rome

Examines the life of Roman military and political leader Julius Caesar, discussing his early years, motivations, accomplishments, and lasting influence on the course of history.

Informer Marcus Didius Falco's already complicated life becomes even more so when six-year-old Gaia Laelia, a candidate to become a Vestal Virgin, comes to him complaining that someone in her influential family is trying to kill her.

Discusses the development of drama in Ancient Greece and Rome and includes three plays by Euripides, Aristophanes, and Plautus.

Covers the inventions and technology of the ancient Roman Empire and how their ideas influenced modern technology.

Traces the dramatic history of the Roman Empire, paying particular attention to its rise and fall and its lasting social, cultural, military, and political influence.

Examines the mosaics, wall painting, statues, and jewelry of the ancient Roman period, describing their social and political significance under an imperial regime.

Examines Rome's significance in literary history, discussing the city's history and its impact on the lives, careers, and works of such writers as Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and John Keats. Includes an annotated list of places of interest.

Presents 350 color images from frescoes on the walls of twenty-eight Roman houses of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Boscoreale, Boscotrecase, Oplontis, and Rome, and includes essays on Roman wall painting's relationships with Roman architecture and the Roman domestic ideal.

Presents a collection of nine short stories featuring Gordianus the Finder, and ancient Roman private investigator.