From the lowliest slave to the most powerful ruler, every civilization has been builtand undoneby different classes of people. This new series takes an anthropologists view of five famous Ancient Civilizations, noting how the various social groups influenced and interacted with each other and changed the very history of the world. Emphasizing each civilizations legacy and innovations, each title also presents a timeline of major historical events and engaging facts are highlighted throughout the text. In this title discover an historical overview of the Roman civilization from the perspectives of the social classes, from the senators to the plebeians, including the Italian empires growth and decline.