"The Romans unfolds Rome's remarkable evolution from village to monarchy and then republic and finally to one-man rule by an emperor whose power at its peak str

First version written by three persons, rather than four.

How did a single village community in the Italian peninsula eventually become one of the most powerful imperial powers the world has ever known? In The Romans:

Revised edition of: A brief history of ancient Rome. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

In this highly-illustrated book, Mary T. Boatwright examines five of the peoples incorporated into the Roman world from the Republican through the Imperial peri