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IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
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940L
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In first century Rome, in the turmoil after a rumor circulates that mad Emperor "Littleboots" is dead, young Marcus brings home a horse that the emperor had proclaimed a consul and his family decides they must treat it as an honored guest.
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General Maximus is commander of Rome's finest legions. He has known violence his entire life. When he and his best friend, Androcles, return from a long, bloody campaign, Maximus finds himself questioning his life. Word has reached Rome of a man named Jesus who is causing a stir in faraway Judea. Maximus and Androcles are sent to ascertain the truth of the situation. Disguised as a Jew, Maximus slowly begins to understand the true teachings of Jesus...
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"The follow-up novel to Clash of Eagles. In the two years since losing his legion on the banks of the mighty Mizipi River, Gaius has integrated himself into Cahokian society, made friends among his former adversaries, and thwarted two invasions by their longtime foe, the Iroqua. But with a Roman invasion looming on the horizon and a coup brewing in Cahokia, Gaius and company find themselves fighting one battle after another, all while trying to unite...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 26
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English
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Regeane, a beautiful young woman who changes into a wolf with the rising moon, must fight for love and dignity when she is peddled in marriage to a barbarian lord by her depraved uncle who threatens to expose her secret if she refuses to help him in his vile schemes.
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"Perfect for fans of military and historical fiction--including novels by such authors as Bernard Cornwell, Naomi Novik, and Harry Turtledove--this stunning work of alternate history imagines a world in which the Roman Empire has not fallen and the NorthAmerican continent has just been discovered. In the year 1218 AD, transported by Norse longboats, a Roman legion crosses the great ocean, enters an endless wilderness, and faces a cataclysmic clash...
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"A historical novel of one of the most storied uprisings of classic times by an emerging master of the genre. From the author of Pride of Carthage, the superb fictional rendering of Hannibal's epic military campaigns against Carthage's archenemy Rome, comes the perfect follow-up: an equally superb novel of the legendary gladiator Spartacus and the vast slave revolt he led that came ever so close to bringing Rome and its supposedly invincible legions...
9) I, Claudius: from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, born 10 B.C., murdered and deified A.D. 54
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Claudius is lame and a stammer who seems unlikely to carry on the family tradition of power in ancient Rome. Claudius observes and lives through the plots hatched by his grandmother, Livia, political conspiracies, murders, and corruption, and survives a number of emperors. He becomes emperor at last and is well liked compared to those who preceded him.
10) Eagle and empire
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"... Roman Praetor Gaius Marcellinus came to North America as a conqueror, but after meeting with defeat at the hands of the city-state of Cahokia, he has had to forge a new destiny in this strange land. In the decade since his arrival, he has managed to broker an unstable peace between the invading Romans and a loose affiliation of Native American tribes known as the League. But invaders from the west will shatter that peace and plunge the continent...
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Roman mysteries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
720L
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English
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In Rome in the year 79 A.D., a group of children from very different backgrounds work together to discover who beheaded a pet dog -- and why.
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Roman mysteries volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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Flavia and Nubia follow Jonathan to Rome and into the Golden House built by the emperor Nero, where a dangerous assassin lurks.
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Masters of Rome volume 5
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English
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A fictional portrait of Julius Caesar follows the great Roman military leader from his remarkable conquest of Gaul to his momentous decision at the Rubicon River to his personal triumphs, tragedies, dreams, and disappointments.
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2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 5
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1100L
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In ancient Rome, Atticus, a young slave purchased by a wealthy and powerful lawyer, finds that he is completely invisible to the people from whom he must gather information in order to help foil a plot against the Emperor.
19) The terror trail
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2007.
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The story of two Mauritanian children whose father's service to Rome had earned him citizenship, but were sold into slavery anyway.
20) Stowaway slaves
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Gladiator boy volume 3
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Decimus Rex and Olu Umbika have managed to do what no one else has ever done, flee the clutches of Slavious Doom. As expected, the overlord is furious, demands their immediate capture, and sends out a search party to find them. From the wild dogs running riot in the sewers, to the soldiers scouring the towns above, it seems only a matter of time before the boys are caught.
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