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Discover the expansive history of Ancient Rome one day at a time in this collection of anecdotes, extracts, and trivia on the Roman Empire. Offering a year-long journey through the history of the Roman Empire, 365 Days of Ancient Rome presents daily insights into the extraordinary ancient civilisation. From gladiatorial fights, battle sieges, and political figures of the period, to snippets of poetry, historic recipes, and personal correspondence, 365 Days of Ancient Rome is your year-round companion to exploring the fascinating empire. Sourced from the vintage writings of classics scholars, the extracts, facts, and quotes in this book were first published in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and have been collected here as bite-sized pieces of history. Learn something new every day and explore over four centuries of ancient history in a single calendar year.