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Dominus: New Excerpt

Dominus one

by Steven Saylor

Spanning 160 years and seven generations, teeming with some of ancient Rome’s most vivid figures, Steven…
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Ancient Rome’s Short-Lived Teen Emperor: Practical Joker, Drag Queen, Transgender?

by Steven Saylor

Psssst! Have you heard about Elagabalus? They say he invented the world’s first…
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A Passion for Paris: Alexandre Dumas and the Ghosts of Romantic Fiction

Alexander Dumas
by David Downie Romantic-era novelist Alexandre Dumas may well have created the world’s first fiction factory…
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Legions of Rome: Where It All Began

legions of Rome

by Stephen Dando-Collins

By Stephen Dando-Collins Down through the centuries, millions of men served with the army of imperial…
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Military History in Empire

By Steven Saylor My previous novel Roma followed the fortunes of a single family through the…
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Rome

The Siren Song of False History

by Keith Lowe

Keith Lowe writes about how the myth of Parthenope, entwined with historical misconceptions…
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Featured Excerpt: Looking at Women Looking at War

by Victoria Amelina

When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina was busy writing…
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Lincoln Ellsworth—American Polar Explorer & Hero of the First Airplane Flight to the North Pole

Ellsworth (left) and Amundsen posing in Nome after their triumphant transpolar flight. (National Library of Norway)

by Buddy Levy

When one thinks of the great American polar explorers in history, names like…
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Page-Turning Reads for Women’s History Month

by The History Reader From pharaohs to fashion and everything in between, this Women's History Month…
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Who Do You Support: The Demes of the Roman Empire

by Andrew Ludington

Andrew Ludington's Splinter Effect is an action-packed debut where time-traveling archaeologist Rabbit Ward…
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Must-Have Historical Reads: March 2025

Looking for your next history read? Check out our favorite new history books publishing in March…
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Paul Revere, Bell Ringer

Old North Church Bell

by Kostya Kennedy

Paul Revere is most well-known for his extraordinary midnight ride, in which he…
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The Toilet Paper – and Other Stuff – That Helped Bring Down Hitler

Marlene OSS Album

by Lisa Rogak

Propaganda Girls author Lisa Rogak reveals some of the black propaganda material created by four women who…
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