Inside History Collection Magazine

10 April 2022

ROME: ANTIQUITY’S SUPERPOWER In 52 BC, after six years of war against the Gallic tribes, Julius Caesar had tamed yet another enemy for Rome. Soon taxes and grain flowed from Gaul towards the imperial capital, whose citizens enjoyed all manner of luxuries from the provinces. Everything had changed since outlaws had founded Rome almost five centuries earlier. The small city had grown powerful through military might and political ingenuity, and the Roman Republic came to rule an expanse of territory that stretched around the Mediterranean and beyond. A few years later, Julius Caesar was assassinated and the republic became an empire that mad tyrants and power-hungry generals would slowly destroy from within. In this special issue, you will discover the rich history behind antiquity’s greatest power.