The Rise and Fall of Roman Empire: 15 Primary Sources
Primary Accounts of Conquest, Civil War, Emperors, Governance, and Imperial DeclineBy Livy, Tacitus, Ammianus Marcellinus, Suetonius, Plutarch, Polybius, Sallust, Julius Caesar, Flavius Josephus, Strabo
Length452h 7m
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The Rise and Fall of Roman Empire: 15 Primary Sources assembles a capacious archive of Roman power, tracing its formation, expansion, crises, and remembered afterlives through historiography, biography, military narrative, geography, and political analysis. Republican conflict, imperial spectacle, frontier warfare, civic corruption, and the uneasy encounter between Rome and its provinces emerge in contrasting registers: terse campaigns, moralized portraits, ethnographic observation, and expansive accounts of institutional change. The collection's range makes the empire visible not as a fixed monument but as a contested historical process. Its writers include senators, soldiers, administrators, Greek intellectuals working under Roman rule, and a Judean historian interpreting imperial authority across cultural boundaries. Together, these authors illuminate the literary cultures of the late Republic and early Empire, as well as the transformations of Late Antiquity. Their varied social positions and political investments reveal how classical historiography fashioned exemplary leaders, explained disorder, and negotiated the meanings of conquest, citizenship, and tyranny. Ideal for students and general readers alike, this volume offers an unusually concentrated encounter with the ancient evidence behind Rome's enduring legacy. It invites comparison among divergent voices and methods, enriching study of imperial ideology, historical memory, and the fragile relationship between power and decline.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length452 hrs 7 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The History of Rome
26Book XIII
2The History of Rome Vol. 1
27Book XIV
3Book I (pt. 1)
28Book XV
4Book I (pt. 2)
29Book XVI
5Book II (pt. 1)
30Book XVII
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6Book II (pt. 2)
31Book XVIII
7Book III (pt. 1)
32Book XIX
8Book III (pt. 2)
33Book XX
9Book IV (pt. 1)
34Book XXI (pt. 1)
10Book IV (pt. 2)
35Book XXI (pt. 2)
11Book V (pt. 1)
36Book XXII (pt. 1)
12Book V (pt. 2)
37Book XXII (pt. 2)
13Book VI (pt. 1)
38Book XXIII (pt. 1)
14Book VI (pt. 2)
39Book XXIII (pt. 2)
15Book VII (pt. 1)
40Book XXIV (pt. 1)
16Book VII (pt. 2)
41Book XXIV (pt. 2)
17Book VIII (pt. 1)
42Book XXV (pt. 1)
18Book VIII (pt. 2)
43Book XXV (pt. 2)
19The History of Rome Vol. 2
44Book XXVI (pt. 1)
20Book IX (pt. 1)
45Book XXVI (pt. 2)
21Book IX (pt. 2)
46The History of Rome Vol. 3
22Book X (pt. 1)
47Book XXVII (pt. 1)
23Book X (pt. 2)
48Book XXVII (pt. 2)
24Book XI
49Book XXVIII (pt. 1)
25Book XII
50Book XXVIII (pt. 2)
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