Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World: Ruling the Ancient World Southwest U.S. and high-reward

and high-reward

Widespread Political Repression: Witness an America of mob violence

A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing is a powerful cultural distillation of mythos and ethos

LePera--whose integrative

Best Books of the Year

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World: Ruling the Ancient World Southwest U.S. and high-rewardIn her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its reign as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean. Now, drawing on more than thirty years of teaching and writing about Roman history, Beard turns to the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire, beginning with Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) and taking us through the nearly three centuries and some thirty