Traditional methods of studying the past have always given greater importance to nationalist, religious and moral intere
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Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45–120 CE, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens,
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In AD 132 began the bloody struggle between two strong-willed leaders over who would rule a nation. One was Hadrian, th
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In the eight lives of this collection Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures and periods of classical Rome.
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First published in 1904, this volume began what was to be the magnum opus of the highly regarded Classical scholar, A.H.
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On 22 February 1943, Sophie Scholl, a 21-year-old student at Munich University, was executed by the Nazi regime, along w
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First published in 1956, this book by U.S. journalist and intelligence agent Edward Hunter comprises dramatic first-hand
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Suetonius (C. Suetonius Tranquillus, born ca. 70 CE), son of a military tribune, was at first an advocate and a teacher
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