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Domitian, the Maligned Emperor

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The Slow Suicide of the Roman Greeks

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The Golden Age of Graeco-Roman Alexandria

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How Egypt Was Squeezed Dry

The Roman Exploration of the Indian Ocean

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How the Romans Tamed Europe

Why Some Tribesmen Weren't So Eager to Become Romans

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Caligula's Fall: the Psychopathic Murderer Whom Everyone Hated

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Tiberius, the Conservative Emperor

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A Man Named Jesus (II)

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An Unlikely Imperial Family: the Julio-Claudians

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The Myth of the Pax Romana

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Augustus, Emperor Among Equals

The First Men of Rome (II)

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The First Men of Rome (I)

China's Dream of a Butterfly

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The Miserable Failure of China's First Crack at Communism

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The God Abandons Antony

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Antony's Revenge

The Parthian Threat

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Caesar's Last Days: From Alexandria to Rome

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The Man Who Would Have Saved the Republic

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Julius Caesar Vs the Gauls

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