Book Review: The Fate of Rome
/To the long list of potential explanations for the fall of Rome, a gripping new book adds one more: climate change.
Read MoreBook Review: Taken at the Flood
/Poe's neat pairing of "the glory that was Greece" and "the grandeur that was Rome" belies the complexity of Republican Rome's rapid expansion into the greater Mediterranean world and Asia Minor, the fascinating subject of Robin Waterfield's new book
Read MoreBook Review: The Murder of Cleopatra
/When examining the death of Cleopatra, it's inevitable: sooner or later, you're going to have to deal with asp-holes
Read MoreBook Review: A Jew Among Romans
/A new - and forgiving? - look at the ancient Jewish historian whose very name has been hated for two thousand years.
Read MoreBook Review: Constantine the Emperor
/He put Christianity on the road to world domination - and he did a lot of other horrid things as well. He's Constantine the Great, and he's got a new biographer
Read MoreBook Review: Legions of Rome
/A comprehensive - and visually stunning - overview of the mighty Roman legions and the world they helped to shape.
Read MoreNow in Paperback: Hadrian
/A lavishly illustrated biography of the Roman emperor Hadrian - now in bookstores in paperback - takes readers inside the world of an empire (and its ruler) undergoing one long identity crisis
Read MoreBook Review: The Romans Who Shaped Britain
/A lively new personality-driven look at the centuries of Roman rule in the British Isles
Read MoreBook Review: The Crimes of Elagabalus
/A solid, enjoyable new biography of one of ancient Rome's most notorious gay teen-emperors!
Read MoreBook Review: The Frontiers of Imperial Rome
/The frontiers of ancient Rome - the limits by which it defined both itself and its enemies - stretched from the Tigris and Euphrates to the Irish Sea. In this muscular new study, those frontiers take center stage.
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