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'At last, a history of the Roman state as it has always been crying out to be told, and never has been' RODERICK BEATON 'A sweeping historical survey that spans two millennia' WALL STREET JOURNAL The definitive history of Rome and its citi
In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and p
'At last, a history of the Roman state as it has always been crying out to be told, and never has been!' RODERICK BEATON The greatest empire in Western history - told as never been told before. Rome is often remembered for its spectacular collapse
A compelling history ofradical transformation inthe fourth-century--when Christianity decimatedthe practices of traditional pagan religion in the Roman Empire. The Final Pagan Generation recounts the fascinating story of the lives and fortunes of the last
As this book intriguingly explores, for those who would make Rome great again and their victims, ideas of Roman decline and renewal have had a long and violent history. The decline of Rome has been a constant source of discussion for more than 2200 years.
An acclaimed scholar tells the full, breathtaking history of Rome "with verve and aplomb" (Roderick Beaton, author of The Greeks ), from its emergence in the Iron Age to the capture of Constantinople in the thirteenth century When we think of &q