Rome


SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
The Twelve Caesars
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
Caesar: Life of a Colossus
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
Meditations
The Aeneid
Imperium (Cicero, #1)
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
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Tom Wolfe
[H]e could see the island of Manhattan off to the left. The towers were jammed together so tightly, he could feel the mass and stupendous weight.Just think of the millions, from all over the globe, who yearned to be on that island, in those towers, in those narrow streets! There it was, the Rome, the Paris, the London of the twentieth century, the city of ambition, the dense magnetic rock, the irresistible destination of all those who insist on being where things are happening-and he was among t ...more
Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities

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