They describe the rise of the Roman Republic in the Mediterranean sphere. The Histories are an originally 40-volume work by the Greek Historian Polybius (c. Who on Earth is so careless or lazy that he would not wish to learn how and under what form of government almost all of the inhabited world was conquered and became subject to the rule of Rome in less than 53 years.
Here are 5 quotes on the ‘Glory of Rome’, some ancient, some modern and not all expressing admiration. We'll be exploring his rise to power, the many attempts on his life and his most famous decision to make his horse a member of the senate. This episode of Tony Robinson's Romans looks into the life of the infamously mad and 'evil' Emperor Caligula.
