History / Ancient / Rome

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol 6

by Edward Gibbon

Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are...

Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius & Maxwell Staniforth

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged,...

Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization

by Lars Brownworth

In AD 476 the Roman Empire fell–or rather, its western half did. Its eastern half, which would come to be known as the Byzantine Empire, would endure and often flourish for another eleven centuries. Though...

Hannibal: The Ultimate Warrior. Bad to the Bone

by Joseph Peebles & Lynn Lees

In 234 B.C., after the first Punic War, Carthage, Africa had chosen to send the general, Hamilcar Barca, to Spain to defend against continued Roman aggression. After several major scrimmages with the Roman army,...

Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Grammarians, Rhetoricians & Poets

by G. Surtonius Tranquillus

The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. The work, written in AD 121 during the reign of the emperor...

The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire Volume II 2nd Edition

by M. Rostovtzeff

The second of a two-volume set that broadly connects the social and economic forces that shaped the Roman Empire. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org)...

The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire Volume I 2nd Edition

by M. Rostovtzeff

The first of a two-volume set that broadly connects the social and economic forces that shaped the Roman Empire. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org)...

The Disappearing Ninth Legion: A Popular History

by Mark Olly

The Disappearing Ninth Legion puts this mysterious Roman legion firmly back on the historic map. A great deal of fiction and conjecture has appeared in books, films, and on the internet, but this book draws...

Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization

by Richard Miles

The first full-scale history of Hannibal's Carthage in decades and "a convincing and enthralling narrative." (The Economist )

Drawing on a wealth of new research, archaeologist, historian, and master storyteller...