#Ancient Rome

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Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

5/5

Self-Help & Personal Growth History

SPQR

by Mary Beard

5/5

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Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

5/5

The private journal of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, written during military campaigns, offering timeless Stoic wisdom on virtue, duty, mortality, and the nature of the universe. Gregory Hays's acclaimed translation brings fresh clarity to these two-thousand-year-old reflections.

Self-Help & Personal Growth History

SPQR

by Mary Beard

5/5

Mary Beard's masterful account of Rome from its mythical founding through Caracalla's granting of citizenship to all free inhabitants of the empire in 212 CE. Beard explores not just emperors and senators but the lives of ordinary Romans — slaves, women, freedmen, and provincial subjects.

History