Shortest History of Ancient Rome

The epic story of one of the world's most enduring civilisations and empires.

'For who is so indifferent or indolent as not to wish to know by what means the Romans succeeded in subjecting nearly the whole inhabited world to their sole government – a thing unique in history?' —Polybius, second century BCE

The Roman Empire is one of history's most remarkable civilisations. It flourished for around 50...