Roman North Africa

For fans of Victor Davis Hanson, Donald Kagan, and Barry Strauss comes a rich, sweeping account of the most imitated---and vicious---battle in history.

The Roman Provinces of North Africa: The History of the Region and Its Rulers After the Punic Wars looks at Rome’s famous conquests, and what the area was like until the dissolution of history’s most famous empire.

Appian of Alexander was a Greek historian who lived at the height of the Roman Empire during the first half of the 2nd century AD, having been born around AD 95 and died about AD 165. Very little is known about him beyond what he reveals about himself, along with the fact that he lived in Alexandria. He was a Roman citizen and held several senior-level public offices, both in Alexandria and in Rome.

A decorated officer betrayed. A proud soldier enslaved. A legend forged in the blood-soaked sands of the arena. Decurion Valerius is a loyal soldier of Rome, his reputation built on discipline and battlefield victories. But when a treacherous act of political ambition, orchestrated by the man he trusts most, Legate Tiberius, strips him of his rank and honor, Valerius is sold into the brutal world of a Carthaginian gladiator school. Chained and condemned, he is no longer a commander of men but a slave forced to fight for the roaring mob. To survive, he must abandon the rigid tactics of a ...

Very few of the ancient empires and nations were able to challenge the Romans, who were famous for their military might. Even fewer were able to make them shiver just by mentioning their name. In fact, only one enemy of Rome managed to engrave such fear into their bones. That was Carthage, sometimes called the Carthaginian Empire. It was a formidable state that stretched across northern Africa, from Algeria and Tunisia to the shores of Morocco and southern Spain.

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This captivating history bundle includes The Roman Republic, The Roman Empire, and The Byzantine Empire.

Some of the most iconic symbols of the Roman Empire that have survived into the modern world today are the arches that Romans erected to commemorate military victories and glorify individual emperors. The story of how arches came to be used throughout the Roman world in such a way is one that involves the evolution of the military and its leaders into the political forces that came to dominate the state. Those arches, along with the triumphs that came to be associated with many of them, were key parts in the process of exhibiting the might of both Rome.