ROMAN ANCIENT ORIGINS (COLLECTORS EDITIONS) (HB)

The legacy of Rome continues to this day in the languages of modern Europe, the calendar and the alphabet we use, and in the dominant faith throughout the Western world. In this book are thrilling stories of the legendary founding of Rome, its conquest of Italy and its victory over the Carthaginians, the rise of the Republic and the Empire, the recruitment and training in the legions, how the city's aqueducts worked, the destruction of Rome in the Great Fire, and the extraordinary lives of famous Caesars.