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Ancient Rome

by William E. Dunstan

Ancient Rome traces the history of the Roman Empire from the earliest archeological remains in Italy to the Merovingian line of Frankish kings in the ninth century who claimed to replace the Western Roman Empire with a Christian version. The book consists of 41 chapters and the epilogue, which adds a cursory treatment of the Byzantine Empire until the fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turks in 1453. This is a quote from a comparative civilizations review by by Adán Stevens-Díaz

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?