Rise of Rome

A gripping account of the ascent of Rome – from agrarian backwater to capital of the world''s greatest empire.
''An elegant, swift and faultless introduction to the subject'' The Spectator

Starting with the founding myth of Romulus and Remus, Anthony Everitt charts Rome''s development from its origins as a small market town in the 8th century BC, through various forms of patrician government, up to ...