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).

See also

General

• Byzantine Empire
• Daqin
• Gallic Empire
• History of the Balkans
• History of Europe
• List of Ancient Rome-related topics
• Pax romana
• Roman commerce
• Roman culture
• Roman currency
• Roman law
• Roman military history
• Roman place names
• Roman provinces
• Roman roads
• Roman technology
• Western Roman Empire

Emperors

Ancient Historians of the Empire

In Latin

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• Livy - history is of Roman Republic, but wrote during Augustus' reign
• Suetonius
• Tacitus
• Ammianus Marcellinus

In Greek

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• Eusebius of Caesarea
• Sozomen

Latin Literature of the Empire

• Apuleius
• Augustine of Hippo
• Horace
• Juvenal
• Ovid
• Petronius
• Virgil