From the Gracchi to Nero: A history of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68 (University paperbacks ; 56)

Scullard's clear and comprehensive narrative covers the period from 133 BC to 69 AD, exploring the decline and fall of the Republic, and the establishment of the Pax Romana under the early Principate. More than forty years after its first publication this masterful survey remains the standard textbook on the central period of Roman history.