Roman History

If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of ancient Rome then keep reading...

Three captivating manuscripts in one book:

• The Roman Republic: A Captivating Guide to the Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic, SPQR and Roman Politicians Such as Julius Caesar and Cicero


• The Roman Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire Including Stories of Roman Emperors Such as Augustus Octavian, Trajan, and Claudius


• The Byzantine Empire: A Captivating Guide to Byzantium and How the Eastern Roman Empire Was Ruled by Emperors such as Constantine the Great and Justinian

Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include:

• The Past that Made It Possible: The Foundation of Rome between Myth and History


• Down with the Kings: The Past that Made It Happen


• Early Republic


• Military Achievements of Early Republic: Taking Italy


• Middle Republic: The Punic Wars and Mediterranean Dominance


• The Military vs. Cultural Dominance: The Roman Civilization meets the Greek World


• Limitless Power and the Beginning of the End: The Late Republic


• The Age of the Generals: Pompeius, Crassus, and Caesar


• Senatus Populus-Que Romanus (SPQR) and Its Downfall


• The Rise and Fall of Julius Caesar and the End of the Roman Republic

Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book include:

• From the Republic to the Empire: The Rise of Octavian


• The Age of Augustus


• The Julio-Claudian Dynasty After Augustus: From Tiberius to Nero


• Civil War and the Year of the Four Emperors (AD 68–69)


• The Flavians


• The Nerva-Antonine Dynasty: The Five Good Emperors (and a Couple of Not So Good Ones)


• Some New Emperors


• Crises, Civil Wars, and Divisions: The Long and Painful Decline


• Two Empires: East and West


• And a Great Deal More You Don't Want to Miss Out On!

In part 3 of Roman History: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Rome, Including the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire and the Byzantium, you will...

• explore a story of power and glory, anarchy and order, paganism and Christianity, war and peace, the West and the East


• get familiar with the roots of the greatest controversies that defined the history of Europe and the entirety of Western civilization – the conflict between the Catholic and Orthodox churches, and the one between Christianity and Islam


• discover stories of remarkable emperors you’ve never heard of and about the astonishing bravery of Graeco-Roman heroes such as Constantine Dragases, who resisted the Ottomans until the end, and Belisarius, who fought the Persians to reconquer what used to be the Western Empire


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