The History of RomeMichael GrantMainLabel: Faber & FaberDescription: From a small Iron Age settlement on the banks of the Tiber Rome grew to become the centre of an Empire that dominated the Western world. Powerful in war Rome was magnificent in peace so that even today her poets artists philosophers and historians exert their influence over Western thought and civilisation.Michael Grant the renowned classical historian recreates the evolution of this astonishing city and community. He describes the individuals and events that made Rome a political and cultural conqueror and defines the dramatic circumstances of her eventual decline and fall.
