Bestsellers
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The End of Everything
- How Wars Descend into Annihilation
- By: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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A New York Times-bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time....
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Short, sharp, informative.
- By Amazon Customer on 05-13-24
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Pax
- War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
- By: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Tom Holland
- Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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A stunning portrait of Rome’s glory days, this is the definitive history of the Pax Romana—an ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness....
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Great book!
- By Mic on 09-27-23
By: Tom Holland
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Histories
- By: Herodotus
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus describes the growth of the Persian Empire with force, authority, and style....
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Best of Audible's "The Histories" by Herodotus
- By Emily on 07-19-16
By: Herodotus
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Persians
- The Age of the Great Kings
- By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Narrated by: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. In Persians, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the epic story of this dynasty and the world it ruled....
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Good History and Historiography
- By David A on 04-19-22
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Rome and Persia
- The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Epic in scope, tracing seven centuries of conflict between two great powers, historian Adrian Goldsworthy completely reshapes our understanding of one of the greatest rivalries of world history....
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MAPS NEEDED
- By David on 12-29-23
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The Spartans
- By: Paul Cartledge
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The Spartans of ancient Greece were a powerful and unique people, radically different from any civilization before or since....
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Not a place to go to learn about the Spartans
- By James on 10-22-07
By: Paul Cartledge
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The End of Everything
- How Wars Descend into Annihilation
- By: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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A New York Times-bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time....
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Short, sharp, informative.
- By Amazon Customer on 05-13-24
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Pax
- War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
- By: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Tom Holland
- Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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A stunning portrait of Rome’s glory days, this is the definitive history of the Pax Romana—an ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness....
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Great book!
- By Mic on 09-27-23
By: Tom Holland
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Histories
- By: Herodotus
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus describes the growth of the Persian Empire with force, authority, and style....
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Best of Audible's "The Histories" by Herodotus
- By Emily on 07-19-16
By: Herodotus
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Persians
- The Age of the Great Kings
- By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Narrated by: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. In Persians, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the epic story of this dynasty and the world it ruled....
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Good History and Historiography
- By David A on 04-19-22
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Rome and Persia
- The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Epic in scope, tracing seven centuries of conflict between two great powers, historian Adrian Goldsworthy completely reshapes our understanding of one of the greatest rivalries of world history....
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MAPS NEEDED
- By David on 12-29-23
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The Spartans
- By: Paul Cartledge
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The Spartans of ancient Greece were a powerful and unique people, radically different from any civilization before or since....
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Not a place to go to learn about the Spartans
- By James on 10-22-07
By: Paul Cartledge
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Alexander the Great
- By: Arrian
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the incredible story of the world's greatest conqueror, a man who single handedly changed the course of history....
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A Superb Chronicle of Alexander
- By Theresa on 02-23-04
By: Arrian
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The Roman Emperor Aurelian
- Restorer of the World: New Revised Edition
- By: John F. White
- Narrated by: Keval Shah
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Aurelian saved the Roman Empire from foreign invasion and collapse, earning him the title Restorer of the World from a grateful Senate. This is his story as restorer of the world....
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Fantastic deep dive, for those of us looking for more than encyclopedia entry
- By Ryan Anderson on 04-29-24
By: John F. White
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Roman Warfare
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning historian of ancient Rome Adrian Goldsworthy presents a concise and comprehensive history of the fighting forces that created the Roman Empire....
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Not much here.
- By Placeholder on 12-06-23
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Rome
- Strategy of Empire
- By: James Lacey
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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James Lacey provides a comprehensive, persuasive, and engaging account of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire....
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More detailed information on Rome.
- By George Bettasso on 01-03-24
By: James Lacey
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A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Traveling the Hellenistic World
- An Odyssey Through Political Dynasties and Cultural Mosaics
- By: Dominic Haynes
- Narrated by: Jeff Bower
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The social and cultural legacy of the Greeks was so significant that even Rome, who conquered Greece, assimilated much of its culture....
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SO FUN
- By Melanie on 03-07-24
By: Dominic Haynes
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Theoderic the Great
- King of Goths, Ruler of Romans
- By: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, John Noel Dillon - translator
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 23 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In the year 493, the leader of a vast confederation of Gothic warriors, their wives, and children personally cut down Odoacer, the man famous for deposing the last Roman emperor in 476. That leader became Theoderic the Great (454-526)....
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More for historians than general readers
- By Bill Staley on 10-29-23
By: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, and others
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The Wall
- Rome's Greatest Frontier
- By: Alistair Moffat
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Hadrian's Wall is the largest and one of the most enigmatic historical monuments in Britain. Nothing else approaches its vast scale: a land wall running seventy-three miles from east to west and a sea wall stretching at least twenty-six miles down the Cumbrian coast....
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Narrator
- By S. R. on 05-02-24
By: Alistair Moffat
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The Gallic War
- By: Julius Caesar
- Narrated by: Laura Orlando
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The Gallic War is Julius Caesar's autobiographical diary of the wars in what is now France, Belgium, and parts of Britain, Germany, and Switzerland, in which he describes the battles that took place from 58 to 51 BCE when he fought the Germanic and Celtic peoples....
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Where did you find this narrator?
