In the history of the world few eras can have left as great a heritage of exciting and exotic stories as the glorious civilisations of Ancient Greece and Rome. In these pages, legendary heroes such as Theseus, who slew the Minotaur, and the twins Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, together with historical figures like the first Roman Emperor, Augustus, and the Macedonian conqueror, Alexander the Great, are vividly recreated. Horse-racers, Circus gladiators, and captured Gallic chieftains rub shoulders here, giving a taste of life as it might have been in those violent, magnificent days under the Mediterranean sun.
