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The walls of Rome provide an ever-renewed palimpsest of the Empire's history, from the 8th century BC to the fall of the Western Empire and beyond.

With parallels to today, a significant new account of the Roman empire as a place of migration, diversity and commerce, as well as its traditional image as a military power.

New B-format paperback edition - A monumental new life of Ancient Rome's most illustrious complex and legendary leader - Julius Caesar.

A comprehensive narrative history of the greatest army the world has ever known from its earliest origins to its disintegration in AD 476.

The building, military use and descent into ruin of the most important Roman frontier ever built.

Set against the backdrop of the conflict between the Britons and Rome, this narrative immerses readers in thrilling action and rich storytelling. It explores the fierce resistance of the Britons as they confront the might of the Roman Empire, highlighting themes of bravery and cultural clash. The vivid portrayal of characters and their struggles offers a captivating glimpse into this pivotal historical moment.

"When the Romans built the bath-and-temple complex of Bath in the late first century AD, they called the place Aquae Sulis, the waters of Sulis, a British deity who was equated with the Roman goddess Minerva. It was unlike any other town in Roman Britain, and it had no specific town status, compared to nearby Cirencester, which was a chartered town set up as a tribal administrative centre. All classes of people came to Aquae Sulis, to visit the temple of Sulis Minerva, the hot springs and the Great Bath. Soldiers on sick leave came to convalesce; Romans, Britons and slaves recorded their visits on various inscriptions since discovered during archaeological excavations. Gaius Calpurnius Receptus, a priest, was commemorated by his widow; Priscus, a stonemason from Chartres in Gaul, may have repaired some of the buildings; Vettius Romulus and his wife mourned the loss of their three-year-old daughter, Successa Petronia. Following the Romans' departure, from the fifth and sixth centuries the rise of Christianity ultimately caused the decline of pagan worship, and as the old gods were neglected, so were the buildings of Aquae Sulis, which disappeared under an accumulation of silt and mud. The baths and the temple of Sulis Minerva were rediscovered in the eighteenth century and the Roman baths that we see today were rebuilt by the Victorians. Patricia Southern's history charts the rise and fall of Roman Bath and examines the baths as they are today, part of a major World Heritage Site."--Publisher description

The only up-to-date narrative account of the greatest empire the world has ever known from its earliest origins to its disintegration in AD 476.

A comprehensive history of the prehistoric megalithic structure at Stonehenge and those who built it.

The most authoritative history of Roman Britain ever published for the general reader.