Rome Victorious: The Irresistible Rise of the Roman Empire

by Dexter Hoyos

Book Overview

Rome - Urbs Roma: city of patricians and plebeians, emperors and gladiators, slaves and concubines - was the epicentre of a far-flung imperium whose cultural legacy is incalculable. How a tiny settlement, founded by desperate adventurers beside the banks of the River Tiber, came to rule vast tracts of territory across the face of the known world is one of the more improbable stories of antiquity. The epic scale of the Colosseum; majestically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780762747
• ISBN13: 9781780762746
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"