Category: Rome

Book 1: A Fateful Haven, part 1

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Book 1: A Fateful Haven, part 2

Book 2: How they took the City, part 1

Book 2: How they took the City, part 2

Book 3: Sea Wanderings and Strange Meetings, part 1

Book 3: Sea Wanderings and Strange Meetings, part 2

Book 4: The Passion of the Queen, part 1

Book 4: The Passion of the Queen, part 2

Book 5: Games and a Conflagration, part 1

Book 5: Games and a Conflagration, part 2

Book 6: The World Below, part 1

Book 6: The World Below, part 2

Book 7: Juno Served by a Fury, part 1

Book 7: Juno Served by a Fury, part 2

Book 8: Arcadian Allies, part 1

Book 8: Arcadian Allies, part 2

Bk 09: A Night Sortie, a Day Assault, pt 1

Bk 09: A Night Sortie, a Day Assault, pt 2

Bk 10: The Death of Princes, pt 1

Bk 10: The Death of Princes, pt 2

Bk 11: Debaters and a Warrior Girl, pt 1

Bk 11: Debaters and a Warrior Girl, pt 2

Bk 12: The Fortunes of War, pt 1

Bk 12: The Fortunes of War, pt 2

August 9, 2010May 31, 2011

On the Shores of the Great Sea by M. B. Synge

Summary: Book I of the “Story of the World” series. Focuses on the civilizations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea from the time of Abraham to the birth of Christ. Brief histories of the Ancient Israelites, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Scythians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans are given, concluding with the conquest of the entire Mediterranean by Rome. Important myths and legends that preceded recorded history are also related. Ages 9-18 (Summary from the Baldwin Project)

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# 01 – The Home of Abraham

Total running time: 4 hours, 53 minutes

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# 02 – Into Africa

# 03 – An Old Trade-Route

# 04 – Joseph in Egypt

# 05 – The Story of the Nile Flood

# 06 – In A Strange Land

# 07 – The Children of Israel

# 08 – Back to the Fatherland

# 09 – The First Merchant Fleet

# 10 – Conquerors of the Sea

# 11 – Early Pioneers

# 12 – Hiram, King of Tyre

# 13 – King Solomon’s Fleet

# 14 – The Story of Carthage

# 15 – Out of the Shadowland

# 16 – The Story of the Argonauts

# 17 – The Seige of Troy

# 18 – The Adventures of Ulysses

# 19 – The Dawn Of History

# 20 – The Fall Of Tyre

# 21 – The Rise of Carthage

# 22 – Hanno’s Adventures

# 23 – Some More about Greece

# 24 – A Cloud in the East

# 25 – The Battle of Marathon

# 26 – King Ahasuerus

# 27 – How Leonidas Kept the Pass

# 28 – Victory for the Greeks

# 29 – Some Greek Colonies

# 30 – Across the Blue Waters

# 31 – The Beauty of Athens

# 32 – The Death of Socrates

# 33 – Retreat of the Ten Thousand

# 34 – The Story of Romulus and Remus

# 35 – How Horatius Kept the Bridge

# 36 – Coriolanus

# 37 – Alexander the Great

# 38 – King of Macedonia

# 39 – Conquest of the East

# 40 – The Conquest of India

# 41 – Alexander’s City

# 42 – Back to Rome Again

# 43 – A Great Conflict

# 44 – The Roman Fleet

# 45 – Hannibal’s Vow

# 46 – The Adventures of Hannibal

# 47 – The End of Carthage

# 48 – The Triumph of Rome

# 49 – Two Young Romans

# 50 – Julius Caesar

# 51 – The Flight of Pompey

# 52 – The Death of Caesar

# 53 – The Empire of Rome

# 54 – Pax Romana

August 2, 2010August 2, 2010

You are There: World History

1200 BC – Fall of Troy

480 BC – Thermopolae

399 BC – Death of Socrates

September 30, 331 BC? Rise of Alexander the Great: Peace Offer

October 1, 331 BC – Rise of Alexander the Great: Battle for Asia

September, 326 BC – Rise of Alexander the Great: Mutiny in India

August 26, 79 BC – The Last Day of Pompeii

December 5, 63 BC – The Conspiracy of Catiline

44 BC – The Assassination of Julius Caesar

December 25, 800 – Charlemagne

October 14, 1066 – The Battle of Hastings

June 15, 1215 – The Signing of the Magna Charta

May 30, 1431 – Joan of Arc Burned at the Stake

April 7, 1498 – The Ordeal of Savonarola

June 15, 1520 – The Death of Montezuma

October 3, 1574 – The Siege of Leiden, Holland

February 8, 1587 – Execution of Mary Queen of Scots

August 8, 1588 – Drake Defeats Spanish Armada

January, 1649 – The Trial and Sentencing of Charles I

September 5, 1670 – Trial of William Penn

May 23, 1701 – The Hanging of Captain Kidd

June 22, 1757 – The Battle of Plassey

July 14, 1789 – The Storming of the Bastille

October 16, 1793 – The Trial of Marie Antoinette

May 6, 1802 – Toussaint Louverture Liberates Haiti

March 7, 1815 – Napoleon Returns from Elba

July 31, 1815 – Napoleon Recaptured and Exiled

October 25, 1854 – The Charge of the Light Brigade

June 19, 1867 – The Execution of Maximillian

September 8, 1899 – The Dreyfus Case

June 4, 2010May 31, 2011

Hannibal by Jacob Abbott

Hannibal crosses the alps, public domain image, author unknown

Summary: There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer’s aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to Hannibal. (Summary from the preface of the book)

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02 – Hannibal at Saguntum

Running time: 6 hours, 12 minutes

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Hannibal Portrait of Hannibal Barca, original source Hundred Greatest Men, New York, 1885, public domain image

