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Jamila Gavin, David Parkins

Alexander the Great. Man, Myth, or Monster?

Alexander the Great. Man, Myth, or Monster? introduces young readers to ancient history via biography. The birth to death format follows the traditions of biography, while the narrative also moves forward and backwards in parts, with the narrator recalling previous events or anticipating events that will occur later. The story is punctuated by mythic tales which are introduced as if being told to soldiers in the story. These embedded myths are well chosen to reflect what is happening in the main(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Alexander the Great Architecture Artemis Athens Bible Daedalus Dionysus Divination Egypt Gilgamesh Gods Graeco-Persian wars Greek history Greek mythology Greek philosophy Heracles / Herakles Hercules Homer Horus Icarus Iliad Immortality Julius Caesar Midas Mythology Oracles Patroclus Reception of classical antiquity Slavery Trojan War Troy Zeus

Andrew Matthews, Tony Ross

Antony and Cleopatra

The book belongs to the series by Andrew Matthews, where classic plays of William Shakespeare are retold. The story about Antony and Cleopatra is told in a form of recollections of Servius, one of Antony’s loyal soldiers. Servius goes back to recall memories from the day when he was listening to Antony giving a speech over Caesar's body. Shortly afterward, Servius was appointed to be Antony’s Centurion. Since that moment, the soldier’s memories overlap with the events known(...)

YEAR: 2001

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Egypt Hellenism Hellenistic Egypt History Julius Caesar Mark Anthony Octavian Ptolemaic Egypt Rome Rome (ancient)

René Goscinny , Albert Uderzo

Asterix (Series, Book 4): Asterix the Gladiator [Astérix: Astérix gladiateur]

The fourth installment in the Asterix series begins with the Prefect of Gaul, Odius Asparagus, visiting Compendium, one of the Roman camps near the Gaulish village that is home to Asterix and Obelix. He hopes to curry favour with Julius Caesar by bringing him one of the Gauls as a present, but Centurion Gracchus Armisurplus is well aware that the Gauls are formidable fighters. Nevertheless, his soldiers manage to capture the bard Cacofonix, protecting themselves from his discordant singing by st(...)

YEAR: 1964

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Brutus Circus Maximus Forum Gaul Gladiators Julius Caesar Phoenicians Roman Baths Rome Slaves

René Goscinny , Albert Uderzo

Astérix (Series, Book 6): Asterix and Cleopatra [Astérix: Astérix et Cléopâtre]

Asterix and Cleopatra is the 6th part of the series about a brave Gaul and his friends. Every story and series have similar outline. Smart Asterix and strong Obelix obtain enourmous power thanks to magical potion prepared by Panoramix an old druid. Magic potion helps to fight the Romanians. Asterix and Cleopatra begins with an unexpected visit of an architect named Numerobis from Alexandria. He interrupts the Gaul’s daily routine to ask for help in building a palace in Alexandria. His Quee(...)

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Egypt Julius Caesar Rome

In Caesar III, users play as a Roman governor, sent by Caesar to rule new provinces across the world. To complete each scenario, and rise in rank, they must build cities that meet the required levels of Population, Culture, Peace, Prosperity and Favour. With each success, the player is given the choice of governing either a peaceful or militaristic Province, meaning they direct whether they want to focus on cultural marvels and luxuries, or battling Rome’s enemies.Starting with nothing but(...)

YEAR: 1998

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aedile Amphitheatre Aqueducts Cursus honorum Gladiators Hannibal Julius Caesar Legionaries Procurator Punic Wars Quaestor Roman Empire Roman history Roman religion

Barbara Kramer

The book is dedicated to children who reached level 3, meaning that they are capable of reading on their own and they can start to expand their vocabulary. The opening chapters introduce Cleopatra and explain where her ancestors came from and what her life in Alexandria looked like. The next chapters move on to Cleopatra's reign and her love for Julius Caesar and Marcus Antonius. The extensive biography of Cleopatra ends with chapters containing information about the Battle of Actium and the(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Egypt Hellenism Hellenistic Egypt History Julius Caesar Mark Anthony Octavian Ptolemaic Egypt Rome Rome (ancient)

Philip Reeve, Margaret Simpson

Cleopatra and Her Asp

The book is an unusual form of Cleopatra’s biography, a fictional diary of the Queen that uses elements of comic books. The playful form reflects its target audience of children and teenagers. It includes an introduction about the Ptolemaic dynasty and the situation in ancient Egypt at the beginning of Cleopatra’s reign. All the events in the book are in chronological order – we learn what happens from the moment Cleopatra becomes queen until her death. The author uses diary en(...)

