{"product_id":"a-concise-guide-to-the-james-burrows-9781917664189","title":"A Concise Guide To The Roman Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom myth to empire, from gladiators to emperors - this is the story of Rome's astonishing rise, told in a way that will keep you turning the pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo thousand years ago, Rome was the center of the world. Its emperors ruled over glittering cities and distant provinces; its legions marched across continents; its roads, laws, and language bound together an empire of more than sixty million people. Yet Rome was also an empire of contrasts - of opulent villas and squalid slums, of emperors crowned in triumph and assassinated in fear, of slaves in chains and gladiators fighting for their lives in arenas that shook with the roar of the crowd.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book tells the story of how a small city on the banks of the Tiber became history's most influential empire. It explores the vision, ambition, and brutality that forged Rome's power, the battles that shook its foundations, and the ideas that ensured its legacy long outlasted its fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe'll look at: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe rise of Julius Caesar to his death on the Ides of March\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe excess of Caligula and cruelty and tyranny of Nero\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow Rome won an Empire, and the cities it created\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMasters of war, thought and politics such as Cincinnatus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaily life in the Roman Empire, religion, science and technology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fall of the Western Empire, the sack of Rome and Byzantium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a story of triumph and tragedy, of blood and marble, of an empire that gave the world roads, cities, laws, and spectacles on a scale never seen before - an empire whose shadow still falls across our lives today.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd look out for Amazing Facts such as: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the 2nd century AD, the Roman Empire had an estimated population of around 65 million people, probably around a quarter of the world's population at the time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eJulius Caesar hated going bald so he made it illegal for anyone to stand above him and look down at his bald patch - if you did, you could be put to death!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnter the world of Rome - an empire of power, ambition, and immortality.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Burrows\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1917664184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917664189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e James Burrows\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"James Burrows","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520101822719,"sku":"9781917664189","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7fdc6fb8-00c8-4a8d-8195-46f0b42856e0.jpg?v=1778740757","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-concise-guide-to-the-james-burrows-9781917664189","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}