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The rise of Rome, the making of the world's greatest empire, Anthony Everitt

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The rise of Rome, the making of the world's greatest empire, Anthony Everitt

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eng

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General adult

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The rise of Rome

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917585258

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Anthony Everitt

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the making of the world's greatest empire

Summary

From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian, comes a riveting, magisterial account of Rome and its remarkable ascent from an obscure agrarian backwater to the greatest empire the world has ever known

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Legend. A new Troy -- Kings and tyrants -- Expulsion -- So what really happened -- Story. The land and it's people -- Free at last -- General strike -- The fall of Rome -- Under the yoke -- History. The adventurer -- All at sea -- "Hannibal at the gates" -- The bird without a tail -- Change and decay -- The gorgeous East -- Blood brothers -- Triumph and disaster -- Afterword

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