Machine generated contents note:1.The Origins of Rome --Foundation legends and their sources --Rome: center of the universe --Further reading --2.The Republic (510 -- 60 BC) --The birth of the Roman constitution (509 -- 281 BC) --Origins of empire: Roman warfare and imperialism (281 -- 121 BC) --The twilight of the Roman Republic: administering an empire 121 -- 60 BC --Further reading --3.The Rise of the Roman Empire: Twelve Caesars (60 BC -- AD 96) --Sources on the Twelve Caesars --The first triumvirate (60 -- 48 BC) --The rise of Augustus and the second triumvirate --Augustus: restorer of the republic? --Tiberius (AD 14 -- 37) --Caligula (AD 37 -- 41) --Claudius (AD 41 -- 54) --Nero (AD 54 -- 69) --The year of four emperors: summer 68 -- winter 69 AD --Vespasian (AD 69 -- 79) and the Flavian dynasty --Titus (AD 79 -- 81) --Domitian (AD 81 -- 96) --Further reading --4.The Roman Empire: Zenith and Decline (AD 96 -- 330) --Making the Empire work --Sources: Cassius Dio, Ammianus and the Historia Augusta --The "five good emperors" (AD 96 -- 180) --The Severans: the disintegration of dynasty (AD 180 -- 234) --The 3rd-century crisis? Devaluation and disorder (AD 235 -- 284) --Recovery: Diocletian, Constantine and Christian Rome (AD 284 -- 337) --Further reading --5.Roman Religions and Mythology --Roman divinities --Prayer and sacrifice: blessings and curses --Omens --Worship in the home --Worship in the fields --State religion: offices --State religion festivals and the calendar --Religion in the provinces: east meets west --Jews and Christians --Further reading --6.Society and Daily Life --Social hierarchy --Traditional values and customs --Economy and money --The Roman calendar --Working in ancient Rome --The roles of women: daughter, mother, wife --Marriage --Working girls --The ideal Roman woman? --Imperial women: Livia and Agrippina the Younger -- tiger moms? --Slaves and slavery --Education --Dress --Sexuality and gender --Food and drink --Holidays and the games --Further reading --7.Art, Architecture and Building --Sculpture --Painting and mosaic --Domestic architecture --The architecture of public buildings --A typical Roman theater --Infrastructure --Further reading --8.Roman Literature --Languages and sources --Ennius --Comedy: Plautus and Terence --Lyric poetry: Catullus and Horace --Virgil --Elegiac poetry: Propertius and Ovid --Epigram and satire: Martial and Juvenal --The novel: Petronius and Apuleius --Historians: Caesar, Livy, Tacitus and Suetonius --Philosophy and science: Lucretius, Seneca and Pliny the Elder --Letter writers: Cicero and Pliny the Younger --Further reading --9.The Roman Army --The new model army --The legion --Other units --Weapons and tactics --Consolidating and patrolling the Empire --Life in the Roman army --Further reading --10.Rome's Provinces --Establishing a province --Capitals of empire in the West: Gallia Narbonensis --Capitals of empire in the East: Asia (Asia minor) --Life on the fringes of empire: Roman Britain --Life on the fringes of empire: Roman Syria --Conclusions --Further reading --Websites --11.The Fall of the Roman Empire and Its Legacy (Ad 330 -- Present) --The fall of Rome AD 330 -- 476 --The Eastern Empire --The legacy of Rome --Imperialism --Cultural heritage --Further reading --Appendices --1.The Roman constitution --2.Roman names and nomenclature: a brief introduction --3.Historical timeline --4.Literature timeline --5.Glossary of Latin terms in the text.