empire, 30 b.c.-476 a.d

Explores the history of the Roman empire, discussing its 500-years of advances in philosphy, governance, science and the arts and looks at how the empire eventually fell to its Visigoth invaders.

Presents volume four of the six-volume series on the fall of the Roman Empire and contains chapters thirty-seven through forty-six beginning with the institution of the Monastic Life to the siege of Constantinople by the Persians.

The first in a three-volume history of the Roman Empire, originally published between 1776 and 1788, following the conduct and collapse of the late empire from the second century to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Includes notes and a chronology.

When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds himself in possession of an ancient amulet filled with magic once reserved for the Gods, and becomes the center of a conspiracy to overthrow the emperor and destroy Rome.

Focuses on the discoveries and inventions of the ancient Roman civilization in the areas of transportation, agriculture, architecture, science, and technology.

Atretes, a revered gladiator, has won his freedom and vows to find the son he believed had died, but retrieving the baby from Rizpah, the young widow who has raised the child from birth, proves more difficult than he thought it would be, and Atretes is moved to take Rizpah into his household and into his heart.

Cecilia, a teenage girl in Imperial Rome whose father has indulged her love of learning, is happy in her marriage to Valerian, but she must keep one of her life's greatest joys from him when she becomes a Christian, an act punishable by death.

Explores the social history of ancient Palestine and the emergence of major faiths during the time of Christ.

Archaeologists provide insights into the daily lives and activities of average citizens in ancient Rome.