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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

''Holland, who co-hosts the podcast The Rest Is History, is at his best when having fun with Rome''s bloody history'' The Times

''A book for lovers of traditional, grand sweep narrative history'' Sunday Times

The definitive history of Rome''s golden age - antiquity''s ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness

The Pax Romana has long been revered as a golden age. At its peak, the Roman Empire stretched from Scotland to Arabia, and contained perhaps a quarter of humanity. It was the wealthiest and most formidable state the world had yet seen.

Beginning in 69AD, a year that saw four Caesars in succession rule the empire, and ending some seven decades later with the death of Hadrian, Pax presents a dazzling history of Rome at the height of its power. From the gilded capital to realms beyond the frontier, historian Tom Holland portrays the Roman Empi

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''Holland, who co-hosts the podcast The Rest Is History, is at his best when having fun... Read more

    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
    Publication Date: 7/4/2024
    ISBN13: 9780349141213, 978-0349141213
    ISBN10: 0349141215

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

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    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

    ''Holland, who co-hosts the podcast The Rest Is History, is at his best when having fun with Rome''s bloody history'' The Times

    ''A book for lovers of traditional, grand sweep narrative history'' Sunday Times

    The definitive history of Rome''s golden age - antiquity''s ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness

    The Pax Romana has long been revered as a golden age. At its peak, the Roman Empire stretched from Scotland to Arabia, and contained perhaps a quarter of humanity. It was the wealthiest and most formidable state the world had yet seen.

    Beginning in 69AD, a year that saw four Caesars in succession rule the empire, and ending some seven decades later with the death of Hadrian, Pax presents a dazzling history of Rome at the height of its power. From the gilded capital to realms beyond the frontier, historian Tom Holland portrays the Roman Empi

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