简介：Inthisfour-partseriesclassicistandhistorian,ProfessorMaryBearddrawsonherimmensescholarship,uniqueviewpointsandmyth-bustingapproachtoRomanhistory,togiveherdefinitivetakeontheRomanEmpire.TravellingfromSpaintoIran,EgypttoScotland,TunisiatoGreece,she‘llposethebigquestionsthathavefascinatedpeopleforcenturies:howandwhydidithappen? Insearchofanswers,she‘lltakeviewerstothemosttellingsitesandthemostrevealingartefacts-fromtheremnantsofRomanshipsatthebottomoftheseatomiraculousletterspreservedonancientpapyri.Andshe‘llexaminethelegacytheRomanEmpirehasleftbehind-notjustitstechnologyandbuildings,itsroadsandlaws–butalsointheworlds(religiousandimperial)thatcameafterit.…