Monica M. Bontty is professor of history at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and a respected authority on ancient history.

The text will be good supplementary reading for anyone studying ancient history, particularly undergraduates or anyone just beginning to study this topic. Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates.

• PrefaceIntroduction1. The Romans Destroyed Carthage and Plowed Salt into the Soil2. Cato the Elder Hated Greek and Punic Culture3. Caesar's Last Words Were "Et Tu, Brute"4. Livia Murdered Augustus's Heirs to Make Tiberius Emperor5. Caligula Made His Horse, Incitatus, a Consul6. Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned7. Romans Vomited in Vomitoria8. The City of Rome Was Very Hygienic9. Not All Gladiators Were SlavesAncient SourcesSecondary SourcesIndex

Monica M. Bontty is professor of history at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and a respected authority on ancient history.

The text will be good supplementary reading for anyone studying ancient history, particularly undergraduates or anyone just beginning to study this topic. Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates.

• PrefaceIntroduction1. The Romans Destroyed Carthage and Plowed Salt into the Soil2. Cato the Elder Hated Greek and Punic Culture3. Caesar's Last Words Were "Et Tu, Brute"4. Livia Murdered Augustus's Heirs to Make Tiberius Emperor5. Caligula Made His Horse, Incitatus, a Consul6. Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned7. Romans Vomited in Vomitoria8. The City of Rome Was Very Hygienic9. Not All Gladiators Were SlavesAncient SourcesSecondary SourcesIndex

Monica M. Bontty is professor of history at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and a respected authority on ancient history.

The text will be good supplementary reading for anyone studying ancient history, particularly undergraduates or anyone just beginning to study this topic. Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates.

• PrefaceIntroduction1. The Romans Destroyed Carthage and Plowed Salt into the Soil2. Cato the Elder Hated Greek and Punic Culture3. Caesar's Last Words Were "Et Tu, Brute"4. Livia Murdered Augustus's Heirs to Make Tiberius Emperor5. Caligula Made His Horse, Incitatus, a Consul6. Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned7. Romans Vomited in Vomitoria8. The City of Rome Was Very Hygienic9. Not All Gladiators Were SlavesAncient SourcesSecondary SourcesIndex