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Great empires and bold ideas echo through time in the stories of ancient Rome, Greece, and beyond. Here you'll find compelling portraits of history-shaping figures and explorations of the philosophical traditions that still influence our world today.

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Epistles 1-65 Summary
Epistles 1-65
by Seneca 1917 496 pages
4.45
804 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Conversations of Socrates Summary
Conversations of Socrates
by Xenophon 1990 366 pages
4.05
3.0K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
Gates of Fire Summary
Gates of Fire
by Steven Pressfield 2005 526 pages
4.4
43.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
War
Military Fiction
Musonius Rufus Summary
Musonius Rufus
Lectures and Sayings
by Musonius Rufus 2011 102 pages
4.08
875 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
From Babylon to Timbuktu Summary
From Babylon to Timbuktu
by Rudolph R. Windsor 2023 158 pages
4.32
666 ratings
History
Religion
Africa
The Stairway to Heaven Summary
The Stairway to Heaven
by Zecharia Sitchin 1999 336 pages
4.03
1.6K ratings
History
Mythology
Aliens
The Lost Realms Summary
The Lost Realms
by Zecharia Sitchin 2007 298 pages
4.15
979 ratings
History
Aliens
Ancient History
Epistles 1-65 Summary
Epistles 1-65
by Seneca 2014 242 pages
4.45
804 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
The Conquest of Gaul Summary
The Conquest of Gaul
by Gaius Julius Caesar 1983 269 pages
4.02
13.5K ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
The History of the Church Summary
The History of the Church
From Christ to Constantine
by Eusebius 1990 435 pages
4
4.8K ratings
History
Religion
Church History
Herodotus Summary
Herodotus
The Father of History
by Elizabeth Vandiver 2002 12 pages
4.24
418 ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
1177 B.C. Summary
1177 B.C.
The Year Civilization Collapsed
by Eric H. Cline 2014 264 pages
3.74
12.8K ratings
History
Ancient History
Archaeology
History of the Peloponnesian War Summary
History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides 1972 648 pages
3.94
40.6K ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
Epistles 1-65 Summary
Epistles 1-65
by Seneca 1917 496 pages
4.45
804 ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
A History of Histories Summary
A History of Histories
Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century
by J.W. Burrow 2008 544 pages
3.78
456 ratings
History
World History
Ancient History
Babylon Summary
Babylon
Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
by Paul Kriwaczek 2010 310 pages
3.89
3.3K ratings
History
Ancient History
Middle East
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I Summary
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I
by Edward Gibbon 1996 1114 pages
4.17
3.5K ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
The Greek Myths Summary
The Greek Myths
Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold
by Robin Waterfield 2012 320 pages
3.73
1.7K ratings
Mythology
History
Greek Mythology
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume II Summary
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume II
by Edward Gibbon 1996 1024 pages
4.23
1.2K ratings
History
Classics
Roman
In Search of the Phoenicians Summary
In Search of the Phoenicians
by Josephine Quinn 2017 360 pages
3.68
145 ratings
History
Ancient History
Middle East
After 1177 B.C. Summary
After 1177 B.C.
The Survival of Civilizations
by Eric H. Cline 2024 352 pages
3.77
1.3K ratings
History
Ancient History
Archaeology
A History of Ancient Greece Summary
A History of Ancient Greece
by Eric H. Cline 2006
3.9
159 ratings
History
Ancient History
Historical
Biblical Archaeology Summary
Biblical Archaeology
A Very Short Introduction
by Eric H. Cline 2009 168 pages
3.91
334 ratings
History
Religion
Archaeology
A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives Summary
A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives
by David Stuttard 2014 288 pages
3.84
228 ratings
History
Biography
Ancient History
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