YEAR: 1999

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Alexander Helios Caesarion Charmion (handmaid) Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra VII Egypt Iras (handmaid) Julius Caesar Mark Anthony Octavian Roman history Rome

Adèle Geras , Mark P. Robertson

Cleopatra: Discover the World of Cleopatra through the Diary of Her Handmaiden, Nefret

Cleopatra VII, one of the greatest queens in history, lived in Greco-Roman times in Egypt. At the beginning of the book, when the queen is described, the reader can recognise an almost direct quotation from Plutarch of Chaeronea*. The narrator is a ten-year-old girl named Nefret. She goes to the queen’s palace to work as her handmaiden. This gives the reader the opportunity to learn about the customs and everyday life in Hellenistic Alexandria. Nefret meets Cleopatra when she is mourning&n(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Alexander Helios Caesarion Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra VII Egypt Iras (handmaid) Julius Caesar Mark Anthony Octavian Rome

Clint Twist

Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh

A heavily illustrated biography of Cleopatra. The introduction shows Cleopatra as a popular icon through the ages. A chronological description of events opens with background information about Alexander the Great, Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt and ends with Cleopatra's death. The inclusion of a fictional diary enables the reader to imagine how Cleopatra felt. Numerous illustrations (paintings, engravings, sculptures etc.) enrich the reader's experience and provide additional information. As(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Alexander Helios Caesarion Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra VII Egypt Iras (handmaid) Julius Caesar Mark Anthony Octavian Rome

Gerry Bailey , Karen Foster

Cleopatra’s Coin

The book is part of the series Stories of Great People. The narration starts when Digby Platt and her sister Hannah Platt approach Mr. Rummage’s stand. They find an old coin in a pile of old items. Mr. Rummage asks the children if they know whose face is on the coin. The children don't know so Mr. Rummage begins to tell them the story of Cleopatra VII. He talks about the origins of the coin, where the queen's dynasty came from and how big her family was. In addition, the shopkeeper(...)

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Cleopatra VII Egypt Hellenistic Egypt Julius Caesar Mark Anthony Octavian Rome Rome (ancient)

Dann Thomas, Roy Thomas

Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (Series, Book 33): Trapped In A Time Warp! "The Alexandria Quatrain"

In this volume of the Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Comic series, Thanos, an Eternal, a fierce enemy of Dr. Strange, captures Dr. Stephen Strange and his ex-wife Clea in a time warp. Thanos tries to stop Dr Strange from assisting the heroes who gathered against him. Dr Strange tries to find a way out from the warp and arrives in ancient Alexandria during 48/47 B.C.E. while Julius Caesar is assisting Cleopatra. Dr Strange is a powerful sorcerer and a man of high intellect. He quickly understan(...)

YEAR: 1991

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Alexandria Cleopatra Julius Caesar Mark Anthony

Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S05E01, S05E22): Faith/ Revelations

The fifth and penultimate season of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys maintains the same structure as the earlier seasons with 22 stand-alone episodes depicting Hercules’ battle against ‘evil’ (in all of its various guises) and, in his role as champion of the people, his righting of the wrongs performed against the innocent. Certain tropes established in seasons three and four are now cemented as recurrent features: in particular, the modern, metatheatrical take on the clip(...)

YEAR: 1998

COUNTRY: New Zealand United States of America

TAGS: Angels Catabasis Demons Gilgamesh Gods Greek mythology Hera Heracles / Herakles Hercules Hero Hero’s journey Iolaus Julius Caesar Norse mythology

Elisabeth Alba, Grace Norwich

I am Cleopatra is a biography book for older children who can read fluently. It tells the story of Queen Cleopatra’s life. The reader can learn a lot about the roots of the Ptolemaic dynasty from which Cleopatra descended. The book also sums up the knowledge about Cleopatra the readers should have after the lecture (10 Things You Should Know about Cleopatra, or 10 More Things That Are Pretty Cool to Know). The book is illustrated with black and white pictures which help to build the story (...)

