SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard
Renowned Cambridge classicist Mary Beard explores how Rome grew from an obscure muddy Italian village to become the preeminent global superpower, examining everyday citizens, slavery, and imperial power.
Read Time: ~7.7 hr
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
by Tom Holland (2003)
About this book
Tom Holland chronicles the bloody collapse of the Roman Republic when Julius Caesar marched his legions across the river Rubicon, shattering 500 years of constitutional liberty to forge the Roman Empire.
Setting / LocationRome & The Rubicon River
Story EraAncient Civilizations
Protagonist / CoreJulius Caesar, Pompey & Cicero
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