THE NEVERENDING EMPIRE

From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has left us To tell the reasons the things and the stories thanks to which Roman civilization is alive From its mythical foundations and epic construction to its enduring historical and cultural impact the ancient Roman Empire has long fascinated readers across the world In The Neverending Empire esteemed Italian journalist Aldo Cazzullo describes an exciting new historical perspective that the Roman Empire never fell In fact its influence reaches further and deeper than ever Beginning with the origins of Rome and the literary myth of Aeneas and Romulus Cazzullo takes the reader on a page turning voyage through ancient history bringing to life the most captivating moments and characters of a dominant Empire the republican age with heroic men and women willing to die for their country The adventure of coup plotters like Catiline and revolutionaries like Spartacus the slave who inspired rebels of every age The extraordinary stories of Julius Caesar and Octavian Augustus two of the