Unabridged

    The Roman statesman Sulla had the nickname “Felix,” meaning “lucky.” Yet his accomplishments were more a matter of brute force than good fortune. He put an end to a civil war, declared himself dictator, and used his power to bring Rome back to its former value system, purging thousands of Roman enemies along the way. Plutarch’s biography of Sulla shows how one man’s use of force to obtain ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Life of Coriolanus, The

    by Plutarch, Bernadotte Perrin ...
    Narrated by Andrea Giordani ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 29 min

    One of the many documented lives in Plutarch’s Parallel Lives series, The Life of Coriolanus looks into the controversial life of one of Rome’s most famous generals. When the town of Corioli was under siege, Coriolanus gathered a group of men together to fight for freedom. Always loyal to his town, he advocated during the Roman grain shortage that any grain stocks be divvied out based on loyalty. ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Life of Caius Gracchus, The

    by Plutarch, Bernadotte Perrin ...
    Narrated by Andrea Giordani ...

    Unabridged

    39 min

    Caius Gracchus was barely a man when his older brother Tiberius was assassinated for his reforms on behalf of the poor. After this, Caius tried to live a quiet life away from the public eye, perhaps afraid of meeting the same fate. Yet in Plutarch’s biography of Caius, he recounts that Tiberius appeared to his brother in a dream, telling him that they were both destined to fight and die for the ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Varangian Guard, The: The History and Legacy of the Byzantine Empire’s Elite Mercenary Unit

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by Colin Fluxman ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 31 min

    The Byzantine Empire was the heir to two great cultures that cradled and nurtured European civilization: Greece and Rome. Constantinople, now called Istanbul, became a center of power, culture, trade, and technology poised on the edges of Europe and Asia, and its influence was felt not only throughout Europe but the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, and the Far East. Coins dating from the reign ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Rome and Germania: The History of the Roman Empire’s Conflicts and Interactions with Germanic Tribes

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by Gregory T. Luzitano ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 16 min

    Despite all the accomplishments and widespread victories and conquests throughout the long history of Republican and Imperial Rome, general perception still deems the Romans to have failed in one crucial conquest: the subjugation of Germany. Indeed, historians have singled out this one failure as central to the ultimate downfall of the entire empire, as the constant wars against the Germanic ... Read more

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    Amber Road, The: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Trade Network that Moved Amber across Europe

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by Bill Hare ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 17 min

    International trade in the ancient world was a more intricate and far-reaching system than many have been led to believe. The Silk Road and the Incense Trade Route have been heavily investigated in recent decades, but the Amber Road trade network dominating northern Europe has been given far less attention. Amber, the hardened sap of prehistoric trees, has washed up on Baltic shores for ... Read more

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    Ancient Rome: An Enthralling Overview of Roman History, Starting From the Romulus and Remus Myth through the Republic to the Fall of the Roman Empire

    by Enthralling History ...
    Narrated by Jay Herbert ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 3 min

    Are you intrigued by ancient Rome’s myths, culture, and unimaginable rise to power? If so, this powerful history of ancient Rome will draw you in and keep you listening!Rome’s astonishing history now spans 28 centuries, growing from obscurity into a massive empire stretching from Britain to the Middle East and south to Africa. Rome’s culture and institutions left an enduring legacy that continues ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial