The Shortest History of Ancient Rome: A Millennium of Western Civilization, from Kingdom to Republic to Empire―A Retelling for Our Times (The Shortest History Series) Classics Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinson provides

Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinson provides a riveting narrative covering the middle years of the Revolution

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The Shortest History of Ancient Rome: A Millennium of Western Civilization, from Kingdom to Republic to Empire―A Retelling for Our Times (The Shortest History Series) Classics Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinson providesFrom New York Timesbestselling author Ross King, the storied rise and reign of the greatest empire and most influential civilization of the ancient Western world For who is so indifferent or indolent as not to wish to know by what means the Romans succeeded in subjecting nearly the whole inhabited world to their sole governmenta thing unique in history?Polybius, second century BCE Ancient Rome gave rise to the Roman Empire, one of historys greatest