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Readings in the histories of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire, and Ancient Rome as a whole by some of the greatest writers.

Some Years listed below are approximate. For the Eastern Empire after the fall of the Western Empire see the Byzantine Empire page. We’re using the year 500 AD as the split point.

Year	Title	Author(s)
753 BC	The Foundation of Rome	Barthold Georg Niebuhr
510 BC	Romans Establish a Republic	Henry G. Liddell
450 BC	The Decemvirate in Rome	Henry G. Liddell
388 BC	Brennus Burns Rome	Barthold Georg Niebuhr
280 BC	Pyrrhus Attacks Rome	Plutarch
264-149 BC	Rome Versus Carthage	Florus
207 BC	Battle of Metaurus	Sir Edward Creasy
202 BC	Scipio Africanus Crushes Hannibal at Zama and Subjugates Carthage	Livy
133 BC	The Gracchi and Their Reforms	Theodor Mommsen
52 BC	Caesar Conquers Gaul	Napoleon III

Year	Title	Author(s)
44 BC	Julius Caesar Murdered	Barthold Georg Niebuhr\| \|Plutarch
51-30 BC	Cleopatra, Caesar and Antony	John P. Mahaffy
30 BC	Death of Antony and Cleopatra	Henry George Liddell
9 AD	Arminius Drives the Romans out of Germany	Sir Edward Creasy
15 AD	Germanicus in Germany	Tacitus
30 AD	The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ	Frederic William Farrar
33 AD	Christianity Appears	J. Ernest Renan\| \| Isaac M. Wise} \|John Cardinal Newman
54 AD	The Romans Conquer Britain	Oliver Goldsmith
64 AD	Nero’s Rome Burns	Henryk Sienkiewic\| \|Tacitus
64-68 AD	Nero Persecutes the Christians	Frederic William Farrar
70 AD	Romans Crush Jewish Revolt; Destroy Great Temple	Josephus
79 AD	Volcano Buries Pompeii	Pliny\| \|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
100-200	Roman Empire’s Extent and Defense	Edward Gibbon
100-200	Roman Empire’s Society and Economy	Edward Gibbon
100-200	Roman Empire’s Government	Edward Gibbon
132	The Jews’ Final Revolt Against Rome	Charles Merivale

Year	Title	Author(s)
155	Early Christian Martyrs	Homersham Cox\| \|Polycarp
180	Commodus’ Bad Reign	Edward Gibbon
312	Roman Emperor Constantine Converted to Christianity	Johann L. Von Mosheim
330	Constantinople Founded	Edward Gibbon
360	Early Career of Julian the Apostate	Edward Gibbon
395	Final Division of Roman Empire	John B. Bury
410	Visigoths Sack Rome	Edward Gibbon
441	Attila the Hun Invades the Eastern Roman Empire	Edward Gibbon
449-579	Germans Conquer Britain	John R. Green\| \|Charles Knight
451	Attila the Hun Invades the Western Roman Empire	Sir Edward S. Creasy\| \|Edward Gibbon
452	Venice Founded	Thomas Hodgkin\| \|John Ruskin

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