This personal anthology is my choice of speeches from Shakespeare that I enjoy reading (that I would like to have had by heart years ago!) and that se...
William Wolfe Capes (1834-1914) was an Anglican cleric, a classicist, and a historian. This is his short chronicle of the early Roman Empire, from the...
De vita Caesarum, commonly known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire...
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People written by the Venerable Bede in about AD 731, is a history of the Christian Churches in England, and...
Delve into the annals of history and witness the unfolding of momentous events that shaped civilizations and societies in "The Great Events by Famous...
Commentaries on the Gallic War is a firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written by Julius Caesar. The book describes the battles and intrigues that...
Caesar and Cleopatra is a historical play by George Bernard Shaw. It depicts the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Shaw's...
“Beacon Lights of History, Vol 4: Imperial Antiquity” by John Lord delves into the lives and legacies of prominent figures from the Roman Empire. It e...
Lucan's Pharsalia is an unfinished epic poem that chronicles the Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. Written in the Neronian p...
Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or...