The companion volume to HELLAS, this narrative describes the triumphs and disasters of the ancient Romans. Topics include exciting military campaigns, the Romans’ constitution, and social issues including the role of women. Finally, the text reveals how new ideas from abroad became the tangled background to the fall of the Republic.

Table of Contents

Part I – SPQR
1. The Founding Fathers
2. The Roman People & the Roman Constitution
3. Roman Expansion in Italy
4. The First Punic War: 264 – 241 BC
5. The Second Punic War: 218 – 201 BC
6. The Challenges of Power
7. The Political & Social Results of the Punic Wars

Part II – The End of the Republic
8. The Gracchi
9. Marius and Sulla
10. Crassus, Pompey and Cicero
11. The First Triumvirate: 59 BC
12. Julius Caesar
13. The Second Triumvirate: 43 BC

Part III – The Empire
14. The Principate of Augustus
15. Art for Art’s Sake?
16. Pax Romana
17. Decline and Fall
18. Exegi Monumentum Aere Perennius