Dark History of the Roman Empire: Caligula's Madness, Nero's Christians, the Praetorian Coups, and the Forgotten Atrocities Behind the Pax Romana

The Romans gave us aqueducts, roads, and the alphabet you are reading in. They also crucified an estimated 6,000 men along the Appian Way, fed Christians to lions for political theatre, and assassinated 60 of their own emperors in two centuries. This book is the version that got cut from the textbook.What the Pax Romana actually cost the conquered provinces between Augustus and Marcus Aurelius. Ca...