Guy de la Bédoyère is a historian, archaeologist, and Roman expert. He is well known for his numerous books and appearances on UK TV, including Channel 4's Time Team.

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• Introduction 1Part I: Romans – The Big Boys of the Ancient World 7Chapter 1: The Romans: Shaping Their World and Ours 9Chapter 2: It’s the Cash That Counts: Roman Social Classes 29Chapter 3: Stairway to the Stars: The Greasy Path to Power 47Chapter 4: Rural Bliss – Roman Dreamland 61Chapter 5: When We Were Soldiers 71Part II: Living the Good Life 87Chapter 6: The Urban Jungle 89Chapter 7: Making the Roman Machine Work 103Chapter 8: Entertainments: Epic and Domestic 121Chapter 9: Divine Intervention 143Part III: The Rise of Rome 165Chapter 10: Kings? No, Maybe Not – Republicans 167Chapter 11: This Town Isn’t Big Enough for All of Us – Seizing Italy 185Chapter 12: Carthage and the First Two Punic Wars 199Chapter 13: While We’re at It – Let’s Conquer Everywhere Else, Too 215Part IV: When Romans Ruled the World 225Chapter 14: Reform and Civil War 227Chapter 15: Daggers Drawn – The Fall of the Republic 255Chapter 16: Augustus and the Caesars – Plots, Perverts, and Paranoia 271Chapter 17: The Five Good Emperors 303Part V: Throwing the Empire Away 317Chapter 18: More Civil War, Auctioning the Empire, and Paranoid Lunatics 319Chapter 19: The Age of the Thug – The Third Century’s Soldier Emperors 331Chapter 20: East Is East and West Is West: Diocletian and Constantine 347Chapter 21: The Barbarians Are Coming! The End of Rome 369Part VI: The Part of Tens 389Chapter 22: Ten Turning Points in Roman History 391Chapter 23: Ten Interesting and Occasionally Good Romans 395Chapter 24: Ten (Mostly) Bad Romans 401Chapter 25: Ten of Rome’s Greatest Enemies 407Chapter 26: Ten (or So) Great Roman Places to Visit 413Index 419

Guy de la Bédoyère is a historian, archaeologist, and Roman expert. He is well known for his numerous books and appearances on UK TV, including Channel 4's Time Team.

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• Introduction 1Part I: Romans – The Big Boys of the Ancient World 7Chapter 1: The Romans: Shaping Their World and Ours 9Chapter 2: It’s the Cash That Counts: Roman Social Classes 29Chapter 3: Stairway to the Stars: The Greasy Path to Power 47Chapter 4: Rural Bliss – Roman Dreamland 61Chapter 5: When We Were Soldiers 71Part II: Living the Good Life 87Chapter 6: The Urban Jungle 89Chapter 7: Making the Roman Machine Work 103Chapter 8: Entertainments: Epic and Domestic 121Chapter 9: Divine Intervention 143Part III: The Rise of Rome 165Chapter 10: Kings? No, Maybe Not – Republicans 167Chapter 11: This Town Isn’t Big Enough for All of Us – Seizing Italy 185Chapter 12: Carthage and the First Two Punic Wars 199Chapter 13: While We’re at It – Let’s Conquer Everywhere Else, Too 215Part IV: When Romans Ruled the World 225Chapter 14: Reform and Civil War 227Chapter 15: Daggers Drawn – The Fall of the Republic 255Chapter 16: Augustus and the Caesars – Plots, Perverts, and Paranoia 271Chapter 17: The Five Good Emperors 303Part V: Throwing the Empire Away 317Chapter 18: More Civil War, Auctioning the Empire, and Paranoid Lunatics 319Chapter 19: The Age of the Thug – The Third Century’s Soldier Emperors 331Chapter 20: East Is East and West Is West: Diocletian and Constantine 347Chapter 21: The Barbarians Are Coming! The End of Rome 369Part VI: The Part of Tens 389Chapter 22: Ten Turning Points in Roman History 391Chapter 23: Ten Interesting and Occasionally Good Romans 395Chapter 24: Ten (Mostly) Bad Romans 401Chapter 25: Ten of Rome’s Greatest Enemies 407Chapter 26: Ten (or So) Great Roman Places to Visit 413Index 419