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Why the Roman Empire grew so big

28 November 2020 By Harry Sidebottom

They came, they saw, and they kept on conquering. Why did the Romans expand their empire so dramatically? And who benefitted most from Roman imperialism? These are questions Harry Sidebottom needed to confront while writing his latest novel, The Return, he tells Historia. In the last two and a half centuries BCE Rome expanded from […]

Triumph in Dust by Ian Ross

11 July 2019 By Editor

Triumph in Dust

When the simmering conflict between Rome and Persia threatens once again to ignite into open war, there is only one man the Emperor Constantine can trust to hold the eastern frontier. Aurelius Castus, retired general of the empire, has fought long and hard for Rome. When the summons comes to command an army once more, he obeys with a heavy heart. Is […]

The Exiled by David Barbaree

27 June 2019 By Editor

The Exiled by David Barbaree, Historia magazine

Commodus by Simon Turney

13 June 2019 By Editor

Rome is enjoying a period of stability and prosperity. The Empire’s borders are growing, and there are two sons in the imperial succession for the first time in Rome’s history. But all is not as it appears. Cracks are beginning to show. Two decades of war have taken their toll, and there are whispers of […]

The Lost Ten by Harry Sidebottom

18 April 2019 By Editor

When Valens, a junior officer in the Roman Army, joins a crack squad of soldiers on a dangerous mission, little does he know what’s in store for him. Tasked with rescuing the young Prince Sasan, who has been imprisoned in the impenetrable Castle of Silence, the troops set out across Mesopotamia and into the mountains […]

The Dark Legacy of Rome

14 March 2018 By Harry Sidebottom

“Apart  from  the  sanitation, the  medicine, education, wine, public  order, irrigation, roads, the  fresh  water  system, and  public  health, what  have  the  Romans  ever  done  for  us?” The  classic  comedy  of  Monty  Python’s  Life  of  Brian  sums  up  the  modern  perception  that  the  Roman  empire  was  a  force  for  good. But  there  are  darker  aspects  […]

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