Roman Empire Books

A Brief History of the Roman Empire

by Stephen P. Kershaw

2013

In this lively and very readable history of the Roman Empire from its establishment in 27 BC to the barbarian incursions and the fall of Rome in AD 476, Kershaw draws on a range of evidence, from Juvenal's Satires to recent archaeologic…

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The Roman Empire

by Peter Garnsey, Richard Saller

2014

During the Principate (roughly from 27 BC to AD 235), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands of central gove…

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The Roman Empire

by Colin Michael Wells

1995

This sweeping history of the Roman Empire from 44 BC to AD 235 has three purposes: to describe what was happening in the central administration and in the entourage of the emperor; to indicate how life went on in Italy and the provinces, in…

The Emperor and the Army in the Later Roman Empire, AD 235-395

by Mark Hebblewhite

2016

With The Emperor and the Army in the Later Roman Empire, AD 235–395 Mark Hebblewhite offers the first study solely dedicated to examining the nature of the relationship between the emperor and his army in the politically and militarily vola…

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The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire

by M. Rostovtzeff

1926

A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284-641

by Stephen Mitchell

2006

This book presents a historical study of the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity from the accession of the emperor Diocletian 284 to the death of the emperor Heraclius in 641. The only modern study to cover the western and eastern empire and the…

The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire

by Edward N. Luttwak

2016

A newly updated edition of this classic, hugely influential account of how the Romans defended their vast empire. At the height of its power, the Roman Empire encompassed the entire Mediterranean basin, extending much beyond it from Britain…

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The Roman Empire

by Neville Morley

2010

Over a millennium after the end of its unrivalled dominance, the spectre of Rome figures highly in western culture. This book explores what the empire meant to its subjects. The idea of Rome has long outlived the physical empire that gave i…

The Roman Empire

by José L. Cortés Salinas

1993

The City in the Roman Empire

by Daniel Mackley

2016

The Roman Empire was more than just the city of Rome. Cities throughout the empire boasted paved roads, apartment complexes, and public baths. The City in the Roman Empire presents the distinct experiences of men, women, and children who li…

Experiencing Rome

by Janet Huskinson

2000

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.…

The Art of the Roman Empire

by Jaś Elsner

2018

The passage from Imperial Rome to the era of late antiquity, when the Roman Empire underwent a religious conversion to Christianity, saw some of the most significant and innovative developments in Western culture. This stimulating book inve…

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