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The Costa Prize Book of the Year–winning biographer gives us a St. Augustine for our time: fresh, urgent, tackling big questions about faith and sin, sex, redemption, just war, and the fiery fall of Rome. Augustine is a Berber, newly arrived in Italy from North Africa, but he feels entirely...

The Proposed Coronation: King Dasaratha decides to crown Rama as the king of Ayodhya. The Manipulation: The hunchback maid Manthari poisons Queen Kaikeyi's mind. Kaikeyi uses her two ancient boons to demand Bharata's coronation and Rama’s 14-year exile. The Heartbreak: Dasaratha is shattered...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Germania, pojednání o zemi, poměrech a národu Germánů Publis Cornelius Tacitus – De origine et situ Germanorum Tacitovo historicko-etnografické dílo představuje jeden z nejvýznamnějších antických pramenů o germánských kmenech na konci...

Bloomsbury presents The Rise of Rome by Anthony Everitt, read by Stephen Thorne. A gripping account of the ascent of Rome – from agrarian backwater to capital of the world's greatest empire. 'An elegant, swift and faultless introduction to the subject' The Spectator Starting with the founding...

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius offers profound insights into Stoic philosophy. In these writings, the Roman Emperor contemplates themes of virtue, resilience, and inner peace, guiding listeners on how to live a life of purpose and integrity.

マヤのピラミッド、ナスカの地上絵、マチュピチュの祭祀、湖上都市テノチティトラン。最新知見から実像を描き、文明の見方を覆す！

神々の気まぐれと英雄たちの意地が激突する古代ギリシア最大の争い、トロイア戦争の全貌を鮮やかに紐解き、口承伝説と考古学的な歴史の境界を浮かび上がらせる知的な探求の旅。日々の通勤の車内や一日の終わりの静...

"An enthralling and profoundly relevant book." ―Salman Rushdie "I adored reading these joyful, illuminating, and engrossing journeys through ancient literature." ―Madeline Miller From the most celebrated translator of our time comes a visionary exploration of how translation reshapes and...

かつての超大国はいかにしてゆっくりと崩壊し、新たな中世ヨーロッパの夜明けへと姿を変えたのか、その壮大な歴史の転換点を鮮やかに描き出す思索の旅。静かな朝の通勤電車の中や、一日を終える夜のリラックスタイ...

Language defines us as a species, placing humans head and shoulders above even the most proficient animal communicators. But it also beguiles us with its endless mysteries, allowing us to ponder why different languages emerged, why there isn't simply a single language, how languages change over time and whether that's good or bad, and how languages die out and become extinct.

古代エジプトの壮大な謎解きがあなたの耳元で甦る、世界史を覆した世紀の発見と失われた言語の暗号解読に挑んだ天才たちのドラマチックな歴史ドキュメンタリー。毎日の退屈な通勤時間や夜の静かなリラックスタイム...

誇り高き古代ローマの市民たちは、なぜ自らの手で自由を手放し、一人の皇帝による独裁という見せかけの平和を選び取ったのか。日々の通勤時や夜の静かな部屋で深い思索にふけりたい時、この緊迫感に満ちた歴史の転...

圧倒的な組織力で迫る大国ローマと、独立を懸けて結集した部族連合の壮絶な激突。古代史の転換点となった壮大な包囲戦と軍事戦略の全貌を、約2時間で立体的に把握できる歴史ドキュメンタリーです。毎日の通勤時間...

In The History of Mesopotamia: The Untold Stories of Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria, you’ll journey across more than three thousand years of innovation, war, and wonder. Discover how cuneiform writing transformed human thought, how towering ziggurats touched the heavens, and how ancient kings shaped the destiny of millions.

ローマ帝国の圧倒的な力と真っ向からぶつかり合った誇り高き戦士たちと、自然の理を操るドルイドの神秘的な世界へ飛び込み、失われたケルト神話の源流を解き明かす知的な旅へと出かけましょう。毎日の通勤電車の中...

圧倒的な成功がなぜ自らを滅ぼすのか――古代共和政ローマの興亡をたどり、権力の肥大化と社会格差が引き起こす国家崩壊のメカニズムを解き明かす重厚な歴史ノンフィクションです。日々の通勤時間や夜の静かなひと...

エジプト文明の周縁という常識を打ち破る古代ナイルの覇者「黒人ファラオ」の栄光から、現代の国家建設の苦悩まで、アフリカ史を揺るがす巨大な興亡の軌跡を描き出します。毎日の通勤のひとときや教養を深めたい静...

Ancient Egyptian civilization is so grand our minds sometimes have difficulty adjusting to it. It lasted 3,000 years, longer than any other on the planet. Its Great Pyramid of Cheops was the tallest building in the world until well into the 19th century and remains the only Ancient Wonder still standing. And it was the most technologically advanced of the ancient civilizations, with the medical knowledge that made Egyptian physicians the most famous in the world.

In The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire, seasoned defense analyst Edward N. Luttwak reveals how the Romans were able to combine military strength, diplomacy, and fortifications to effectively respond to changing threats. Rome's secret was not ceaseless fighting, but comprehensive strategies that unified force, diplomacy, and an immense infrastructure of roads, forts, walls, and barriers. Finally, as barbarians began to penetrate the empire, Rome filed large armies in a strategy of "defense-in-depth," allowing invaders to pierce Rome's borders.

This audiobook narrated by acclaimed archaeologist and best-selling author Eric Cline offers a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages.