The Rise of Rome: Library Edition

In the eighth and seventh centuries B.C., Rome grew to become the ancient world's preeminent power. In The Rise of Rome, Anthony Everitt fashions the story of Rome's rise to glory into an erudite work filled with lasting lessons for our time. He chronicles the clash between patricians and plebeians that defined the politics of the Republic, shows how Rome's strategy of offering citizenship to her defeated subjects expanded the reach of her empire, and outlines the corrosion of constitutional norms that accompanied Rome's expansion.