The Career of the Emperor Trajan. As the title suggests Nicholas Jackson’s Trajan: Rome’s Last Conqueror, from Greenhill Books, is about the life and achievements of one of the greatest Roman emperors ...

Best books on Roman history, from Romulus and Remus to the decline of Empire - A curated list for those who can’t stop thinking about ancient Rome ...

He went back to Judea, visited the desolate site of what had once been Jerusalem, saw how vexed the land was by its Roman conquerors, by a dangerous new sect called Minaeans or Christians, by the ...