Etruscan Rome: Rome and Etruria
The unity of Italy and Rome: The unification of Italy
Rome against Carthage: first wars against foreign powers
The Imperial Republic: “our sea”
The fall of the Republic: reform and war in Italy
Caesar and Augustus: Caesar
The imperial peace: the inheritors of empire
The Jews, Jesus, and Paul
Towards a new world: collapse and recovery
The climax of the pagan empire
The supreme state and church
The transformation of Europe: the fall of the western empire