The books below are only a summary. I rated them by stars. (*) one star is basic and so on. In my articles on the blog i refer often to them. I you want to buy those, go to Amazone.com, where often you can find them cheaply. You can also click on the title or the name of the author, and get directed to Amazon.com. Enjoy your reading.

A must to view if you like the the intrigues of Ancient Rome: the serial made by the BBC: I Claudius; view it on YouTube, full movie (12 episodes):

(rating: *****)

The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics) by Suetonius

(Rating: *****)

La Corruzione politica nell’antica Roma, Superbur Saggi by Luciano Perelli, quarta edizione, Milano 1999, 322.

A Literary Companion to Rome: Including Ten W… 

John VARRIANO

St. Martin Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, 1995

(rating *****)

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edward GIBBON, Phoenix; Abridged edition (August 1, 2005)

(rating ******)

A Traveller In Italy, H.v. MORTON,  Da Capo Press (March 26, 2002), 640

(Rating *****)

Promenades dans Rome,  STENDHAL, Gallimard, 1997, french edition

(Rating ****)

Unfortunately, not found in English

Rome: A Cultural History by Jonathan BOARDMAN, Interlink Pub Group Inc (September 2000), 248.

(rating ***)

(Rector of the Anglican Church in Rome and friend)

A Traveller In Rome ,H.V. MORTON, Da Capo Press (April 24, 2009), 434

(rating *****)

(rating *****)

A Traveller in Rome, MORTON, H.V., Da Capo Press, 2009, 434

His book is perhaps the definitive guide book on the Eternal City: for those who have time in Rome: a MUST. (rating more than 5*)

Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel, GRAHAM-DIXON, Andrew, Weidenfield & Nicolson, London, 2008, 207.