"A must for anyone interested in the Roman Empire and its impact on world history."
―Tony Robinson star of Blackadder and Time Team.
This entertaining and informative guide introduces readers to the amazing world of ancient Rome and its emperors, epic wars, awesome architecture, heroes, and villains. With a complete rundown of Roman history alongside fascinating insights into the lives of everyday Romans, readers will discover the amazing people and events involved in the rise and fall of one of the greatest of all ancient civilisations and how its influence can still be felt around the world today.
Chapter 1. The Romans: Shaping Their World and Ours
Chapter 2. It's the Cash That Counts: Roman Social Classes
Chapter 3. Stairway to the Stars: The Greasy Path to Power
Chapter 4. Rural Bliss - Roman Dreamland
Chapter 5. When We Were Soldiers
Chapter 7. Making the Roman Machine Work
Chapter 8. Entertainments: Epic and Domestic
Chapter 9. Divine Intervention
Chapter 10. Kings? No, Maybe Not - Republicans
Chapter 11. This Town Isn't Big Enough for All of Us - Seizing Italy
Chapter 12. Carthage and the First Two Punic Wars
Chapter 13. While We're at It - Let's Conquer Everywhere Else, Too
Chapter 14. Reform and Civil War
Chapter 15. Daggers Drawn - The Fall of the Republic
Chapter 16. Augustus and the Caesars - Plots, Perverts, and Paranoia
Chapter 17. The Five Good Emperors
Chapter 18. More Civil War, Auctioning the Empire, and Paranoid Lunatics
Chapter 19. The Age of the Thug - The Third Century's Soldier Emperors
Chapter 20. East Is East and West Is West: Diocletian and Constantine
Chapter 21. The Barbarians Are Coming! The End of Rome
Chapter 22. Ten Turning Points in Roman History
Chapter 23. Ten Interesting and Occasionally Good Romans
Chapter 24. Ten (Mostly) Bad Romans
Chapter 25. Ten of Rome's Greatest Enemies
Chapter 26. Ten (or So) Great Roman Places to Visit