![]() It shows the courage of families standing together, the dangers of despotism, and the quiet horrors of navigating a world that often falls short of justice. For the writers and historians unearthing these tales - and coaxing them back to life through the power of their prose - Roman antiquity reflects the truths we still live out today. It’s also the story of freedmen hawking vegetables in the Forum Holitorium, and of patrician wives taking vengeance for their murdered kinsmen in the place of their absent husbands. Roman history goes beyond the stories of swordsmen and Caesars. ![]() But the history of the Roman Empire, and the Republic it supplanted, is more than just a toga-clad version of Game of Thrones - though the accounts of backstabbing and incest put even the Lannisters to shame. The 12 Best Roman History Books (for the Caesar in You)įrom gladiators to martyrs, lark-throated orators to fiddling despots, ancient Rome has given us enough colorful characters to populate an entire slate of HBO dramas. ![]()
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