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Roma, anno 77 a.C. Il crudele senatore Dolabella è stato accusato di corruzione; peccato che, armato di denaro e dei migliori avvocati, abbia comprato i giudici e soprattutto minacciato con la violenza chiunque tentasse di affrontarlo. Per questo nessuno, in tutta l'Urbe, poteva immaginare che un giovane patrizio di appena ventitré anni scegliesse di portare avanti l'accusa, farsi portavoce del popolo di Roma e sfidare il potere della casta. Il nome dello sconosciuto avvocato sarebbe diventato uno dei più famosi dell'antichità: Gaio Giulio Cesare.

The unthinkable has happened. The federal Department of Education has been eliminated, and Cuchu and Matias watch their country implement complete educational apartheid. As corporate-sanitized curricula replace real history and underground networks become students' only hope for truth, they journey back 2,000 years to witness Classical Flourishing—and discover that ancient peoples created urban sophistication that rivals anything in the modern world. But the Heritage Foundation 2.0 has achieved something terrifying: they're using supernatural power to alter collective memory itself.

Rom im ersten Jahrhundert vor Christus: Auf einem Landgut nahe der Stadt unterwerfen sich zwei Patriziersöhne einem unmenschlich harten Drill. Eines Tages nämlich sollen Gaius Julius Caesar und sein Freund Marcus Brutus unbesiegbare Soldaten und mächtige politische Anführer sein. Doch viel zu früh endet die Ausbildung der beiden Jungen: Aufständische Sklaven verwüsten ihr Zuhause und zwingen sie zur Flucht nach Rom. Doch auch dort finden Gaius und Marcus keinen Frieden, denn sie geraten in ein tödliches Netz aus Intrigen und offenen Machtkämpfen.

What motivates a man to betray a friend? And not just a friend but the Son of God? The Bible doesn't answer this question. In fact, it says very little about Judas Isacariot, leaving who he was and what motivated him to our own interpretation. The Autobiography of Judas Iscariot imagines how Judas himself would have told his story from his childhood under Roman occupation to his suicide on a tree outside Jerusalem as Jesus, the one he betrayed, died on another tree for the sins of all mankind.

Dentro de un coloso de madera, treinta guerreros griegos contienen la respiración. La noche ha caído sobre Troya, y el destino de una guerra de diez años pende de un hilo. Afuera, los troyanos celebran lo que creen su victoria; dentro, Ulises y sus hombres aguardan su momento. Esta es la última y desesperada oportunidad de los griegos para tomar la ciudad y recuperar a Helena.

Boudica's wrath leads her to revolt against Rome’s claim on her lands and lives. Rome’s consul—Suetonius Paulinus—must annihilate her and her uprising, however, can he? While reputations and loyalties are at stake, Rome’s newest tribune—Gnaeus Julius Agricola and Boudica’s youngest daughter—Rhianna, and her betrothed—Calgacus—are hurled into their opposing worlds intent upon destroying each other. Who will survive this furious revolt?

173 n. Chr. An den Ufern der zugefrorenen Donau versammeln sich die Clans der Sarmaten. Der Winter in der kargen Ebene war hart, und um zu überleben müssen sie den gefrorenen Fluss überqueren. Doch auf der anderen Seite des Eises liegt das Römische Reich, und vor ihnen steht eine ganze Legion. Die Sarmaten sind mit einer starken Kavallerie angerückt, darunter der junge Krieger Kai. Nach Jahren des Krieges ist das stolze sarmatische Volk der einzige Stamm, der den Römern noch die Stirn bietet. Doch diesmal haben sie keine Chance.

Rome, 58 AD. Aemilius Valerius is on the up and up. His reputation has been rehabilitated, he has established a fledgling career, and he has new friends in very powerful places. When one of those new friends, the poet Lucan, is attacked, Valerius is given an offer he can’t refuse: find the culprits before they strike again. But when every man in Lucan’s circle of poets and playwrights and artists is potentially a suspect, each one of them competing for the emperor’s favor, how is Valerius supposed to tell the difference between petty jealousy and murderous rage?

Freydis Eiriksdatter, one of the most remarkable women of the Viking age, leads a harsh life amongst the towering cliffs and great glaciers of Greenland. She has the warrior spirit of her father, Eirik the Red, and as Christianity conquers Greenland, she continues to worship the old Norse gods. Like her brother, Leif Eiriksson, she’s cursed with an adventurer’s soul. Her biggest desire is to become a legendary explorer. Driven by ambition, curiosity—a restless hunger for more—she sets out on a hazardous voyage to Vinland.

In the golden age of the Phoenicians, only the western reaches of the Great Sea remain uncharted. Kaly, a restless teenager from the ancient port of Tyre, escapes the clutches of her fiendish grandmother, high priestess of the Goddess. She flees west with her father, a famed helmsman and explorer. Together, they discover the fabled Pine Tree Island, where they build a new home with a motley crew of fellow adventurers.

