Ancient Rome masterfully synthesizes the vast period from the second millennium
BCE to the sixth century CE, carrying readers through the succession of fateful
steps and agonizing crises that marked Roman evolution from an early village
settlement to the capital of an extraordinary realm extending from northern
Britain to the deserts of Arabia. A host of world-famous figures come to life
in these pages, including Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra,
Augustus, Livia, Cicero, Nero, Hadrian, Diocletian, Constantine, Justinian, and
Theodora. Filled with chilling narratives of violence, lust, and political
expediency, this book not only describes empire-shaping political and military
events but also treats social and cultural developments as integral to Roman
history. William Dunstan highlights such key topics as the physical environment,
women, law, the roles of slaves and freedmen, the plight of unprivileged free
people, the composition and power of the ruling class, education, popular
entertainment, food and clothing, marriage and divorce, sex, death and burial,
finance and trade, scientific and medical achievements, religious institutions
and practices, and artistic and literary masterpieces. All readers interested
in the classical world will find this a fascinating and compelling history.

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