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    Roman Book Glossary

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    In addition to our Roman Books List, which includes sections for fiction, non-fiction, movies and games related to the Roman Empire, we've decided to add another feature. The Roman Books Glossary is a short but growing library of various books in alphabetic order. There are literally thousands of Roman related titles and over time, we hope by some small miracle of Caesar's luck, that we'll get to them all.
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    Caesar in Egypt

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    Caesar in Egypt
    After Caesar met with Cleopatra and detained her brother, the young King Ptolemy XIII, Ptolemy?s regent Pothinus colluded with the Egyptian general Achillas to expel Caesar. Achillas and 20,000 men marched on Alexandria where Caesar waited with only 4,000 men. Caesar had little choice but to secure what he could and prepare for a siege.
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    Roman Timeline 5th Century AD

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    The Roman Timeline 5th Century AD follows the final decline of the Roman state. From the invasions of the Visigoths, to the Vandals and Huns, with brief moments of respite under Stilicho and Aetius, the 5th century spelled the end of the west. The western empire ended finally in 476 AD when the Germanic Odoacer was proclaimed King, and the puppet Emperor Romulus Augustulus was deposed.
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    Cleopatra

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    ...Cleopatra VII was born to King Ptolemy XII Auletes (the flute player) in 69 BC. The third daughter, she would ordinarily have not expected to rise to a prominent role, but intrigue and continuing internal conflict eventually thrust her onto the center stage of world politics. Though the reign of the Ptolemies had continually declined since the founding of the dynasty under Ptolemy I after the death of Alexander the Great, Egypt was still an immensely wealthy and regionally powerful state. The dynastic struggles that persisted over those 3 centuries weakened the state, and the rise of Rome brought the Republican into direct involvement in Egyptian affairs....
     
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    Battle of Pharsalus

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    Battle of Pharsalus
    After his defeat at Dyrrhachium in July of 48 BC, Caesar moved swiftly into Thessaly, incorporating the towns of the region under his control. His exhausted and poorly supplied army was able to secure new sources of food and essentially become re-energized for the continuing campaign. After Dyrrhachium, Pompey and the Senators squabbled over the next course of action, and they pressed Pompey hard to finish Caesar as quickly as possible....
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    Battle of Dyrrhachium

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    Battle of Dyrrhachium
    In late 49 BC, Caesar and his 12 legions arrived at Brundisium where he hoped to secure passage to Greece. An old rival, Bibulus, controlled the Ionium Sea with the Republican navy, and Caesar fretted over when and how to make a crossing. By January of 48 BC, Caesar decided there was no time like the present and decided to make a surprise winter crossing, to offset the advantage that the enemy maintained in naval superiority.
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    Roman Timeline 4th Century AD

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    The Roman Timeline of the 4th Century AD marks the emergence of the Constantinian Dynasty, the transfer of power to Byzantium and the beginning of Christian domination of Roman religion. As the century comes to a close, internal strife and the continuing presence of Germanic migrations begins to sound the final bell on Roman domination of western Europe.
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    Caesar in Spain

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    Caesar in Spain
    Caesar left Rome for Spain in the spring of 49 BC, to secure the province and to defeat Pompey?s 7 legions that were under the command of Marcus Petreius, Lucius Afranius, and Marcus Varro. Marching around the coast of Narbonensis, however, Caesar was stopped at the city of Massilia, where the well fortified town had been bribed into supporting Pompey.
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