Dynasty

A masterful history of Rome`s first imperial dynasty by the award-winning author of Rubicon, Persian Fire and In the Shadow of the Sword. Rome was first ruled by kings, then became a republic. But in the end, after conquering the world, the Republic collapsed. Rome was drowned in blood. So terrible were the civil wars that the Roman people finally came to welcome the rule of an autocrat who could give them peace. `Augustus`, their new master called himself.