Roman Empire

The Roman Empire: Rulers, expansion and fall

The History of the Roman Empire

24 Days of Reading to get you through the holiday season! Day 3 - Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its reign as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean. Now, drawing on more than thirty years of teaching and writing about Roman history, Beard turns to the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire, beginning with Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) and taking us t