Between 133 and 30 BC the Roman Empire, civil wars were conducted. The Roman Empire, which included the countries of the Mediterranean region and their neighbors, grew stronger and bigger. But there were discrepancies between the population. While the landowners owned much land and could have done the work of slaves, the peasants had few possessions and were only getting poorer.

Earliest beginnings of Italian history.

Julius Caesar, The Great Roman Leader.

An unusual 1,800-year-old ruin found in England leaves archaeologists grasping for answers.

From Pagan critic of Christians to Christian Writer.

The Penguin Dictionary of Ancient History was originally published in 1994 under the Blackwell label. The Penguin version was published during the following year.

There were many characteristics that led to the clear decline and fall of the Roman Empire. What is startling is the many similarities that can be seen as the reasons why the Roman Empire fell and many characteristics that the United States also exhibits.

Arrestingly beautiful and fiercely intelligent Cleopatra VII of Egypt was barely more than a girl when she inherited the richest empire in the world – one that stretched from the scorching deserts of lower Egypt to the shining Mediterranean metropolis of Alexandria with its famed library and lighthouse.

A complete categorisation of all the Emperors of the Roman Empire.

Ulf Byuntgen of the Swiss Federal Institute of Forestry and Landscape Research and his colleagues argue that not only the political crises and the barbarian invasions of Western Europe determined the history of the past two and a half millennia. The researchers analyzed the rings 9000 specimens of oak, pine and larch in Austria, Germany and France, restoring the fluctuations in temperature and precipitation.