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Duration
12H 26min
Language
English
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Category

History

In this companion course to Famous Greeks—inspired this time by the works of Livy, Polybius, Suetonius, and Tacitus as well as the indispensable Plutarch—Professor J. Rufus Fears retells the lives of the statesmen and thinkers who shaped Rome from its rise to world power in the struggle against Carthage to the decline of the Empire after Marcus Aurelius.

© 2023 The Great Courses (Audiobook): 9781682764374

Release date

Audiobook: 13 September 2023

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