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Egypt Julius Caesar Mark Anthony Rome

Simon Adams

Ladybird Histories (Series): Romans

This work is a non-humorous introduction to ancient Roman society aimed at children aged 7+.Table of Contents:Who were the Romans?The Founding of RomeThe Roman RepublicFighting CarthageThe Roman ArmyRoman RoadsJulius CaesarCreating the EmpireConquering BritainFortificationsImperial RomeThe ColosseumA Day at the RacesLife in the CityWonderful WaterLife in the CountryThe Roman FamilyRoman ChildrenFood and LifestyleRoman ReligionPompeiiUp in ArmsDecline and FallWhat the Romans Did for UsFamous Roma(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aeneas Architecture Cleopatra VII Colosseum Comedy Gladiator games Julius Caesar Juno Jupiter Latin Mark Anthony Mars Minerva Octavian Punic Wars Remus Roman Empire Roman history Roman mythology Roman republic Roman theatre Rome Rome (ancient) Romulus Slavery

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series)

LEGO’s permeation into popular culture is evident through its release of thematic sets to coincide with the release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in 1999, and through its collaboration with Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and The Simpsons. As of 2010, LEGO began to release themed collectible minifigures that were based on fantasy, sports, history, and popular culture. A minifigure is defined as a small posable person with ‘rotating arms, legs, hands, and heads… (with) connectors (...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United Kingdom United States of America

TAGS: Amazons Athena/ Athene Cyclops / Cyclopes Emperor Faun Gladiators Imperium / Empire Julius Caesar Medusa Minotaur Neptune Odyssey Pan Perseus Poseidon Roman Soldiers Spartans Theseus

Glen Chapron, Hélène Montardre

Little Stories from History [Petites histoires de l’HISTOIRE] (Series, Book 2): Vercingetorix against Julius Ceasar [Vercingétorix contre Jules César]

Like in the other books in the series Les petites histoires de l’HISTOIRE, the first two pages before the story sensu stricto are entitled The Adventure Begins… They provide answers to the questions: when, where, who, and “so what”. In 52 BCE, in the territory of today’s France, some Gallic tribes had already made agreements with Rome; others were nervously awaiting the results of Caesar’s attempts to conquer them all.Against this background, a young Gaul, Sa(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Aedui Alesia Arverni Avaricum Bituriges Cadurci Critognatos Elaver Gallic Wars Gaul Gergovia Germani Julius Caesar Parisii Pictones Roman Army Roman history Roman siege warfare Senonii Vercingetorix

Gwendal Lazzara, Michel Piquemal, Daniel Royo

Marcus Caius Victor's Secret, Followed by Who Wants Marcus Caius Dead? [Le secret de Marcus Caïus Victor, suivi de Qui veut la mort de Marcus Caïus?]

In Rome under Augustus, an orphan named Lucius from a wealthy Roman family has been brought up by his grandfather, Marcus Caïus Victor*, the owner of prestigious jewellery workshops and an influential magistrate (Decurion). To the boy’s utter amazement, he learns from his grandfather that he was originally a Gaul who fought for Vercingetorix at Alesia, was taken prisoner, and then sold as a slave to an important Roman merchant. On their trip to Rome, they were shipwrecked and Marcus s(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Aedui Alesia Arelatae Gaul Jewellery Julius Caesar Narbo Martius Ostia Roman funerary customs Roman Gaul Roman history Rome Travel Vercingetorix

David Maher

An educational graphic novel, which opens in an ancient cave, a "long-dead place, a moment frozen in time." A droplet from a stalactite prompts a reaction, a sword appears, and then stone crumbles and "a hundred forked tongues dart from desiccated jaws." Medusa reawakens. She takes the sword, and moves towards a set of stairs that have appeared: "the time has come to set things right. The action switches to a modern Australian English class, in which a teacher is explain(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Cerberus Charybdis Cleopatra Cyclops / Cyclopes Graeae Sisters Hero with a Thousand Faces Hero’s journey Julius Caesar Katabasis Medusa Orpheus Perseus Quest Tiresias

Sherri Winston

President (Series, Book 2): President of the Whole Sixth Grade

Brianna Justice is an African-American 11 year old student from Detroit. In the first book of the series, Brianna aims at being elected as the president of the fifth grade, against the new student, Jasmine Moon. The book focuses on the challenges she faces during the election campaign and the relationship with Jasmine as well as Brianna and her friends. As the title suggests, Brianna is also the president of the whole sixth grade, and she takes her role seriously. Her task in this book is to rai(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Gladiators Julius Caesar Pandora Pompeii Rome (ancient) Spartacus

Kornel Makuszyński , Zbigniew Piotrowski

Satan from the Seventh Grade [Szatan z siódmej klasy]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., online: http://omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/omc_catalogue.Professor Gąsowski is shocked when he discovers that his students have known for a long time his scheme for questioning them during class. It turns out that it was deciphered b(...)

