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Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity by Walter Scheidel

Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity audiobook runs 21.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Daniel Henning (about 14.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

21.6listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 21.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day44 days
1 hour / day22 days
2 hours / day11 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×15 days

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What our data says

  • At 21.6 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity is an audiobook by Walter Scheidel: a 21.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Daniel Henning, released October 15, 2019, on the World and Ancient Civilizations shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
21.6 hrs
Narrated by
Daniel Henning
Released
October 15, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, Ancient Civilizations
ISBN
9781980062448

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity audiobook?

Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity runs 21.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.4 hours.

Is the Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity?

Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity is narrated by Daniel Henning.

Is Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.4 hours, saving 7.2 hours.