This supplemental text explains the ancient classical Roman world, by focusing on individual personalities - what is known about them and their world view. Each individual becomes a lens through which the student can view the values and characteristics of ancient Rome.

Preface Illustrations, Maps, and Charts Chronology A Roman Professor 1. Rome, Expansion, and Conquest: The Siege of Syracuse (213-211 B.C.)?Marcellus the Warlord, Archimedes the Weapons-Master 2. The Republic in Transition: Internal Disorders?Eunus the Magician and the First Sicilian Slave War (135-132 B.C.) 3. Politics and Violence in the First Century B.C.: Gambling with Rome?s Future?Brutus the Assassin 4. The End of the Republic: Antony Loses the Roman World?Cleopatra, ?Queen of Kings?; Queen of Hearts 5. The Early Empire: Tiberius? Troubled Reign (14-37 A.D.)?Thrasyllus the Astrologer 6. Flavian Stability?Natural Disaster: Mt. Vesuvius Destroys Pompeii and Herculaneum (August 24, 79 A.D.)?Pliny the Survivor 7. The Golden Age of Empire: Growing Old in the Second Century A.D.?Spurinna, an Aged Roman 8. Empire and Army: Septimius and the Severan Dynasty (193-235 A.D.)?Julia Domna, the Syrian Empress (and more...)