From Augustus Caesar proclaiming himself the first emperor of Rome in 31BC to the fall of the empire in 476 AD, we’ve curated a selection of the best books about Roman history below. SPQR ...

Any reader with an abiding interest in the subject will find this book to be a worthwhile investment. Kaldellis writes, “The history of the New Roman Empire is one of the most fascinating tales in ...

Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Originally titled ‘De vita Caesarum’, the book is a set of twelve biographies of the first emperors of the Roman Empire ... and made history as Penguin ...