A Brief History of the Roman EmpireIn this lively and very readable history of the Roman Empire from its establishment in 27 BC to the barbarian incursions and the fall of Rome in AD 476, Stephen P. Kershaw draws on a range of evidence, from Juvenal's Satires to recent archaeological finds. He examines extraordinary personalities such as Caligula and Nero, and seismic events such as the conquest of Britain, the establishment of a 'New Rome' at Constantinople, and the split into eastern