The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization runs 16.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Page (about 11 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 16.5 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Page
Michael Page narrates 310 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,758 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
552 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization is an audiobook by Anthony Everitt: a 16.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Page, released December 6, 2016, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Ancient Civilizations shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Page
- Released
- December 6, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Ancient Civilizations, World
- ISBN
- 9781681684161
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization as an audiobook?
The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization runs 16.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11 hours.
Is The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization?
The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization is narrated by Michael Page.
Is The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11 hours, saving 5.5 hours.