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Augustus : From Revolutionary to Emperor by Adrian Goldsworthy
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
In the year 44 BC, when Julius Caesar was killed, Augustus was a mere teenager who had been adopted into Caesar's household. His reaction to Caesar's death was to step forward and proclaim himself Caesar's rightful successor. The Senate did not take him seriously, but over the following months he raised ...Show more
Augustus - From Revolutionary to Emperor by Adrian Goldsworthy
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Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
Caesar Augustus schemed and fought his way to absolute power. He became Rome's first emperor and ruled for forty-four years before dying peacefully in his bed. The system he created would endure for centuries.Yet, despite his exceptional success, he is a difficult man to pin down, and far less well-know ...Show more
Brigantia (#3 Vindolanda) by Adrian Goldsworthy
$29.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: Vindolanda Ser.
From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, a profoundly authentic, action-packed adventure set in Roman Britain. AD 100: BRITANNIA. THE EDGE OF THE ROMAN WORLD. Flavius Ferox is the hardbitten centurion charged with keeping the peace on Britannia's frontier with the barbarian tribes of the north. ...Show more
Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World by Adrian Goldsworthy
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
The Pax Romana is famous for having provided a remarkable period of peace and stability, rarely seen before or since. Yet the Romans were first and foremost conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates in the east to the Atlantic coast in the west. Their peace m ...Show more
Pax Romana - War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World by Adrian Goldsworthy
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The Pax Romana is famous for having provided a remarkable period of peace and stability, rarely seen before or since. Yet the Romans were first and foremost conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates in the east to the Atlantic coast in the west. Their peace m ...Show more
Philip And Alexander by Adrian Goldsworthy
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
A joint biography that investigates how, during their lifetimes, Philip and Alexander transformed Macedon from a weak kingdom into a globe-spanning empire. During his short life Alexander the Great carved out an empire stretching from the Balkans to Central India, re-drawing the map of the ancient worl ...Show more
The Encircling Sea (Vindolanda #2) by Adrian Goldsworthy
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Vindolanda
AD 100: Flavius Ferox, Briton and Roman centurion, is finding it hard to keep the peace. Based at Vindolanda - an army fort on the northern frontier of Britannia and the entire Roman world - he feels the eyes of his enemies on him at all hours. Ambitious leaders sense a chance to carve out empires of t ...Show more
The Fort (#1 City of Victory) by Adrian Goldsworthy
$32.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: CITY OF VICTORY BOOK 1
From bestselling historian Adrian Goldsworthy, a profoundly authentic, action-packed adventure set on Rome's Danubian frontier. AD 105: DACIA The Dacian kingdom and Rome are at peace, but no one thinks that it will last. Sent to command an isolated fort beyond the Danube, centurion Flavius Ferox can sen ...Show more
Vindolanda (#1) by Adrian Goldsworthy
$29.99 AUD
Category: General
AD 98: The bustling army base at Vindolanda lies on the northern frontier of Britannia and the entire Roman world. In twenty years' time, the Emperor Hadrian will build his famous wall, but for now defences are weak, as tribes rebel against Roman rule, and local druids preach the fiery destruction of th ...Show more
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