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Boudica, second daughter of a Celtic king, has little concern for tribal tensions and political intrigues. Called by the gods and the stirrings of her own wild heart, she listens instead to whispers of the oaks. But Boudica would be wiser to heed the warning cries of eagles. Rumors abound that the Romans are amassing forces for another invasion. In an effort to consolidate power, Boudica’s father turns to Prasutagus, the formidable ruler of the Greater Iceni. To win Prasutagus’s aid, Boudica’s father must strike a bargain - a deal with implications beyond Boudica’s imagining.

Mid-21st-century time traveler Sierra Waters, fresh from her mission to save Socrates from the hemlock, is determined to alter history yet again by saving the ancient Library of Alexandria, where as many as 750,000 one-of-a-kind texts were lost in an event described by many as “one of the greatest intellectual catastrophes in history”.

Año 134 a.C. Bajo el mando Retógenes, Numancia lleva más de veinte años resistiendo el poder de la Roma invencible y los páramos que la rodean han bebido tanta sangre itálica que los romanos se niegan a alistarse en las legiones. Harto de la situación, el Senado envía a su mejor general, Escipión Emiliano, el destructor de Cartago, para acabar con la resistencia de los altaneros numantinos.

Calpurnia è una donna, una figlia, una moglie: la moglie di Caio Giulio Cesare. Una funzione unica e irripetibile nella storia del più grande impero mai esistito, che la giovane incarna con enorme grazia e maestria. Il suo ruolo non è però subordinato a quello del marito. La saggezza, l'intelligenza e la devozione di Calpurnia si riveleranno infatti decisive per la sorte di Roma e dell'onnipotente personalità di Giulio Cesare.

In ancient Greece and across the Mediterranean, kingdoms strive for dominance. The great powers of Carthage and Egypt look on with avarice as the might of the Greeks is spent warring between themselves, oblivious to external dangers. Year in and year out, the people suffer at the hands of their rulers and the famine and pestilence that comes with conflict. The great rulers of the day are themselves helpless to end this cycle of destruction. While life on the battlefield is cheap, the slave trade flourishes through the years of interminable battle and death.

Veteran cavalry commander Marcus Flavius Victor sets out with his regiment to make what may be his final tour of the forts along Hadrian's Wall. Through a combination of military prowess, brutality and bribery, Marcus has spent 20 years keeping the savage Picts at bay. Feared by his enemies and hated by his superiors, his strength of will is the only thing that has held the disgruntled, poorly paid garrisons of the Wall in place as the failing Roman Empire's grip on Britannia weakened.

A.D. 57: Nach außen ist Nero der schillernde Herrscher Roms. Doch in Wahrheit lenken andere die Geschicke des Imperiums. Als eine Geliebte des Kaisers zu viel Einfluss gewinnt, veranlasst der Berater Seneca ihre Verbannung nach Sardinien. Tribun Cato, nach einer glücklosen Mission an der Ostgrenze des Reichs in Ungnade gefallen, soll ihre Sicherheit garantieren. Doch die Stämme aus dem Hinterland der Insel verüben immer wieder blutige Raubzüge.

Once there was a time when Romagna was named Flaminia and the Rubicon was not only a river. When Julius Caesar arrived in 49 BCE, he found waiting for him a wooden palisade colored ruby red where he deployed his legions for several months on that border defended by the legionaries of Pompey. But who built, even before Caesar was born, and for what reason was a red line of defense built stretching out to the sea, and what would Caesar and his legions do to breach it?

References to Amazons date back to the time of Plato, who mentions trade between the Amazons and the island nation of Atlantis. In the Iliad, a reference is made to a battle that occurred between the Amazons, an ally of Troy, and a Greek contingent led by the Greek hero, Achilles. The battle ended with the death of the Amazon queen, and therein lies the beginning of my tale.

Eletään keisari Marcus Aureliuksen aikoja, noin vuotta 170 jälkeen Kristuksen. Yksinäinen laiva matkustaa myrskyisällä Tyrrhenanmerellä kohti pohjoista. Myrsky ei kuitenkaan ole laivan kapteenin ja miehistön suurin murhe. Ruumassa kuljetetaan eläimiä, ja vapaaksi on päässyt eräs eriskummallinen yksilö, joka jättää jälkeensä kasan ruumiita.

Antiikin Kreikassa tapahtuu jotain ennenkuulumatonta runsas kaksisataa vuotta ennen ajanlaskun alkua. Ensimmäistä kertaa nainen kohoaa asemaan, jossa häntä palvotaan elävänä jumalana. Naisen nimi on Lanassa, ja hän on Sisilian prinsessa. Mutta kuinka Lanassa oikein päätyi tähän asemaan? Kuinka monta järjestettyä avioliittoa, menetettyä lasta ja valtataistelua hänen täytyi kokea ennen kuin hänet lukittiin saarelle jumalalliseen yksinäisyyteen? Kun Lanassa saa uuden palvelijattaren, hän kertoo vihdoin koskettavan tarinansa miesten hallitsemasta maailmasta.

