Surveying the fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of imperial government, this volume can be used as the main textbook in courses on Roman... Læs mere
A study of the tumultuous reign of Emperor Claudius (AD 41–54), which explores what held the sprawling Roman Empire together, and what... Læs mere
A dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire warning: republics collapse when personal pride overrides the common good.
Surveying the fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of imperial government, this volume can be used as the main textbook in courses on Roman... Læs mere
A study of the tumultuous reign of Emperor Claudius (AD 41–54), which explores what held the sprawling Roman Empire together, and what... Læs mere
This book provides a gripping narrative of the rise to power of Augustus. It shows how his bloody civil wars transformed the lives of the people of the Mediterranean and how, though they would come to accept and rejoice in his rule, they mourned the losses suffered at his hands.