From Augustus Caesar proclaiming himself the first emperor of Rome in 31BC to the fall of the empire in 476 AD, we’ve curated a selection of the best books about Roman history below. SPQR ...

It remained largely forgotten until 1508, when Konrad Peutinger, a book collector from Augsburg ... as it existed during the Roman Empire. The map's origins were obscure: a 13th-century monk ...