YEAR: 1937

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Achilles Aesop Aesop’s Fables Agamemnon Ajax Alcibiades Alexander Amalthea Apelles Atlas Brutus Charon Elysian Fields Famous maxims Greek mythology Hannibal Hecatomb Iris Julius Caesar Jupiter Latin Mercury Mythology Pericles Pythagoras Roman mythology Socrates Tacitus Virgil Virgil’s Aeneid

Natalia Rolleczek

Selene, Cleopatra’s Daughter [Selene, córka Kleopatry]

The action is set mainly in Alexandria and then in Rome, and covers over seven years after Cleopatra VII’s death. The scope of Octavian’s rule becomes unlimited. Having defeated the kingdom of Egypt, he decides that Julius Caesar’s only son, Caesarion, and the oldest son of Marc Antony, Antyllus, must both die. However, he spares Antony’s royal children's lives, the twins, Alexander Helios (Sun) and Cleopatra Selene (Moon), and their little brother Ptolemy Philadelphu(...)

YEAR: 1983

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Alexander Helios Alexandria Alexandrian Library Caesarion Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra VII Egypt Gladiator games Homer Julius Caesar Mark Anthony Octavian Ptolemaic Egypt Ptolemy Philadelphus Rome

Dave Filoni, George Lucas

Star Wars (Series, S01-S05): The Clone Wars

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a 3D CGI animated television series set during the period between the Star Wars films Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005). The Star Wars stories are set in a distant galaxy which includes a great number of planets and which is inhabited by an enormous range of sentient, non-sentient, and robotic life-forms. A powerful energy known as "the Force" binds the galaxy together and can be channelled by "Force sensitive" living(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aesop’s Fables Afterlife Architecture Cyclops / Cyclopes Egypt Gilgamesh Gladiator games Greek art Greek language Greek mythology Greek philosophy Griffins Harpies Julius Caesar Katabasis Labyrinth Latin Laurel wreath Maze Medusa Minotaur Monomyth Mythology Oracles Pegasus Phoenix Reception of classical antiquity Roman Empire Roman history Roman mythology Roman republic Rome Slavery Sparta Thucydides Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War Trident Underworld

Jeanne Bloch

Stories from Ancient Rome [Récits de la Rome Antique]

The booklet is divided in 8 chapters, each contains a mythical story or a legend of ancient Rome known from Livy’s Ab Urbe condita or it introduces a historical character.At the beginning, the child is told the story of Aeneas, the father of kings, which here begins with the long siege of Troy ending with the fall and burning of the city as a result of the wooden horse trick. Having avoided death in flames, Aeneas flees from Troy with his father, Anchises and son, Ascanius. He is safe from(...)

YEAR: 1912

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Aeneas Amulius Anchises Ascanius Caesar Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Coriolanus Julius Caesar Mark Anthony Mercury Numitor (King) Remus Romulus Trojan Horse (wooden) Troy Venus

Natalia Rolleczek

The Splendid and the Most Splendid [Świetna i najświetniejsza]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., online: http://omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/omc_catalogue.Tyche, the goddess of destiny plays with the fate of two Greek siblings, Apion and Ammonia who meet two young Egyptian boys Enum and Uni; the former is the son of a distressed (...)

YEAR: 1979

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Alexandria Anagnorisis Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Circe Cleopatra VII Egypt Herodotus Homer Horace Iliad Julius Caesar Library of Alexandria Mark Anthony Mercury Odysseus/ Ulysses Odyssey Orpheus Poseidon Tyche Virgil’s Aeneid

Wisecrack , Jared Bauer, Greg Edwards, Jacob Salamon, Joseph Salvaggio

Thug Notes (series): Homer’s Odyssey / Dante’s Inferno / Oedipus The King / Julius Caesar by Shakespeare

Homer’s OdysseyThe video, introduced as “keepin it epic with Homer’s Odyssey,” starts with the briefest possible – and undoubtfully colloquial expression-rich – synopsis of the poem: how Odysseus (presented, as all the other characters, with the use of photographs of ancient sculptures) was absent for 20 years from Ithaca, where his son Telemachus and “sexy wife Penelope,” harassed by “108 shady hustlas,” were waiting for him; how Calyp(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Athena/ Athene Brutus Classical reception Classical tradition Homer Julius Caesar Katabasis Odysseus/ Ulysses Oedipus Penelope Poseidon Roman republic Sophocles Thebes Tragedy Virgil