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Free Download DK Rome (Travel Guide), 2024 Edition by DK Travel
English | September 24th, 2024 | ISBN: 024167557X | 352 pages | True EPUB | 251.28 MB
Discover Rome – a feast for the eyes, soul and stomach.

Free Download Neal Pease, "Rome’s Most Faithful Daughter: The Catholic Church and Independent Poland, 1914-1939 "
English | ISBN: 0821418564 | 2009 | 320 pages | PDF | 3 MB
When an independent Poland reappeared on the map of Europe after World War I, it was widely regarded as the most Catholic country on the continent, as "Rome’s Most Faithful Daughter." All the same, the relations of the Second Polish Republic with the Church-both its representatives inside the country and the Holy See itself-proved far more difficult than expected.

Free Download Edward Bispham, "Religion in Archaic and Republican Rome and Italy: Evidence and Experience"
English | ISBN: 1579583253 | 2001 | 216 pages | EPUB | 1334 KB
As Rome extended its influence throughout Italy, gradually incorporating its various peoples in a process of Romanization and conquest, its religion was extensively influenced by the cults of religious practices of its new subjects and citizens. It was a period of intense religious ferment and creativity. Roman religion, controlled and determined by religious and political functionaries who mediated between humans, had centred on a select pantheon of gods with Jupiter at its head. It was a religion in the process of becoming the servant of the state, however genuine its priests and votaries might be. Understanding the dynamics of religious change is fundamental to understanding the changing culture and politics of Rome during the last five centuries B.C. Religion in Archaic and Republic Rome and Italy tells that story.

Free Download Restorations of Empire in Africa
by Samuel Agbamu;
English | 2024 | ISBN: 0192848496 | 312 pages | True PDF EPUB | 16.61 MB

Free Download The Queens Who Fought Rome (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798882324475 | 2024 | 5 hours and 4 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 281 MB
Author: Charles River Editors
Narrator: Victoria Woodson
During one of the most turbulent periods in the history of Rome, men like Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Octavian participated in two civil wars that would spell the end of the Roman Republic and determine who would become the Roman emperor. In the middle of it all was history’s most famous woman, the Egyptian pharaoh Cleopatra (69-30 B.C.), who famously seduced both Caesar and Antony and thereby positioned herself as one of the most influential people in a world of powerful men. Cleopatra was a legendary figure even to contemporary Romans and the ancient world, as Plutarch’s quote suggests, and she was a controversial figure who was equally reviled and praised through the years, depicted as a benevolent ruler and an evil seductress, sometimes at the same time. One of the reasons Hadrian’s Wall existed was to protect against enemies, and given what happened in the mid-1st century CE, the Romans’ fears was understandable.

Free Download The History of Ancient Rome [TTC Audio]
English | July 08, 2013 | ASIN: B00DTO54Q4, B0015NBTEC | M4B@128 kbps | 24h 10m | 1.32 GB
Lecturer: Garrett G. Fagan
Even today, the influence of Ancient Rome is indelible, with Europe and the world owing this extraordinary empire a huge cultural debt in almost every important category of human endeavor, including art, architecture, engineering, language, literature, law, and religion. At the peak of its power, Rome’s span was vast. In the regional, restless, and shifting history of continental Europe, the Roman Empire stands as a towering monument to scale and stability, unified in politics and law, stretching from the sands of Syria to the moors of Scotland. And it stood for almost 700 years.
In this series of 48 spirited lectures, you’ll see how a small village of shepherds and farmers rose to tower over the civilized world of its day and left a permanent mark on history. In telling Rome’s riveting story, Professor Fagan draws on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, including recent historical and archaeological scholarship, to introduce the fascinating tale of Rome’s rise and decline, including the famous events and personalities that have become so familiar:

Free Download The Fall of Rome: End of a Superpower (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D5DNGZ4Y | 2024 | 7 hours and 32 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 207 MB
Author: Nick Holmes
Narrator: Nigel Patterson
A skilled storyteller, Holmes presents a riveting account of the wars, intrigues and personalities that contributed to Rome’s decline, with entire chapters devoted to single battles. Why did Rome Fall? In this gripping retelling of one of the most momentous chapters in history, Nick Holmes presents a new interpretation of an old story. The fate of Rome was decided not just by emperors, soldiers, and barbarians but also by an environmental disaster. A catastrophic megadrought on the Asian steppes in the fourth century AD forced the migration of entire peoples-Huns, Goths, Vandals, and others-west into the Roman Empire. They met an empire weakened from war with Persia. Rome’s misfortunes multiplied as it made tactical errors on the battlefield. Civil war, religious unrest, and political incompetence compounded a worsening situation. The result was one of the greatest disasters in the ancient world-the sack of Rome by the Goths in AD 410.

Free Download L. J. Trafford, Jennifer M. Dixon (Narrator), "Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Rome"
English | ASIN: B0D9HYTJHW | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~09:29:00 | 261 MB
A fascinating and often-funny look into Romans’ private (or not-so-private) lives, exploring the truth behind the empire’s salacious reputation.
From emperors to empresses, poets to prostitutes, slaves to plebs, ancient Rome was a wealth of different experiences and expectations-nowhere more so than around the subject of sex and sexuality. The image of ancient Rome that has come down to us is one of sexual excess: emperors gripped by perversion partaking in pleasure with whomever and whatever they fancied during weeklong orgies.
But how true are these tales of depravity? Was it really a sexual free-for-all? What were the laws surrounding sexual engagement? How did these vary according to gender and class? And what happened to those who transgressed the rules? We invite you to climb into bed with the Romans to discover some very odd contraceptive devices, gather top tips on how to attract a partner, and learn why you should avoid poets as lovers at all costs. Along the way we’ll stumble across potions and spells, emperors and their favorites, and some truly eye-popping interior decor choices.

Free Download Rome and the Barbarians [TTC Audio]
English | July 08, 2013 | ASIN: B00DTO5ZFO | M4B@64 kbps | 18h 24m | 541 MB
Lecturer: Kenneth W. Harl
The history of the Romans as they advanced the frontiers of Classical civilization is often told as a story of warfare and conquest – the mighty legions encountering the "barbarians." But this only tells one side of the story.
Who were the Celts, Goths, Huns, and Persians met by the Romans as they marched north and east? What were the political, military, and social institutions that made Rome so stable, allowing its power to be wielded against these different cultures for nearly three centuries? What role did those institutions themselves play in assimilating barbarian peoples?

Free Download A Walk Through Ancient Rome: A Tour of the Historical Sites That Shaped the City (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D7NV8KDV | 2024 | 6 hours and 52 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 382 MB
Author: Philip Matyszak
Narrator: Jonathan Johns
In this expert guide to the ancient city, Dr Philip Matyszak takes us on a tour of ancient Rome’s most fascinating and important sites and locations, revealing the secrets of the beating heart of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire. Rome itself was never grander or more magnificent than just before it fell, so be transported back in time to the Empire’s twilight years at the end of the fourth century ad, with almost a thousand years of Roman history to explore. Each chapter focuses on one of Rome’s districts, with maps throughout and explanations of how the same routes would look today. Put yourself in the sandals of a Roman pedestrian and take a walk along the Via Appia, through the Capuan Gate and past all the wonders inside the walls of ancient Rome, from tombs and temples to sewers and shrines, the grand gardens and the humble street markets, from Nero’s Golden House to the slums where Julius Caesar grew up. Walk alongside the ghosts of Trajan, Nero, and Cicero; stand where they stood and see what they saw.