Die fesselnde Historienreihe um "Vespasian" - Jetzt Band 1 bis 3 im Paket. Robert Fabbri nimmt den Hörer mit in das antike Rom und folgt dem spannenden Aufstieg des legendären römischen Kaisers Vespasian. Intrigen, Schlachten und historische Genauigkeit verschmelzen zu einem packenden Abenteuer, das niemanden kalt lässt. Begleiten Sie Vespasian auf seiner Reise durch das prachtvolle Römische Reich und erleben Sie eine mitreißende Geschichte voller Verrat, Leidenschaft und Heldentaten. Ein unvergessliches Hörerlebnis für Fans von historischen Romanen in antiker Zeit.

With allies in every kingdom, the great warrior king, Penda of Mercia, stands in a position of power throughout Britain. Just one kingdom stands aloof, that of Bernicia to the north. Ruled by King Oswiu, the brother of the long-dead King Oswald of Northumbria, Oswiu schemes for a unified kingdom of Northumbria, despite Penda’s desire to truncate those wishes.

169 d.C. Mai nella sua storia l'impero romano ha dovuto affrontare tante minacce contemporaneamente. La peste imperversa nei suoi territori da quattro anni, e tutti i popoli barbarici lungo le frontiere hanno approfittato delle difficoltà in cui si dibattono i romani per lanciare una serie interminabile di invasioni, che raggiungono perfino la penisola italica.

In the early days of the Roman Empire, the noble Etruscan civilization in Italy is waning, Vesi, a young Etruscan noblewoman, is violated by a renegade supernatural being. Outcast then from Etruria, Vesi bears Horatrim, a child who carries inexplicable knowledge and grows to manhood in only six years. But a savage Roman attack leaves Vesi unresponsive and Horatrim homeless and vulnerable, and he travels to Rome where his talents confound powerful businessman Propertius, who arranges to adopt Horatrim as a son, changing his name to Horatius.

1118 : Jérusalem, Terre sainte. Neuf chevaliers créent un ordre militaire, les " Pauvres Chevaliers du Christ ". Le roi Baudoin II leur cède une partie de son palais, bâti sur les ruines du Temple de Salomon. Ils deviennent les " chevaliers du Temple ", puis les " Templiers ". 1307 : Jacques de Molay, grand maître des Templiers, est arrêté sur ordre de Philippe le Bel. Il garde le silence sur le trésor des Templiers. 2006 : Cotton Malone, ex-agent du département de la Justice américaine, et son amie Stéphanie, entrent en possession de documents liés au fameux trésor.

The First Jewish Revolt against Rome in the first century led to the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple, and to the rise of Christianity and modern Judaism. Now for the first time, ancient eyewitness accounts have been transformed into a series of suspense-laden novels, letting you enter the lives of the men and women involved on both sides. You get to experience their fears and hopes and dreams as they are forced to confront life and death and the meaning of their lives on a daily basis. This is an epic story you that will keep you engaged!

Five years before, Aeschylus dragged his battered body home after a lifetime of service in Aegina's navy. He'd hoped for a place to curl up and forget. Instead, he'd found himself the city guard's captain and in the middle of a political firefight with Aegina's rival and nearest neighbor, Athens. No one with any sense would join the guard. Young hoplites itching for glory and gold joined the marines or were hired as mercenaries. There was always a war somewhere. Aeschylus needed a decent guardsman. Someone who understood that everyone deserved the same level of protection.

To mord begås under mystiske omstændigheder i kong Cheops palads i hovedstaden Memphis i det gamle Egypten. Cheops personlige livvagt og ven Semper sætter sit liv på spil for at løse mysteriet. "Døden i sandstormen" er en kriminalroman, som foregår ca. 2500 år før vor tidsregning. Forfatteren hedder Stefan A. H. Holmgren. Han er født i 1959 og debuterede med den halvdokumentariske thriller "Cheops og den skjulte trussel" i 2008.

Das Leben eines Spions – das Schicksal eines Imperiums. Kaledonien, 210 n. Chr.: Die Römer haben Britannien fest in der Hand, doch müssen die Krieger Roms immer wieder mit Angriffen lokaler Stämme rechnen. Spione sollen widerständige Kämpfer aufspüren. Auf einer solchen Mission befindet sich auch Silus. Als er einen Stammesführer überfällt und köpft, schwört ihm dessen Sohn ewige Rache. Während ihn der eine Augustus – Caracalla – dafür belohnen und befördern will, setzt sich dessen Co-Augustus, sein Bruder Geta, für eine harte Strafe ein.

Der fulminante Abschluss der großen historischen Saga um die tapferen Gladiatoren. 225 n. Chr.: In den finsteren Wäldern der Provinz Rätien müssen die ehemaligen Gladiatoren nach einem abtrünnigen römischen Offizier fahnden. Doch plötzlich sitzen sie inmitten der eisigen Bergtäler fest, jeder Fluchtweg ist abgeschnitten. Erst jetzt offenbart sich die wahre Gefahr ihrer Mission. Sie geraten nicht nur zwischen die Fronten der verschiedenen in den Alpen ansässigen Stämme, sondern auch ins Kreuzfeuer der bösartigen Machtpolitik Roms.