Becoming Rome: Foundation, Republic, and Empire in the Words of Eminent Romans

by William Dardis, Tom Cox

Overview

Follow the Romans through Kingship, Republic, and Empire. Understand their society, their values, their heroes, their victories, and their defeats. The name “Rome” brings to mind an array of images: a Senate, an empire, an army, the Seven Hills, the seat of Christianity, and the marvels of engineering and architecture. Becoming Rome weaves together an exciting historical narrative with accounts from the Romans themselves. Enjoy Rome as they did, with images, maps, and diagrams that enable even a beginner to thoroughly appreciate how the Romans have helped us to become more civilized, and what led them at times to be uncivilized.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781641774253
Publisher:	Encounter Books
Publication date:	05/12/2026
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

William Dardis began his Classical education in his hometown of New Orleans and continued it at the University of Notre Dame. He has educated teenagers of all socioeconomic backgrounds for the past 30 years, in New York, St. Louis, Chicago and Washington, D.C. He has particularly enjoyed teaching at the Heights for over a dozen years, and looks forward to many more.

Born and raised in Southern California, Tom Cox attended Hillsdale College in Michigan. In the summer of 2019, he completed a Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts at St. John’s College in Annapolis. Being a Johnnie sharpened his pedagogy while expanding the tools he uses in the classroom, from seminars to oral exams. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, Nicole, and five children.