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  • Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 2-Niccolò Machiavelli

    Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 2-Niccolò Machiavelli
    13 Nov 2026
    Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 2 by Niccolò Machiavelli.

    In "Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius", posthumous work by the author of The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the useful lessons that could be learnt from the past for the present. As the title mentions, the subject of the work is the first ten books of Livy's Ab urbe condita, which cover the expansion of Rome from the legendary monarchy of Romulus to the end of the Third Samnite War (293 BCE). The whole work contains three books, with 142 numbered chapters - perhaps not a coincidence, since Livy's history also contained 142 books. In the second book, the author discusses decisions made by the Roman people pertaining to the increase of its empire.

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    4 hrs and 24 min
  • Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 1-Niccolò Machiavelli

    Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 1-Niccolò Machiavelli
    12 Nov 2026
    Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 1 by Niccolò Machiavelli.

    In "Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius", posthumous work by the author of The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the useful lessons that could be learnt from the past for his present. As the title mentions, the subject of the work is the first ten books of Livy's Ab urbe condita , which cover the expansion of Rome from the legendary monarchy of Romulus to the end of the Third Samnite War (293 BCE). The whole work contains three books, with 142 numbered chapters - perhaps not a coincidence, since Livy's history also contained 142 books. In the first book, the author discusses things that happened inside of Rome as the result of public counsel.

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    5 hrs and 41 min
  • Roman Triumvirates-Charles Merivale

    Roman Triumvirates-Charles Merivale
    11 Nov 2026
    Roman Triumvirates by Charles Merivale.

    In this short volume, the British historian, Charles Merivale, describes the long conflict by which the rule of one man replaced the Roman Republic.

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    8 hrs and 3 min
  • Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 3-Niccolò Machiavelli

    Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 3-Niccolò Machiavelli
    10 Nov 2026
    Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 3 by Niccolò Machiavelli.

    In "Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius", posthumous work by the author of The Prince, Machiavelli discusses the useful lessons that could be learnt from the past for the present. As the title mentions, the subject of the work is the first ten books of Livy's Ab urbe condita, which cover the expansion of Rome from the legendary monarchy of Romulus to the end of the Third Samnite War (293 BCE). The whole work contains three books, with 142 numbered chapters - perhaps not a coincidence, since Livy's history also contained 142 books. In the third book, the author discusses how the actions of particular men made Rome great.

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    5 hrs and 26 min
  • Commentaries on the Gallic War-Gaius Julius Caesar

    Commentaries on the Gallic War-Gaius Julius Caesar
    9 Nov 2026
    Commentaries on the Gallic War by Gaius Julius Caesar.

    In it Caesar describes the battles and intrigues that took place in the nine years he spent fighting local armies in Gaul that opposed Roman domination. The work has been a mainstay in the teaching of Latin to schoolchildren, its simple, direct prose lending itself to that purpose. It begins with the frequently quoted phrase "Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres", sometimes quoted as "Omnia Gallia in tres partes divisa est", meaning "All Gaul is divided into three parts".

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    7 hrs and 6 min
  • Agricola-Publius Cornelius Tacitus

    Agricola-Publius Cornelius Tacitus
    8 Nov 2026
    Agricola by Publius Cornelius Tacitus.

    The Agricola (Latin: De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae, lit. On the life and character of Julius Agricola) is a book by the Roman historian Tacitus, written c 98, which recounts the life of his father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an eminent Roman general. It also covers, briefly, the geography and ethnography of ancient Britain. As in the Germania, Tacitus favorably contrasts the liberty of the native Britons to the corruption and tyranny of the Empire; the book also contains eloquent and vicious polemics against the rapacity and greed of Rome. This translation by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb, was first published in 1877.

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    1 hr and 29 min
  • Iphigenia in Tauris (Dramatic Reading)-Euripides

    Iphigenia in Tauris (Dramatic Reading)-Euripides
    7 Nov 2026
    Iphigenia in Tauris (Dramatic Reading) by Euripides.

    Orestes, coming into Tauri in Scythia, in company with Pylades, had been commanded to bear away the image of Diana, after which he was to meet with a respite from the avenging Erinnyes of his mother. His sister Iphigenia, who had been carried away by Diana from Aulis, when on the point of being sacrificed by her father, chances to be expiating a dream that led her to suppose Orestes dead, when a herdsman announces to her the arrival and detection of two strangers, whom she is bound by her office to sacrifice to Diana. On meeting, a mutual discovery takes place, and they plot their escape.

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    1 hr and 30 min
  • On the Nature of the Gods-Marcus Tullius Cicero

    On the Nature of the Gods-Marcus Tullius Cicero
    6 Nov 2026
    On the Nature of the Gods by Marcus Tullius Cicero.

    De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) outlines Stoic, Epicurean and Academic (Skeptical) views on religious questions. Problems discussed include: evil, the origin of the world, divination, and characteristics of God(s).

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    6 hrs and 40 min