New York TimesBestseller
ANew York TimesNotable Book
Named one of the Best Books of the Year by theWall Street Journal, theEconomist,Foreign Affairs, andKirkus Reviews
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction)
Shortlisted for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature
Finalist for theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize (History)
ASan Francisco ChronicleHoliday Gift Guide Selection
ANew York Times Book ReviewEditors Choice Selection

A sweeping, “magisterial” history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists shows why Rome remains “relevant to people many centuries later” (Atlantic).