Skip to ContentPraise for Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Lively and well-researched: an excellent read
Peter Heather, author of The Fall of the Roman Empire
This is a history of Rome that combines vivid drama and a gripping storyline with a keen alertness to bigger historical questions
Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge University
Brings the distant past to fully fleshed life
Good Book Guide
Lively and well-researched: an excellent read
Peter Heather, author of The Fall of the Roman Empire
This is a history of Rome that combines vivid drama and a gripping storyline with a keen alertness to bigger historical questions
Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge University
Brings the distant past to fully fleshed life
Good Book Guide
Lively and well-researched: an excellent read
Peter Heather, author of The Fall of the Roman Empire
This is a history of Rome that combines vivid drama and a gripping storyline with a keen alertness to bigger historical questions
Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge University
Brings the distant past to fully fleshed life
Good Book Guide