Roman History

Roman history includes the early history of the city of Rome as well as the civilization of ancient Rome, covering a period spanning from the traditional date for the founding Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire in the 15th century AD. Roman history has been influential on the modern world, especially in the history of the Catholic Church, and Roman law has influenced many modern legal systems.

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
Nero (The Nero Trilogy, #1)
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy
Domination
Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor
Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern
Pox Romana: The Plague That Shook the Roman World (Turning Points in Ancient History)
The Roman Revolution: Crisis and Christianity in Ancient Rome
The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium
Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
The Twelve Caesars
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
Caesar: Life of a Colossus
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire
How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower
The Punic Wars
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
The Conquest of Gaul
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William Shakespeare
So it should be; that none but Antony Should conquer Antony, but woe 'tis so! ...more
William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

R.A. Lafferty
The Western Empire, supported generation after generation by half a hundred of the strongest and most remarkable men in history, from Stilicho to Charlemagne, died and disintegrated and left off being the Empire. The Eastern Empire, supported by fools and slaves and fops, and ruled by the worst and most incompetent of men and women, managed to endure and thrive for a thousand years more.
R.A. Lafferty, The Fall of Rome

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