Ancient Rome

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    • And the End of Civilization
    • By: Bryan Ward-Perkins
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 06-18-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 89 ratings
    • In The Fall of Rome, eminent historian Bryan Ward-Perkins argues that the "peaceful" theory of Rome's "transformation" is badly in error. Indeed, he sees the fall of Rome as a time of horror and dislocation that destroyed a great civilization....

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    • By: Charles Oman
    • Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
    • Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 07-24-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
    • This history by Charles Oman is a catalog of good, bad, and indifferent emperors who either pushed Byzantine Civilization to new heights or savagely drove it to defeat and dissolution....

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    • By: Polybius, W. R. Paton - translator
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Booth
    • Length: 37 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 10-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • The rise of Rome is one of the great stories of world history and fortunately we have a reliable and at times an eyewitness account, from the Greek historian Polybius of Megalopolis....

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    • The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero
    • By: Tacitus, J. C. Yardley - translated, Anthony A. Barrett - introduction
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 19 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 03-17-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • The Annals also provides a vivid account of the violent suppression of the revolt led by Boudicca in Britain, the great fire of Rome under Nero, and the subsequent bloody persecution of the Christians....

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    • On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
    • By: Mary Beard
    • Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
    • Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 05-14-24
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Laughter in Ancient Rome explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Drawing on a wide range of Roman writing-from essays on rhetoric to a surviving Roman joke book-Mary Beard tracks down the giggles, smirks, and guffaws of the ancient Romans themselves.

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    • The Women Who Made Imperial Rome
    • By: Guy de la Bédoyère
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 12-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 48 ratings
    • A captivating popular history that shines a light on the notorious Julio-Claudian women who forged an empire....

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    • By: Robert Graves
    • Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
    • Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 12-03-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 332 ratings
    • The politics of empire-building and the hypocricies, back-stabbings and corruptions of Rome's first family come to light....

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    • Ruling the Ancient World
    • By: Mary Beard
    • Narrated by: Mary Beard
    • Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 10-24-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 228 ratings
    • In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Christopher Kelly
    • Narrated by: Richard Davidson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 05-25-21
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of 60 million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates, and from the Rhine to the North African coast....

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    • By: John Maddox Roberts
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Series: SPQR, Book 2
    • Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 03-21-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 289 ratings
    • It was a summer of glorious triumph for the mighty Roman Republic. Her invincible legions had brought all foreign enemies to their knees. But in Rome there was no peace....

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    • A Captivating Guide to the History of Italy and Rome
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
    • Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 02-12-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • If you want to discover the captivating history of Italy and Rome, then this audiobook is for you. It includes two books: History of Italy and History of Rome. It covers topics ranging from the founding and early settlements to the modern history....

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    • The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity
    • By: Walter Scheidel
    • Narrated by: Daniel Henning
    • Length: 21 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 10-15-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 57 ratings
    • The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world....

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    • The Novel of Ancient Rome
    • By: Steven Saylor
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Series: Rome, Book 1
    • Length: 22 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 03-20-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 656 ratings
    • Weaving history, legend, and new archaeological discoveries into a spellbinding narrative, critically acclaimed novelist Steven Saylor gives new life to the drama of Rome's first 1,000 years....

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    • By: Colleen McCullough
    • Narrated by: Michael York
    • Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 03-08-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 114 ratings
    • Return to ancient Rome, where politics, ambition, and greed collide in the fortunes of two fiercely powerful men....

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    • By: Lionel Casson
    • Narrated by: John Glouchevitch
    • Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 02-28-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 51 ratings
    • Lionel Casson paints a vivid portrait of life in ancient Rome during the empire's greatest period, the first and second centuries AD....

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    • The History and Legacy of Rome's Destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
    • Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
    • Release date: 10-06-16
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • The Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE is arguably the most important event in Jewish history. First, it was the central battle in the First Jewish-Roman war....

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    • From Constantine to the Destruction of Roman Italy
    • By: Michael Kulikowski
    • Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
    • Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 05-11-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • The Tragedy of Empire begins in the late fourth century with the reign of Julian, the last non-Christian Roman emperor, and takes listeners to the final years of the Western Roman Empire at the end of the sixth century....

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