Ancient Military

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Harry Sidebottom
    • Narrated by: Sean Crisden
    • Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 22-06-21
    • Language: English
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    • Greek and Roman warfare was unlike that of any other culture before or since. The key difference is often held to be that the Greeks and Romans practiced a "Western Way of War", in which the aim is an open, decisive battle - won by courage instilled, in part, by discipline....

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    • Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic
    • By: Jonathan Clements
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 29-10-19
    • Language: English
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    • A Brief History of China tells of the development of a rich, complex civilization where the use of paper, writing, money, and gunpowder were widespread in ancient times and where silk, ceramics, tea, metal implements, and other products were produced and exported around the globe....

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    • How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
    • By: Victor Davis Hanson
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 22-10-19
    • Language: English
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    • Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the 21st century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most engrossing work to date....

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    • By: Steven Pressfield
    • Narrated by: George Guidall
    • Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 02-03-21
    • Language: English
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    • From an acclaimed master of historical fiction comes an epic saga about a reluctant hero, the Roman Empire, and the rise of a new power....

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    • Rise of a Warrior Nation
    • By: Philip Matyszak
    • Narrated by: Mike Cooper
    • Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 21-12-21
    • Language: English
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    • The Spartans of ancient Greece are typically portrayed as macho heroes: noble, laconic, totally fearless, and impervious to pain. And indeed, they often lived up to this image. But life was not as simple as this image suggests. In truth, ancient Sparta was a city of contrasts....

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    • Two of the Greatest Stories Ever Told
    • By: Gillian Cross
    • Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
    • Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 24-04-19
    • Language: English
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    • Multi-award-winning author Gillian Cross makes two of the greatest stories in the world come alive for children in her strong, clear, deceptively simple retellings, which are faithful to the spirit and structure of Homer’s epic poems....

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    • The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire
    • By: James S. Romm
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 21-01-20
    • Language: English
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    • James Romm, professor of classics at Bard College, brings to life the cutthroat competition and the struggle for control of the Greek world's greatest empire....

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    • The Fall of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 250-31 BC
    • By: Philip Matyszak
    • Narrated by: Gareth Richards
    • Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 22-10-22
    • Language: English
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    • The acclaimed ancient world historian examines the centuries-long decline of Greek powers in the face of the growing Roman threat....

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    • By: Herodotus
    • Narrated by: David Timson
    • Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 13-05-16
    • Language: English
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    • In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus describes the growth of the Persian Empire with force, authority, and style....

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    • Aelfraed, Book 1
    • By: Griff Hosker
    • Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
    • Series: Aelfraed, Book 1
    • Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 25-08-22
    • Language: English
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    • Set in the years before the Battle of Hastings, the story follows the trials and tribulations of Aelfraed, a young boy who aspires to be a warrior. When his uncle, Aethelward, takes him to join the warriors of Harold Godwinson, his life is irrevocably changed....

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    • Citizen-Soldiers and the Roman Way of War
    • By: Steele Brand
    • Narrated by: Tom Parks
    • Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 10-12-19
    • Language: English
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    • The year 146 BC marked the brutal end to the Roman Republic's 118-year struggle for the western Mediterranean. Breaching the walls of their great enemy, Carthage, Roman troops slaughtered countless citizens, enslaved those who survived, and leveled the 700-year-old city....

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    • By: Adrian Goldsworthy
    • Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
    • Length: 20 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 03-09-20
    • Language: English
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    • A joint biography that investigates how, during their lifetimes, Philip and Alexander transformed Macedon from a weak kingdom into a globe-spanning empire....

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    • Sun Tzu's Strategies for Winning Without Confrontation
    • By: Catherine Huang, A.D. Rosenberg
    • Narrated by: Cindy Kay
    • Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 03-09-19
    • Language: English
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    • By following the ancient Chinese teachings of The Art of War, you will discover how to use your natural abilities to find your path in life. Whatever your path, this book will give you strategies, tactics, and practical examples you need to increase your probability of success....

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    • How the Mayans and Aztecs Ruled for More Than a Thousand Years
    • By: Peter G. Tsouras
    • Narrated by: Paul Christy
    • Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 05-11-14
    • Language: English
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    • Learn the unbelievable true history of the great warrior tribes of Mexico....

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    • The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
    • By: Eckart Frahm
    • Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
    • Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 20-07-23
    • Language: English
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    • At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history....

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    • Invader
    • By: Simon Turney
    • Narrated by: Mark Elstob
    • Series: Agricola, Book 1
    • Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 13-06-24
    • Language: English
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    • 58 AD, Rome. Agricola, teenage son of an impoverished yet distinguished noble family, has staked all his resources and reputation on a military career. His reward? A posting as tribune in the far-off northern province of Britannia.

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    • Joe Hawke Series, Book 1
    • By: Rob Jones
    • Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
    • Series: Joe Hawke Series, Book 1
    • Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 05-12-17
    • Language: English
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    • What is the oldest, darkest secret in the world? The discovery of an ancient Greek text that could be the final piece of a mysterious puzzle older than time itself....

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    • A New History of Central Europe
    • By: Martyn Rady
    • Narrated by: John Curless
    • Length: 22 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 04-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • Central Europe is not just a space on a map but also a region of shared experience - of mutual borrowings, impositions and misapprehensions....

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