Rome: An Empire's Story

The very idea of empire was created in ancient Rome and even today traces of its
monuments, literature, and institutions can be found across Europe, the Near East,
and North Africa--and sometimes even further afield.In Rome, historian Greg Woolf
expertly recounts how this mammoth empire was created, how it was sustained in
crisis, and how it shaped the world of its rulers and subjects--a story spanning a
millennium and a half of history. The personalities and events of Roman history have
be...