Roman Empire

The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus).

References

18th & 19th century history

• Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, (1776-1788)

Modern histories of the Roman Empire

• J. B. Bury, A History of the Roman Empire from its Foundation to the death of Marcus Aurelius, 1913
• J. A. Crook, Law and Life of Rome, 90 BC-AD 212, 1967, ISBN 0-801-492-734
• S. Dixon, The Roman Family, 1992, ISBN 0-801-842-00X
• D.R. Dudley, The Civilization of Rome, 2nd ed., 1985, ISBN 0-452-010-160
• A.H.M. Jones, The Later Roman Empire, 284-602, 1964, ISBN 0-801-832-853
• A. Lintott, Imperium Romanum: Politics and administration, 1993, ISBN 0-415-093-759
• R. Macmullen, Roman Social Relations, 50 BC to AD 284, 1981, ISBN 0-300-027-028
• M.I. Rostovtzeff, The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire 2nd ed., 1957
• R. Syme, The Roman Revolution, 1939, ISBN 0-192-803-204
• C. Wells, The Roman Empire, 2nd ed., 1992, ISBN 0-006-862-527