Ranked: Roman Empire

This is a subjective Ranked version of Intriguing Connections: Roman Empire

This is part of Get To Know The Peoples Of The World

1. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
2. Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America by Cullen Murphy
3. From Plato To NATO: The Idea of the West and Its Opponents by David Gress

1. (Circa 8th Century B.C.E.-3rd Century C.E.) SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
2. (Circa Mid-Late 1st Century B.C.E.) Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Philosophy

1. (Circa 4th Century B.C.E. - 4th Century C.E.) A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine
2. (Circa 44 B.C.E. ) On Obligations by Marcus Tullius Cicero
3. (Circa 180  C.E.) Meditations by Marcus Aurelius