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Easily the most celebrated historical work in English, Gibbon's account of the Roman empire was in its time a landmark in classical and historical ...
The Stefano was wrecked on the North West Cape in Western Australia in 1875. After clashes with the natives the last two survivors were finally ...
Warri and Yatungka were believed to be the last of the Mandildjara tribes of desert nomads to live permanently in the traditional way. Their deaths ...
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Josephus' account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against ...
A fascinating historical account of Greece at a point of crisis
Xenophon's History recounts nearly fifty turbulent years of warfare in Greece between 411 ...
Caesar's own account of his struggle with Pompey over leadership of Republican Rome
A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great ...
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Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's account of the man and his achievements is the most ...
Xenophon's account of the Greek war with Persia through the eyes of a young Athenian searching for his destiny abroad
In The Persian Expedition ...
Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon ...
The fourth volume of Livy's history of the Roman Empire
In The War with Hannibal, Livy (59 BC-AD 17) chronicles the events of the ...
Tacitus' Annals of Imperial Rome recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero ...