The events and personalities of ancient Rome spring to life in
this history, from its founding in 753 B.C. to the death of the
philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius in A.D. 180.
Paul A. Zoch presents, in contemporary language, the history of
Rome and the stories of its protagonists?such as Romulus and Remus,
Horatius, and Nero-which are so often omitted from more specialized
studies.
With an eye detail, Zoch guides his readers through the military
campaigns and political developments that shaped Rome's rise from a
small Italian city to the greatest imperial power the world had
ever known. We witness the long struggle against the enemy city of
Carthage. We follow Caesar as he campaigns in Britain, and we
observe the ebb and flow of Rome's fortunes in the Hellenistic
East. Writing with the belief that such stories contain moral
lessons that are relevant today, Zoch presents a narrative that is
both entertaining and informative. An afterword takes the history
to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West in A.D. 476.
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