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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Rome's Cultural Revolution
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Empires of Trust: How Rome Built--and America Is Building--a New World
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How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower
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Evil Roman Emperors: The Shocking History of Ancient Rome's Most Wicked Rulers from Caligula to Nero and More
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The Story of the Romans
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A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
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Rome 1600: The City and the Visual Arts under Clement VIII
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The Decline and Fall of Rome
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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
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The Culture of the High Renaissance: Ancients and Moderns in Sixteenth-Century Rome
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Rome Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series)
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The Borgias: The Rise and Fall of the Most Infamous Family in History
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The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders
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Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up (Sather Classical Lectures) (Volume 71)
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Spanish Rome, 1500-1700
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Maximinus Thrax: From Common Soldier to Emperor of Rome
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Sawdust Caesar: The Untold History of Mussolini and Fascism
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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
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The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
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The Ciano Diaries 1939-1943: The Complete, Unabridged Diaries of Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1936-1943
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The Art of the Renaissance in Rome 1400-1600
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From Warsaw to Rome: General Anders' Exiled Polish Army in the Second World War
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Martin Williams (Goodreads Author)
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The Rome of Pope Paschal I: Papal Power, Urban Renovation, Church Rebuilding and Relic Translation, 817–824 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, Series Number 77)
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Tales of Titans, Vol. 1: From Rome to the Renaissance
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Rich DiSilvio (Goodreads Author)
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The Sack of Rome, 1527
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Hannibal's Oath: The Life and Wars of Rome's Greatest Enemy
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Rome from the Air
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Guido Alberto Rossi (Photographer)
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Greece! Rome! Monsters!
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Rome Antics
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Ancient Rome!: Exploring the Culture, People & Ideas of This Powerful Empire
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Classical Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Ancient Rome (DK Eyewitness Books)
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Rome: An Empire's Story
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The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy
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Adrienne Mayor (Goodreads Author)
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Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History
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Caesars' Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire
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Rome: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape (Panorama Pops)
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The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000
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Rome: A Fold-Out History of the Ancient Civilization
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Anzio: Italy and the Battle for Rome - 1944
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The Cartoon History of the Universe II, Vol. 8-13: From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome (The Cartoon History of the Universe, #2)
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The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire
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Tools of the Ancient Romans: A Kid's Guide to the History & Science of Life in Ancient Rome
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This is Rome
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Ancient Rome and Pompeii (Magic Tree House Research Guide, #14)
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Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome
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Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor
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Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet
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Daisy Dunn (Goodreads Author)
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The Edge of the Empire: A Journey to Britannia: From the Heart of Rome to Hadrian's Wall
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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
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The Hermit in the Garden: From Imperial Rome to Ornamental Gnome
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Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America
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Walking through Rome: A Guide to Interesting Sites in the Eternal City
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“When All of Rome Was Under Construction”: The Building Process in Baroque Rome
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Art & Architecture Rome
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The Waters of Rome: Aqueducts, Fountains, and the Birth of the Baroque City
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Bernini's Beloved: A Portrait of Costanza Piccolomini
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Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World
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Et Tu, Brute?: The Deaths of the Roman Emperors
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Perils of Empire: The Roman Republic and the American Republic
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Release Your Inner Roman: A Treatise by Marcus Sidonius Falx
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Pantheon: A New History of Roman Religion
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The Roman Way
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The Romans And Germany
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The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
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The Cults of the Roman Empire
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City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
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The Roman News
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Gladiator!
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Fun with Roman Numerals
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The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic
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Roman Portraits in Context: Imperial and Private Likenesses from the Museo Nazionale Romano
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Radiance in Stone: Sculptures in Colored Marble from the Museo Nazionale Romano
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The Romans: Gods, Emperors, and Dormice
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From Caligula to Constantine: Tyranny & Transformation in Roman Portraiture
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The Classical Compendium: A Miscellany of Scandalous Gossip, Bawdy Jokes, Peculiar Facts, and Bad Behavior from the Ancient Greeks and Romans
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The Prince of Medicine: Galen in the Roman Empire
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Legionary: The Roman Soldier's (Unofficial) Manual
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The Roman Forum
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Why We're All Romans: The Roman Contribution to the Western World
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Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World
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Secret Histories: The Romans
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The Roman Guide to Slave Management: A Treatise by Nobleman Marcus Sidonius Falx
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A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire
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Legible Religion: Books, Gods, and Rituals in Roman Culture
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The Landmark Julius Caesar: The Complete Works
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Caesar: Life of a Colossus
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Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
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The Death of Caesar: The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination
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The Fragrant Past
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The Eternal City: A History of Rome
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Bernini and the Bell Towers: Architecture and Politics at the Vatican
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