Influential figures of ancient Rome /
by Don Nardo.
- 128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- The Lucent library of historical eras. Ancient Rome .
Includes bibliographical references : (pages 111-119) and index.
Virgil and Livy: shapers of Rome's proud past -- Cato and Cicero: fighting for traditional values -- Augustus and Livia: rulers of a new Rome -- Nero and Agrippina: the corruption and power -- Pliny the Elder and Galen: the pursuit of knowledge -- Hadrian and Antoninus: the good emperors -- Constantine and Ambros: Christianizing the Empire.
Profiles influential people who played an important part in the culture and political life in ancient Rome.