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21) Blood and Sand
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Set in Ancient Rome, Blood and Sand reimagines Spartacus as a seventeen-year-old girl. When Attia is sold as a slave to the House of Timeus, no one knows she's actually the warrior princess of Thrace, and the last of her people. She is given to Xanthus, a fellow slave and gladiator champion of Rome, as a gift from his master. Attia and Xanthus begin to build a trust through their shared skill in combat and a driving desire to seek revenge on the Roman...
22) Mistress of Rome
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Series
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English
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Beautiful and musical Judaean slave Thea attempts to survive and prosper in first century Rome despite a spiteful mistress, a broken love affair with a gladiator, and, most dangerous of all, an interested Emperor.
A slave girl from Judaea, Thea is purchased as a toy for the spiteful heiress Lepida Pollia. When Thea captures the attention of Arius, Rome's most savage gladiator, his love brings Thea the first happiness of her life. Their affair ends...
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Time-tripping Faradays volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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In Rome during the time of Vespasian, time travelers Dawkins and Hypatia Faraday join up with Pliny the Elder who is researching dragons for his natural history encyclopedia, which seems like a harmless activity until a real fire-breathing dragon attacks them.
24) Gladiator
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English
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The war against the Germans won, Emperor Aurelius chooses the victorious General Maximus as his successor to the Roman empire. Commodus, Aurelius' heir, is jealous of this and enslaves Maximus to the gladiatorial arenas.
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Mark of the thief trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Nicolas Calva has Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice of Mars, and he has hidden the dangerous Jupiter Stone, but he still has to find a way to defeat The Mistress, a dragon who contains the soul of the vestalis Atroxia, and who hates Rome, and save his mother and friends, and maybe even the Empire itself--and he is troubled by his sneaking sympathy for Atroxia, who was unjustly condemned.
26) Daughter of Rome
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English
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"A woman with a devastating secret. A man bent on proving his worth. A chance encounter that catapults them into the heart of history. When the daughter of a prominent Roman general meets a disinherited Jewish immigrant, neither one can dream of God's plan to transform them into the most influential couple of the early church. Nor can they anticipate the mountains that will threaten to bury them. Their courtship unwittingly shadowed by murder and...
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Series
Ranger in time volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The mysterious box that Ranger the golden retriever found in the garden transports him back to first century Rome, where he must rescue Marcus, a young servant boy, and Quintus, a volunteer gladiator, from the brutal world of the Colosseum.
28) Eternal
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English
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An aspiring writer, an athlete from a professional cyclist family and a mathematics prodigy find their bond tested by a love triangle and the spread of anti-Semitism and fascism in 1937 Italy.
"Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist; Marco the brash and athletic son in a family of professional cyclists; and Sandro a Jewish mathematics...
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English
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Cicero returns to continue his struggle to grasp supreme power in the state of Rome. Amidst treachery vengeance violence and treason this brilliant lawyer orator and philosopher finally reaches the summit of all his ambitions. Cicero becomes known as the world's first professional politician using his compassion - and deviousness - to overcome all obstacles. Propelled by the strength of his stunning prose Harris's compelling series charges forward....
Author
Series
Cicero trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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A tale inspired by the writings of Tiro, Cicero's confidential secretary, traces the life of the Roman orator from his beginnings as a lawyer through his competitions with Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus in the political arena.
33) Centurion
Publisher
Distributed in Canada by E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010, ©2009
Language
English
Description
AD 117: The Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in face of the guerrilla tactics of an elusive enemy: the savage and terrifying Picts led by revenge-hungry Pict Warrior Etain. When the Roman legion is ambushed, the seven surviving Romans pledge to rescue their leader and return to Rome to re-group.
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English
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"Epic in scope, yet deeply personal, this novelization offers a unique perspective on the story of the resurrection. Roman Tribune Clavius is assigned by Pilate to keep the radical followers of the recently executed Yeshua from stealing the body and inciting revolution. When the body goes missing despite his precautions, Clavius must hunt it down. His investigation leads him from the halls of Herod Antipas to the Garden of Gethsemane and brings him...
35) Gladiator
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of gladiators, including types of armor, use of animals, amphitheaters, and how the practice fit into Roman society for almost 700 years.
36) Rome
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Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A historical overview of the Roman civilization from the perspectives of the social classes, from the senators to the plebeians, including the Italian empire's growth and decline"--
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Series
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Ancient Rome: Infographics tells the story of a great empire through graphic design. This book offers readers a new way to conceptualize ancient Rome from the birth of the empire to the Punic Wars, and from the Roman political system to the role of women, slaves, and public entertainment. Cleverly designed infographics bring alive the complex history and structure of this ancient empire for the general reader while still satisfying demands for the...
39) Rome
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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history and civilization of ancient Rome, from how gladiators fought and what daily life was like for people in Rome to the events at Pompeii.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Rome: Epic drama set in the days of Caesar and Mark Anthoy where love and lust, brotherhood and betrayal, and deception and daring surround the Roman citizens during the death of the ancient republic.
Big love: A modern-day polygamist living in Salt Lake City enjoys all the benefits and pitfalls of leading an unconventional family.
Entourage: Wherever Hollywood's newest star, Vince Chase, goes, he goes with his friends.
Deadwood: Watch history...
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