01 – The First Punic War

03 – Opening of the Second Punic War

04 – The Passage of the Rhone

05 – Hannibal Crosses the Alps, pt.1

06 – Hannibal Crosses the Alps, Part 2

Hannibal, Italy in Sight by Alfred Rethel

07 – Hannibal in the North of Italy

08 – The Apennines

09 – The Dictator Fabius

Battle of Cannae, follower of the Luçon Master, First Master of the Grande Bible Historiale Compl‚t‚e of Jean, Duc de Berry (Paris, BNF, fr. 159) or Ravenelle Master (illuminators), public domain

10 – The Battle Of Cannae

11 – Scipio

12 – Hannibal a Fugitive and an Exile

13 – The Destruction of Carthage

November 21, 2009April 27, 2011

Works of Sallust: The Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War

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October 29, 2009May 31, 2011

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Running time: 6 hours, 44 minutes

The Assassination of Julius Caesar

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September 14, 2009July 16, 2014

The Story of Mankind by Hendrik van Loon

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15 Greek Self-Government

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Summary: Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the beginning of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the people and events that changed the course of history. Portrays in vivid prose the achievements of mankind in the areas of art and discovery, as well as the political forces leading to the modern nation-states. Richly illustrated with drawings by the author. Winner of the first Newbery Award in 1922, The Story of Mankind has introduced generations of children to the pageant of world history. (Summary from mainlesson.com)

Running time: 13 hours

Note to parent: I am including this book on My Audio School, as it is used by Ambleside Online curriculum. They recommend it for older children (middle school through high school).

My Audio School is being used by so many children whose families hold varying perspectives on creation and evolution. I have not provided links for the first 3 chapters of this book, (30 minutes of material), which are full of evolutionary content. Should you need to refer to these chapters, you can use the links provided above for reading or downloading this book at its Internet Archive page in its entirety. I have not pre-read the majority of this book, but found evolutionary references in the two additional chapters that I listened to (The Age of Science and The New World). Please be aware there may be evolutionary content in other chapters, as well. Should you have further questions about the suitability of this book please read this review from Cathy Duffy.

04 Hieroglyphics

05 The Nile Valley

06 The Story of Egypt

11 The Indo-Europeans

12 The Aegean Sea

13 The Greeks

14 The Greek Cities

16 Greek Life

17 The Greek Theatre

18 The Persian Wars

19 Athens vs. Sparta

20 Alexander the Great

21 A Summary

22 Rome and Carthage

23 The Rise of Rome

24 The Roman Empire

25 Joshua of Nazareth

26 The Fall of Rome

27 Rise of the Church

33 Pope vs. Emperor

34 The Crusades

35 The Medieval City

36 Medieval Self-Government

37 The Medieval World

38 Medieval Trade

39 The Renaissance

40 The Age of Expression

41 The Great Discoveries

42 Buddha and Confucius

43 The Reformation

44 Religious Warfare

45 The English Revolution

46 The Balance of Power

47 The Rise of Russia

48 Russia vs Sweden

49 The Rise of Prussia

50 The Mercantile System

51 The American Revolution

52 The French Revolution

53 Napoleon

54 The Holy Alliance

55 The Great Reaction

56 National Independence

57 The Age of the Engine

58 The Social Revolution

59 Emancipation

60 The Age of Science

61 Art

62 Colonial Expansion and War

63 A New World

64 As It Shall Ever Be

August 1, 2009December 29, 2010

Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace

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July 10, 2009December 23, 2010

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Running time: 23 hours, 22 minutes

Book One

Book Two

Book Three

Book Four

Book Five

Book Six

Book Seven

Book Eight

Famous Men of Rome by Haaren and Poland

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The Horatii and the Curatii

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Preface

Romulus

Numa Pompilius

The Tarquins

Junius Brutus

Horatius

Mucius the Left-Handed

Appius Claudius Caecus

Constantine the Great

End of the Western Empire

July 10, 2009August 7, 2012

The Discovery of New Worlds by M. B. Synge

03 – Voyage and Shipwreck

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Total running time: 5 hours, 22 minutes

01 – The Roman World

02 – A Great World Power

04 – The Tragedy of Nero

05 – The Great Fire in Rome

06 – The Destruction of Pompeii

07 – Marcus Aurelius

08 – Decline of the Roman Empire

09 – Christians to the Lions

10 – A New Rome

11 – The Armies of the North

12 – The Dark Ages

13 – King Arthur and His Knights

14 – The Hero of Two Nations

15 – The Hardy Northmen

16 – How the Northmen Conquered England

17 – A Spanish Hero

18 – The First Crusade

19 – Frederick Barbarossa

20 – The Third Crusade

21 – The Days of Chivalry

22 – Queen of the Adratic

23 – The Story of Marco Polo

24 – Dante’s Great Poem

25 – The Maid of Orleans

26 – The Sea of Darkness

27 – Prince Henry, the Sailor

28 – A Famous Voyage

29 – The Invention of Printing

30 – The Stormy Cape

31 – Vasco Da Gama’s Great Voyage

32 – India at Last

33 – The New Trade-Route

34 – Golden Goa

35 – Christopher Columbus

36 – The Last of the Moors

37 – Discovery of the New World

38 – The West Indies

39 – Columbus in Chains

40 – A Great Mistake

41 – Follow the Leader

42 – Discovery of the Pacific

43 – Magellan’s Great Plan

44 – Magellan’s Straits

45 – Round the World

46 – The Finding of Mexico

47 – Montezuma

48 – Siege and Fall of Mexico

49 – Conquest of Peru

50 – A Great Awakening

July 2, 2009December 23, 2010

Pompeii

You are There! The Last Day of Pompeii

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July 1, 2009December 29, 2010

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

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