romans

"Introduces readers to the ancient Roman civilization. The Romans' leaders, geography, religion, and lasting impact on the world are explored"--OCLC.

"The Romans and Dinosaurs live together in a huge glass dome called Romasauria. They race their rocket chariots and feast on Moon-Cow and chips until life on Mars is threatened by a Giant Asteroid. Will a wooden catapult and some Dinosaur poo save the day? Finish the illustrations and find out!"--Publisher's website.

In Rome, A.D. 75, a private investigator uncovers a bizarre murder mystery while digging up the floor of his bathhouse for renovations.

Describes the reign of Cleopatra, from its illustrious beginning to its tragic end, and details how she has remained a popular figure in Western culture.

Contains full text explanatory notes opposite edited text of one of the earliest printed editions of Shakespeare's play.

"What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? Sometimes on foot, sometimes in a magnificent, if not entirely reliable, VW camper van, Charlotte Higgins sets out to explore the ancient monuments of Roman Britain. She explores the land that was once Rome's northernmost territory and how it has changed since the years after the empire fell. Under Another Sky invites us to see the British landscape, and British history, in an entirely fresh way: as indelibly marked by how the Romans first imagined and wrote, these strange and exotic islands, perched on the edge of the known world, into existence"--.

Alexandra Patterson, an appraiser of medieval relics, travels to Kildare to examine a reliquary box believed to have belonged to the revolutionary Saint Brigid, a fifth-century Irish priest and bishop, and finds inside a beautiful illuminated manuscript, the contents of which could alter the history of Christianity.

The great city of Carce (a fantasy world based on Europe during the later Roman Empire) and all life on Earth will be destroyed unless two young men, Corylus and Varus, and two women, Hedia and Alphena, pursue the answer to the mysterious and threatening happenings that prefigure this disaster.