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Part I: Romans â The Big Boys of the Ancient World.
Chapter 1: The Romans: Shaping Their World and Ours.
Chapter 2: Itâ ™s the Cash That Counts: Roman Social Classes.
Chapter 3: Stairway to the Stars: The Greasy Path to Power.
Chapter 4: Rural Bliss â Roman Dreamland.
Chapter 5: When We Were Soldiers.
Part II: Living the Good Life.
Chapter 6: The Urban Jungle.
Chapter 7: Making the Roman Machine Work.
Chapter 8: Entertainments: Epic and Domestic.
Chapter 9: Divine Intervention.
Part III: The Rise of Rome.
Chapter 10: Kings? No, Maybe Not â Republicans.
Chapter 11: This Town Isnâ ™t Big Enough for All of Us â Seizing Italy.
Chapter 12: Carthage and the First Two Punic Wars.
Chapter 13: While Weâ ™re at It â Letâ ™s Conquer Everywhere Else, Too.
Part IV: When Romans Ruled the World.
Chapter 14: Reform and Civil War.
Chapter 15: Daggers Drawn â The Fall of the Republic.
Chapter 16: Augustus and the Caesars â Plots, Perverts, and Paranoia.
Chapter 17: The Five Good Emperors.
Part V: Throwing the Empire Away.
Chapter 18: More Civil War, Auctioning the Empire, and Paranoid Lunatics.
Chapter 19: The Age of the Thug â The Third Centuryâ ™s Soldier Emperors.
Chapter 20: East Is East and West Is West: Diocletian and Constantine.
Chapter 21: The Barbarians Are Coming! The End of Rome.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 22: Ten Turning Points in Roman History.
Chapter 23: Ten Interesting and Occasionally Good Romans.
Chapter 24: Ten (Mostly) Bad Romans.
Chapter 25: Ten of Romeâ ™s Greatest Enemies.
Chapter 26: Ten (or So) Great Roman Places to Visit.
Index.
