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The Fall of the Roman Empireby Peter Heather
Oxford University Press, USA 2005; US$ 17.95The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Rome generated its own nemesis. Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors it called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling the Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. Heather is a leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the barbarians. In The Fall of the Roman Empire, he explores the extraordinary success story that was the Roman Empire and uses a new understanding of its continued strength and enduring limitations to show how Europe's barbarians, transformed by centuries of contact with Rome on every possible level, eventually pulled it apart.... more...
Annalsby Tacitus; A. J. Woodman
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2004; US$ 14.95A.J. Woodman?s translation combines accuracy and Tacitean invention, masterfully conveying Tacitus? distinctive and powerful manner of expression, and reflecting the best of current scholarship. An introductory essay discusses Tacitus? career, the period about which he wrote, the nature of historical writing in the Roman world, and the principles of translation which have shaped this rendering. more...
From the Gracchi to Neroby H.H. Scullard; Dominic Rathbone
Taylor & Francis 2010; US$ 24.95"From the Gracchi to Nero" is an outstanding history of the Roman world from 133 BC to 68 AD. Fifty years since publication it is widely hailed as the classic survey of the period, going through many revised and updated editions until H.H. Scullard's death. It explores the decline and fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of the Pax Romana under the early Principate. In superbly clear style, Scullard brings vividly to life Gracchi's attempts at reform, the rise and fall of Marius and Sulla, Pompey and Caesar, society and culture in the late Roman Republic, the Augustan Principate, Tiberius and Gaius, Claudius and Nero, and economic and social life in the early Empire. more...
Agrippinaby Anthony A. Barrett
Routledge 1999; US$ 39.95Barrett argues that Agrippina - mother of Nero, wife of Claudius and brother to Caligula - has been misunderstood and had much influence and power in her own right. more...
Septimius Severusby Anthony R. Birley
Routledge 1999; US$ 42.95In this well-illustrated and stimulating biography, Anthony R. Birley looks at the multi-faceted and sometimes conflicting character of this strange and enigmatic emperor. more...
Neroby Miriam T. Griffin
Routledge 1987; US$ 38.95Nero's personality and crimes have always intrigued historians and writers of fiction. This book offers a fascinating insight into the sensational life and troubled times of the Emperor Nero. more...
Caligulaby Anthony A. Barrett
Routledge 1993; US$ 39.95Was Caligula really the mad despot and depraved monster of popular legend or the victim of hostile ancient historians? This scholarly and accessible book offers a careful reconstruction of Caligula's life and times. more...
Marcus Aureliusby Anthony Birley
Routledge 1993; US$ 42.95An accessible and scholarly study of an emperor who was human and just throughout his long reign which was frequently punctuated by wars with the northern tribes. more...
Aurelian and the Third Centuryby Alaric Watson
Routledge 1999; US$ 39.95Aurelian and the Third Century provides a re-evaluation in the light of recent scholarship of the difficulties facing the Roman empire in the AD 260s and 270s, concentrating upon the reign of emperor Aurelian and his part in surmounting them. more...
Tiberius the Politicianby Barbara Levick
Routledge 1999; US$ 41.95Tiberius has always been one of the most enigmatic of the Roman emperors and Barbara Levick offers a comprehensive and engaging portrait of his life. This new edition contains a new preface and a revised bibliography. more...









