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Roman Empire in 100 Moments

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Travel back to one of history’s most fascinating eras in this expansive, bite-sized guide to the empire you can’t stop thinking about.Explore the defining moments of one of history’s greatest civil...
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  • 20 April 2027
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Travel back to one of history’s most fascinating eras in this expansive, bite-sized guide to the empire you can’t stop thinking about.

Explore the defining moments of one of history’s greatest civilizations. Expert in Roman history Philip Matyszak, PhD, captures the Romans’ rise from a small city-state to a dominant power, its golden age and its internal struggles, all the way to its eventual fall. 

This concise guide presents the extraordinary events that defined Ancient Rome – battles that rewrote history and cultural achievements that still echo to this day. It details the death of Julius Caesar and how he was killed by his fellow senators, how Tigranes quite literally shot the messenger, and how Rome staggered through a century under the ever-present threat of violence.

History is often shaped by long-term trends, but sometimes a single moment can permanently alter its course. A crisis erupts, a decision is made, a life is lost … and the world changes forever. The “100 Moments” format finally gives these small, vital moments the attention they deserve.

Featuring illustrations throughout, Philip Matyszak takes the reader on a sweeping exploration of the delicate threads upon which the fate of an empire hung – the triumphs, tragedies, and seismic transformations that have shaped the modern world.

This is the story of the Roman Empire, which rose from a republic torn apart by civil war to become the greatest imperial power the world has ever seen.

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Price: $18.99
Pages: 224
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Imprint: Michael O'Mara Books US
Publication Date: 20 April 2027
Trim Size: 7.80 X 5.10 in
ISBN: 9781789299557
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, European history: the Romans, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Civilization, HISTORY / Reference
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Philip Matyszak, PhD, has a doctorate in Roman history from St John’s College, Oxford, and is the author of a number of acclaimed books on the ancient world published by Michael O’Mara Books, which have been translated into over fifteen languages. He currently works as a tutor for Madingley Hall Institute of Continuing Education at the University of Cambridge, teaching a course on Ancient Rome. He lives in British Columbia, Canada.

Introduction

Part I: The Late Republic (133 BC – 27 BC)

  • Death of a Reformer
  • Showdown at Vercellae
  • A Lynching in the Senate
  • Cicero Defeats Sextus Roscius
  • Lucullus at Tigranocerta
  • A True Prophecy
  • The Bloodstained Toga
  • Throwing the Dice
  • Caesar Gets Ahead
  • The Deadly Idles
  • Showdown at Actium

Part II: The Early Empire 1 (27 Bc- AD 96)

  • Corinth Rises Again
  • The Pont du Gard
  • Peace at Last
  • Death of a Henchman
  • Terentia Turns 100
  • A Conspiracy Ignored
  • Death of an Emperor
  • Caligula Takes a Ride
  • Invasion of Britain
  • Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
  • The Fatal Marriage
  • Founding of Cologne
  • Death in Suspicious Circumstances
  • Arrest of St Paul
  • Rebellion in Britain
  • Rome Burns
  • The Aeolipile
  • Nero’s Last Day
  • The Fall of Jerusalem
  • Founding of York
  • Musonius Rufus is Exiled – Again
  • Pompeii Destroyed
  • Juvenal Starts His Satires

Part III: The Early Empire 2 (AD 96-235)

  • Swords at the Arena
  • Conquest of Dacia
  • Pliny Writes to Trajan
  • Trajan Inaugurates His Forum
  • The Roman Empire at Its Peak
  • Suetonius Gets Fired
  • Hadrian Rebuilds the Pantheon
  • The Point of Hadrian’s Wall
  • Death on the Nile
  • Reshaping the Middle East
  • A Map of the Universe
  • Rome Gets an Extra Emperor
  • The Institutes of Gaius
  • The Devastating Plague
  • The China Connection
  • Assassination of a Bad Emperor
  • Auctioning the Empire
  • Dedication of the Arch of Septimus Severus
  • Citizenship for (Almost) Everyone
  • Honestiores and Humiliores
  • The Baths of Caracalla
  • The Black Stone Comes to Rome

Part IV: The Crisis of the Third Century (AD 235-84)

  • The Time of Anarchy Begins
  • The Worst Plague of All
  • Abrittus – the Forgotten Catastrophe
  • The Empire of the Gauls
  • The Captive Emperor
  • Odaenathus Leads the Fightback
  • Death of St Valentine
  • Death of Plotinus
  • The Aurelian Walls
  • The Capture of Zenobia
  • Rome Withdraws from Dacia

Part V: The Reformed Empire (AD 284-395)

  • The Tetrarchy
  • Diocletian’s Edict on Prices
  • In this Sign, Conquer
  • The Edict of Milan
  • The Seven-day Week
  • Founding of Constantinople
  • The Council of Nicaea
  • Lat Pronouncement of the Delphic Oracle
  • Earthquake
  • First Contact with the Huns
  • The Arrival of the Goths
  • Defeat at Adrianople
  • Edict of Thessalonica
  • St Jerome Starts the Vulgate Bible
  • Ammianus Marcellinus Completes His History
  • The Olympic Games Are Abolished

Part VI: The Fall of the Western Empire (AD 395-476)

  • Death of Theodosius
  • Augustine Becomes Bishop of Hippo
  • Eudoxia Gets Married
  • The Rhine Freezes Over
  • The Execution of Stilicho
  • The Vandals in Spain
  • The First Brexit
  • The Sack of Rome
  • Hypatia Lynched in Alexandria
  • Galla Placida Takes Over
  • The First King of the Franks
  • Attila Rebuffed
  • ‘Miracle’ at the Mincio
  • Death of Atilla the Hun
  • The Vandals Sack Rome
  • The Capture of Clermont
  • End of the Western Empire

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