- By John M. on 01-23-21
By: Julius Caesar
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The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China
- By: Ralph D. Sawyer
- Narrated by: James Chen
- Length: 17 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China presents us with an Eastern tradition of strategic thought....
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Historical Treasures
- By Troy on 05-01-15
By: Ralph D. Sawyer
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The Hundred Years War
- 1337–1453
- By: Emeritus Professor Anne Curry
- Narrated by: Lucy Tregear
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Hundred Years War expert Professor Anne Curry presents an overview of the Hundred Years War, the longest-running and the most significant conflict in western Europe in the later Middle Ages....
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Mortal Republic
- How Rome Fell into Tyranny
- By: Edward J. Watts
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. Listen to learn more....
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A Well Written Timely Work
- By David I. Williams on 09-10-20
By: Edward J. Watts
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Achilles
- The Life, Legend and Legacy of Ancient Greece's Greatest Warrior
- By: Hourglass History, Benjamin Sterling
- Narrated by: Daniel Winski
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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Embark upon a journey into the past, reaching back through the fog of time to a period steeped in myth and legend. This is the epoch of Achilles, a man whose extraordinary life was so intertwined with the gods that his very birth was ordained by prophecy and influenced by divine beings....
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A must for history enthusiasts.
- By Cary Pierce on 11-25-23
By: Hourglass History, and others
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The Jugurthine War & The Conspiracy of Cataline
- By: Sallust, Cicero
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A bloody revolt by a North African prince and a plot to seize control of Rome are the subjects of two short masterpieces of ancient history by the illustrious Roman chronicler, Sallust....
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Excellent Production
- By cbrann on 04-22-05
By: Sallust, and others
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The Sacred Band
- Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom
- By: James Romm
- Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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From classicist James Romm comes a thrilling deep dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great’s destruction of Thebes - and the saga of the greatest military corps of the age, the Theban Sacred Band, a unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers....
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Stop now and don’t buy this book.
- By Robert Pitman on 06-08-21
By: James Romm
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The Gallic War
- By: Julius Caesar
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Julius Caesar is one of the most famous figures of the ancient Roman world. A skillful general and leading politician of the late Roman Republic, he secured a 10-year proconsular command in the province of Gaul, during which he accumulated both wealth and power....
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Great Reading Flawed By Editing
- By Fred Kiesche on 12-04-23
By: Julius Caesar
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The Roman Empire in Crisis, 248-260
- When the Gods Abandoned Rome
- By: Paul N. Pearson
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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This book is a narrative history of a dozen years of turmoil that begins with Rome's millennium celebrations of 248 CE and ends with the capture of the emperor Valerian by the Persians in 260....
By: Paul N. Pearson
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The Greek Histories
- The Sweeping History of Ancient Greece as Told by Its First Chroniclers: Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch
- By: Mary Lefkowitz, James Romm
- Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The leading scholars behind The Greek Plays present a collection of the best translations of the foremost Greek historians, presenting a sweeping history of ancient Greece as recorded by its first chroniclers....
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Great material....
- By Nom de Guerre on 01-30-22
By: Mary Lefkowitz, and others
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The Complete Works of Tacitus: Volume 2: The Annals, Part 2
- By: Cornelius Tacitus
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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Tacitus is most famous for his amazing descriptions of the reign of Nero, one of the most ruthless and sadistic monarchs of all time....
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Great for your Rome historian.
- By Jerry on 04-25-18
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Le traité des cinq roues
- L’art de la stratégie
- By: Miyamoto Musashi
- Narrated by: Joffrey Lorre
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
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La Sagesse intemporelle des samouraïs ! Lorsque vous comprendrez l’art de la stratégie, vous deviendrez invincible ! Publié pour la première fois en 1645...
By: Miyamoto Musashi
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Seven Against Thebes
- The Quest of the Original Magnificent Seven
- By: Stephen Dando-Collins
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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In the thirteenth century BC, a quarter of a century before the Trojan War, seven Greek warrior heroes went against the Greek city of Thebes to restore one of their number to the throne of his father, the famous King Oedipus....
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Stephen Dando-Collins does it again...
- By rzlbrk on 10-17-23
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The Art of War: Three Complete Audiobook Set
- By: Sun Tzu
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot, Marlon Braccia, Mike Vendetti
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
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The wisdom of Sun Tzu, narrated by Peter Berkrot, Marlon Braccia, and Mike Vendetti....
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Victory Mapping
- By Jmleem on 02-08-18
By: Sun Tzu
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Thermopylae
- By: Paul Cartledge
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In 480 B.C., a huge Persian army, led by the inimitable King Xerxes, entered the mountain pass of Thermopylae to march on Greece, intending to conquer the land with little difficulty....
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Requires full attention
- By Euryleia on 01-18-08
By: Paul Cartledge
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In Our Time: 25 Landmarks in Military History
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg, Various
- Length: 22 hrs and 8 mins
- Original Recording
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Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history and philosophy of warfare, from the Bronze Age to the modern era....
By: Melvyn Bragg
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By the Spear
- Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire
- By: Ian Worthington
- Narrated by: Phil Holland
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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By the Spear offers an exhilarating military narrative of the reigns of these two larger-than-life figures in one volume....
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Bueller..... Bueller...... Bueller...... Monotone
- By Jonathan Allen Beard on 02-15-15
By: Ian Worthington