Lucent Library of Historical Eras - From Founding to Fall: A History of Rome by Don Nardo

A noted historian summarizes Rome's long history, from the legendary founding of the city by Romulus in 753 B.C., through the establishment of the Republic, conquest of the Mediterranean world, the Republic's fall and creation of the Empire by Augustus, the Pax Romana, the Anarchy, the Later Empire and rise of Christianity, and the barbarian invasions and fall of the western Roman realm.