In politics, society and the family, men held both the power and the purse-strings – they even decided whether a baby would live or die. Families were dominated by men. At the head of Roman ...

changed the course of Roman history. Although he did not rule for long, he gave Rome fresh hope and a whole dynasty of emperors. Born into an aristocratic family in around 100 BC, Julius Caesar ...

(p. 3) There are only six illustrations, all dynastic family trees for the rulers and their relatives. A city map of Constantinople during this era might have been helpful, but readers with a serious ...