The vast imperial state governing the Mediterranean world from Augustus to the final division in 395 CE, reaching its greatest territorial extent under Trajan in 117 CE.
Permanently divided in 395 when Emperor Theodosius I died, bequeathing the western half to Honorius and the eastern half to Arcadius, ending the unified empire.
The atlas holds 4 border frames for Roman Empire (unified) — the shape you scrub through changes in 27 BC · 50 · 150 · 300.
Provides essential context for the Republican-Imperial transition and Rome's rise; verified via Open Library.
Authoritative account of the Empire's final centuries and the role of external pressures; verified via Open Library.
The Julio-Claudian court through the eyes of the stammering future emperor.
Nero’s Rome and the first Christians — the novel that won Sienkiewicz the Nobel.