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 Julius Caesar by William ShakespeareA tale of honor and betrayal. Pompey is defeated in war by Caesar. A small devoted brotherhood, led by Marcus Brutus, plot the assassination of their new leader. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 |  | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 The Civil War by Julius CaesarThe Civil War is Caesar's masterly account of the celebrated war between himself and his great rival Pompey, from the crossing of the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.99 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | General |
 Ben Hur by Lew WallaceA bestseller since 1880... The classic saga of the Roman Empire From a thrilling sea battle to its famous chariot race to the agony of the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $7.95 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 The Aeneid by VirgilThe adventures of Aeneas, who flees the ashes of Troy to embark upon a tortuous course that brings him to Italy and fulfills his destiny as founder of the Roman people. At: Local Library Amazon $10.40 Read Online | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Confessions by St. AugustineSt Augustine's autobiographical reflections on philosophy, theology, history, and humanity. Near the top of EveryGoodBook's all time Top-10 list. At: Local Library Amazon $5.31 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, Biography |
 Rhetoric by AristotleFocusing on the use of language as both a vehicle and a tool to shape persuasive argument, Aristotle delineates with remarkable insight... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.50 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
 Politics by AristotleIntellectually stimulating work describes the ideal state and ponders how it can bring about the most desirable life for its citizens. Both... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.00 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
 City of God by St. AugustineAugustine's City of God, a monumental work of religious lore, philosophy, and history, was written as a kind of literary tombstone for... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $10.40 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
 Church History in Plain Language by Bruce ShelleyIt's about time that someone wrote church history that tells about people, not just about "eras" and "ages." Church History in Plain... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.97 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, General |
 Poetics by AristotleAfter reading Aristotle's "Poetics," I felt a severe sense of shame for not having read it much, much sooner. As a student of literature,... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $7.88 Read Online |  | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
 Robe by Lloyd C. DouglasA Roman soldier, Marcellus, wins Christ's robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene's... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.97 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| History of the English by Winston Churchill To most people Churchill is known as one of Britain's greatest statesmen. That overshadows his literary achievements. He begins his account... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $15.98 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Plays by Euripides The first playwright of democracy, Euripides wrote with enduring insight and biting satire about social and political problems of Athenian... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.43 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.16 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Oedipus Rex by Sophocles One of the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies and a masterpiece of dramatic construction. Catastrophe ensues when King Oedipus... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $1.50 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
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| Plays by Aristophanes Comedy is notoriously difficult to translate--not only do some cultures have entirely different senses of humor, the word-play and deft... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.44 |  | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Orations by Cicero Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106—43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $15.56 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
| The Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar The Gallic War, published on the eve of the civil war which led to the end of the Roman Republic, is an autobiographical account written by... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.97 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | General |
| The Last Days of Socrates by Plato I wondered that why there isn't any church putting Jacque Louis-David's painting the Death of Socrates on the wall. If you hear the story... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.93 Read Online | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
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| The Apology by Plato Plato's 4th-century BC Dialogues rank among Western civilization's most important and influential philosophical works. With Socrates as the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.00 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
| Oresteia by Aeschylus Classic trilogy by great tragedian deals with the bloody history of the House of Atreus. Grand in style, rich in diction and dramatic... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.50 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
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| Rule of St. Benedict by Benedict Modestly described by its author as "a little rule for beginners," this masterpiece of spiritual wisdom was written in the 6th century as a... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.95 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
| The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius Axel Boethius wrote this book under the most horrifying circumstances imaginable; while awaiting his own rather grisly execution. What... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.96 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
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| Pastoral Care by Gregory the Great St. Gregory deals with the great responsibility of the episcopal office and its onerous nature. Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $17.99 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
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| The Early History of Rome by Livy With stylistic brilliance and historical imagination, the first five books of Livy's monumental history of Rome record events from the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.33 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | General |
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| The Bacchae by Euripides Euripides' powerful investigation of religious ecstasy and the resistance to it is an argument for moderation, rejecting the lures of pure... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
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| The Frogs by Aristophanes Comedy is notoriously difficult to translate--not only do some cultures have entirely different senses of humor, the word-play and deft... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.44 | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
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| Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $7.99 Read Online | | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | General |
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