VENI VIDI VICI

Sub-titled 'Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Romans But Were Afraid To Ask' here is 1200 years of Roman history from its earliest foundation in 753BC to the end of its empire in the West in AD473. From its language, literature, politics, architecture, philosophy, empire and legal system to the individuals that created its story; from Romulus and Remus to Scipio and Hannibal, from Lucretia to Lesbia and Boudicca, from Pompey and Julius Caesar to Cicero and Augustus, from Pontius Pilate to Constantine, from Nero and Hadrian to Marcus Aurelius and St. Augustine, from Catullus to Virgil and Tacitus to St. Jerome, from the unknown inhabitant of Pompeii who scratched on a wall: 'I came here, had a shag, then went home', to the equally unknown person who invented the book or produced concrete that would set underwater. Each chapter begins with a broad summary of the period it covers and a 100-500 word nugget of information to present sharp, focussed and stimulating information within the developing story of a crucial period of European history. Delightful and instructive, 400 page paperback.