romans

Describes how a British plowman unearthed a collection of Roman silver in the 1940s and the events that followed this tremendous discovery.

A scratch-and-sniff history of ancient Rome, providing smelly facts about the cut-throat Celts, gory gladiators, civic occasions, feasts, and other topics.

Presents a comprehensive study of seven hundred years of Roman rule in the Near East from Pompey the Great in 64 BC to the seventh-century Muslim conquest and discusses the history of the Roman empire, ancient excavations and ruins, the role of Christianity upon the region, and more.

When Centurion Macro arrives on British soil as one of Emperor Claudius's invasion force in AD 43, he is facing one of the toughest campaigns of his battle-scarred career. In a series of bloody skirmishes, Macro and his young subordinate, Optio Cato, and the desperately outnumbered Roman army must find and defeat the enemy before he grows strong enough to overwhelm the legions. But the Britons are not the only foe facing Macro and Cato. A sinister organisation opposed to the Emperor is secretly betraying the invaders. And when rumours of an assassination attempt coincide with the Emperor's arrival on British soil, the soldiers realise they are up against a force more ruthless than their acknowledged enemy..

Presents a tragic drama by William Shakespeare entitlted "Anthony and Cleopatra." Features the history behind his tragedies and a list for further reading. Also features ample footnotes throughout the play.

Eilan, a British princess known to the Romans as Helena, banished from Avalon for indulging in a forbidden love, grows to be a wise woman who finds herself in the unique position, as mother of the Emperor Constantine, of having to find a way to bridge the gap between the pagan world of the Goddess and the new Christian empire her son created.

Expands on Marion Zimmer Bradley's Avalon series, retelling the story of the Roman conquest of Britannia and the origins of the Forest House of Avalon.

Presents a personal history of Britain's legendary warrior queen who dared to take on the Romans to avenge her daughters, her tribe, and her country.