How Rome Began: The History As Told by Ancient Historians

Much attention has been paid to the fall of the Roman Empire, by everyone from august historians like Edward Gibbon to modern-day observers wringing their hands over the fate of the United States of America. But as every Rome enthusiast knows, that long collapse constitutes just one chapter — or rather, a series of chapters at the very least — of a story with much more to it. And as with any story, nobody can hope to understand how it ends unless they understand how it begins: hence the new Voices of the Past video above...