The History of Ancient Rome

Hold the glory—and infamy—of ancient Rome in the palm of your hand in this extraordinary and accessible story of history's greatest superpower, as told through humanity's most universal object: the coin.

Nero fiddled while Rome burned. As catchy as that aphorism is, it's sadly untrue, even if it has a nice ring to it. The one thing Nero is well-known for is the one thing he actually didn't do. But fear not, the truth of his life, his rule and what he did with unrestrained power, is plenty weird, salacious and horrifying.