The emperor has plans for gladiatorial games on a scale no one has ever seen before. But the games don’t just happen. They must be made. And Marcus, the man in charge of creating them, has just lost everything he held dear when Pompeii disappeared under the searing wrath of Vesuvius. Now it will fall to Althea, the slave woman who serves as his scribe, to ensure the Colosseum is inaugurated on time - and that Marcus makes his way out of the darkness that calls to him.

Ariadne, Tochter von König Minos und Schwester des Minotaurus, ist so ganz anders als ihre Geschwister. Aufgewachsen mit den griechischen Heldensagen, schwört sie sich, ihr Schicksal selbst in die Hand zu nehmen und es nicht den Göttern zu überlassen. Jedes Jahr beobachtet sie, wie das unterworfene Athen als Tribut 14 Jugendliche nach Kreta schickt, um den Hunger des Minotaurus zu stillen.

Some debts you cannot repay, even if you live forever. Seasoned imperial officer Marcus Sempronius Gracchus leads the 9th Roman Legion into a bloody battle against a fierce barbarian tribe. It's a battle he won't survive. When he awakens three days later, clawing his way from a shallow grave, Marcus must face the reality of his new existence. He will never see the afterlife...but that won't stop him from dying time and again over the next 2,000 years.

355 d.C. La stabilità dell'impero romano è minacciata su due fronti: i barbari che spingono sui confini e le lotte interne dei generali che mirano a proclamarsi imperatori. Costanzo ii, sul trono dell'impero d'Oriente, è ossessionato dalla paura di perdere il potere, e così ha creato una rete di spie per smascherare i suoi avversari. Victor è un ragazzo di umili origini che, reclutato tra le spie imperiali, viene incaricato di seguire come un'ombra il giovane Giuliano, destinato a diventare il prossimo Cesare di Gallia.

On the mist-shrouded Isle of Hibernia, now known as Ireland, 26 years have passed since the murder of the high king, Fiacha Finnolach. The usurper Elim of Ulster’s promises of peace and prosperity have come to naught, as drought and famine afflict the land. Across the Irish Sea, the Roman Governor of Britannia, Julius Agricola, is met with an intriguing proposition. Fiacha’s son, Tuathal Techtmar, born when his pregnant mother fled into exile, has grown to manhood. He seeks the aid of Rome in avenging his father and becoming High King of Hibernia.

For decades, the nation of Israel had no rest from her enemies. Yahweh plucks a king out of the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest of the tribes — Saul, son of a herdsman. Under the banner of the wolf, the symbol of his tribe, Saul rises to prominence, winning the hearts and minds of the people of Israel with his success on the battlefield and benevolent leadership. But when the nation of Israel cries out, “For the love of Israel. For the glory of Yahweh. For the honor of the king,” the praises of the people turn the humble heart of the warrior king into one filled with pride...

"La mirada de l'auriga", més enllà de la trama de la nissaga dinomènida i de l'entrellat d'unes atziagues morts familiars, és una novel·la tan breu com intensa i tan esbalaïdora com poètica. Abraça tota la història de la cèlebre escultura de Delfos, a partir dels records de l'auriga que va servir de model als escultors, en un temps en què el món grec estava en col·lisió amb els bàrbars perses i cartaginesos contra els quals els grecs clamaven "no podrem mai ser / si no som lliures", al·legoria palesa de l'actual conflicte català.

Los doce años de gobierno del emperador Lucio Aurelio Cómodo (180-192 d.C.) son muy desconocidos entre el gran público pero de enorme trascendencia en la historia de Roma. Es el último de los emperadores antoninos, la prodigiosa dinastía del s. II, el siglo de oro del Imperio, que comenzó con Nerva, Trajano, Adriano, Antonino Pío, Lucio Vero y Marco Aurelio, todos ellos excelentes gobernantes, para acabar con el calamitoso Cómodo, protagonista de esta historia, cuyo reinado el historiador británico Edward Gibbon consideraba el inicio de la decadencia de Roma.

Storpio, e per questo abbandonato dalla famiglia, lo spartano Talos sembra condannato a una vita da pastore e a non diventare mai un valoroso guerriero come l'intrepido fratello Brithos. Ma il destino è tortuoso e avvicina i due fratelli, che si troveranno fianco a fianco nella lotta contro gli invasori persiani.