The Roman World – Personalities, Wars, Politics and Culture

The author has chosen ten titles from Roman history – five from the Roman Republic and five from the Roman Empire covering the late third century B.C. through the late fourth century A.D. Great leaders in politics, war, and cultural changes dominate the list and reveal Rome’s rise to international power and political trials in the late republic, its imperial rule across the Mediterranean, and its transformation from a pagan society to a Christian empire in late antiquity. Scipio Africanus, Cicero, Caesar and Augustus dominate the early titles on the republic while Vespasian, Trajan, Constantine and Theodosius dominate the later titles on the empire. Sweeping narratives on the first century B.C and the fourth century A.D. highlight the major people and cultural changes in these transformative times. The author has lived and worked at all the key locations dealt with in the books and has included two of his own popular titles in the list. He has selected titles by well-known historians of Rome and for the reliable accuracy and easy readability of their books.