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"Spanning a thousand years, and following the shifting fortunes of two families though the ages, this is the epic saga of Rome, the city and its people."--From source other than the Library of Congress
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american fiction, historical fiction, Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, Rome, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, historical, generalPeople
Hercules (Roman mythology), Romulus, King of Rome, Remus (Twin of Romulus, King of Rome), Coriolanus, Cnaeus Marcius, Claudius, Appius, Scipio, Africanus, ca. 236-183 B.C., Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius, Gracchus, Gaius Sempronius, 154-121 B.C., Julius Caesar, Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.Places
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1000 - 1 B.C.E.Showing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
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Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome
March 4, 2008, St. Martin's Griffin
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0312377622 9780312377625
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Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)
March 6, 2007, St. Martin's Press
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in English
0312328311 9780312328313
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"As they rounded a bend in the path that ran beside the river, Lara recognized the silhouette of a fig tree atop a nearby hill."
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From back cover: From its mythic beginnings as a campsite along a trade route to its emergence as the center of an extensive, powerful empire, ... Saylor's ... novel brings to vivid life the most famous city in the ancient world. Told through the tragedies and triumphs of the descendants of two families, Roma shows the events, the people, and the turning points in history that have come to symbolize ancient Rome in the modern imagination.
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