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Livia
Cleopatra VII, Last Queen of Egypt
Agrippina the Elder
Agrippina the Younger
Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni
Sabina
Faustina the Elder
Faustina the Younger
Lucilla
Crispina
Julia Domna
Plautilla
Julia Maesa
Julia Soaemias
Julia Mamaea
Otacilia Severa
Herennia Etruscilla
Severina
Zenobia
Galeria Valeria
Theodora, First Wife of Constantius I
Fausta
Helena - The Tavern Girl Who Became an Empress and a Saint
Aelia Flaccilla
Eudoxia
Eudocia
Pulcheria
Galla Placidia, A Storybook Princess
Hypatia
Licinia Eudoxia
Amalasuntha, Queen of the Ostrogoths
Entire Roman History Booklist in alphabetical order
Go to booklist about the Roman army and ancient warfare
Books about Roman and other ancient coins
Books by the popular author Michael Grant
Books about ancient ships and sailing
Go to booklist about women in the Roman world
Hats Off to History Teachers!
Jesus of Nazareth, The Alpha and the Omega
Throwing Christians to the Lions: Fact and Legend
The Martyrdom of Perpetua
A Last Violent Test of Faith Under Diocletian
The Catacombs: A Place of hiding and Worship For the Early Church
The Bones of Saints
The Legend of St. Helena and the Sweet Basil
The Chi - Rho XP
The Christogram
At the Ends of the Earth, There You Will Find a Monastery
The Orient
Pannonia, Illyria, Illyricum, and Dalmatia
Prefectures
Eboracum (York)
Gaul
A Small Greek City Reborn in Splendor
A New Capital For a New Empire
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread Roman Bread and Breadmaking
Basic Food For Ordinary people
The Ancients' First Use of Money
What are the Functions of Money?
Some Different Economic Systems in History
Inflation
Alba Longa
Samnites
Goths
Huns
Franks
"We Can Build It Better!"
Roman Bridges and Bridge Building
"All Roads Lead to Rome"
Buildings of Artificial Stone
Elegantly Laid Out Cities
Iron and Steel -- Or Magic?
Bronze, Brass and Orichalcum
The Legendary Tin Mines of Cornwall
Bronze Age Weapons of Rome's Enemies
Did The Romans Actually Make Their Coins From Lead?
How Did the Romans Plate Their Coins With Silver?
Did the Romans Have Metal Springs?
Quick Index of Emperors, Noblewomen, Imperators, and Caesars
Military and Civil Service Terms A to L
Military and Civil Service Terms M to Z
Military and Civil Service Terms in Table Form
A Glossary of Coin Terms
Article defining allegorical figures and personnifications
A Quick Look at Governments In Classical Times
The Kings of Early Rome
The Roman Senate
A Colorful Pageant of Imperial Government Officials
The Consistory
Symbols of Authority and Power
Nototia Dignitatum: A Bejewelled List of Important Government and Army Officers
Governing the Different Geographical Regions of the Empire
A Fascinating and Affordable Hobby
A Gallery of Reverse Images and What They Symbolize
Portraits of the Emperor and His Family
Magistrates
A legionary's Basic Equipment c. A. D. 100
Transportation and Voyaging by Sea in Roman Times
The Crisis of the Third Century
The Barracks Emperors
Rebellions and Breakaway Empires
Good Money, Bad Money, and Runaway Inflation
The Tetrarchy
Abdication by Roman Emperors
Diocletian Reforms the Money
A New Empire -- The World of Late Antiquity From Diocletian Onward
An Increasingly Remote and Deified Emperor
First Barbarian Invasions
Goths Enter and Settle Within the Roman Empire
The Final Division of the Empire into East and West in A. D. 395
The Nika Revolt and the Courage of an Empress (A. D. 532
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The Beautiful Lady Who Started It All
The Author's First Mailorder Ancient Coin Purchase
Imperial Propaganda on Reverses of Roman Coins
Many Languages and Cultures Within One Great Empire
Using Compact Symbols to Broadcast News and Ideas
- A Coin Article Mini - Series
Diocletian Reforms the Money System and the Coinage
The End of Imperial Coinage in the West and a Brief Revival Under the Ostrogoths
A Glossary of Coin Collecting Terms
The Copper and Brass Coinage of the Early Empire
Coins from Roman Spain's Turbulent Early Years
A Magnificent Pageant of Roman Ladies in Copper and Orichalcum
The Military Standard on Parade
GLORIA EXERCITVS small bronze types showing soldiers with one or two standards are
The Roman Imperial Denarius
A Collection of Third Century Antoniniani
Follises of the Tetrarchs and the Constantinian Period
A Small Group of Later Third Century Roman Egyptian Tetradracms
An Inexpensive Collection of late Roman Bronze Coin Reverse Types
Small Bronze Coins With Two Soldiers Holding One or Two Standards Reverses
Strange and Unusual Coins of the Romans, Byzantines, and Barbarian Kingdoms
A Portrait of the Horse in Antiquity
Jerome E Faux - Virtual Coin Dealer
Consuls
The First and Second Triumvirates
Roman Army Units
Praetorian Prefect
Roman Army Camps
Starving a City Into Submission With Siege Tactics
Wild Asses and Other Artillery
Sherman Tank - Roman Style
The Army on the Frontiers
The MAGISTER MILITVM, the Master Generals of the Army
Alaric the Visigoth and Stilicho the Master General
Aurelian's Wall: Tthe Outer Defenses of the City of Rome
Flavius Aetius, The Last of the Great Roman Generals
Roman Warships
The Basic naval Tactic of Ramming
Parts of a Roman Warship
The Battle of Actium
A Portrait of the Horse in Antiquity
The Father of the Roman Family
Clients and Patrons
The Education of the Young Roman From Infancy to Adulthood
Roman Roads and Land Transportation
Rome's Greatest Gift to Us: Her Alphabet
Writing Materials in the Roman World
From Scroll to Bound Book: An Innovation that Changed Our World Forever
Ancient Writers: Truth, Bias, and Point of View
The Ancient Art of Telling a Lie
How Do We Know They Were Telling the Truth?
What Ancient Historians Thought of History
The Priestly Records
Suetonius
Tacitus
Cato the Elder
Titus Livy
Julius Caesar as Historian
Dio Cassius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Pliny the Elder, Natural Historian
and Scientist
Claudian
Procopius