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Mar 2025
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The Story of Civilization VOL. III Caesa...

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The third volume of Will Durant’s Pulitzer Prize-winning series, Caesar and Christ chronicles the history of Roman civilization and of Christianity from their beginnings to 325 AD. In this masterful work, listeners will learn about:
- the Etruscan civilization of ancient Italy
- the birth of the Roman Republic and the beginnings of
Roman law
- the great reigns of Caesar and Antony
- the people of Rome-the artisans, tradesmen, and
scientists
- the places of Rome’s great empire
- the beginnings of Christianity and its growth
- the rise of Constantine and the fall of the empire

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