Author of the notable Caesar's Legacy: Civil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire (2006), Prof. Osgood (Classics, Georgetown), views the received image from the histories of Suetonius and Tacitus ...

Image caption, This bronze sculpture of ... At the beginning of the 5th century, the Roman Empire was starting to fall apart. It was constantly under attack from tribes from northern Europe.

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched ... too short was rejected. Image caption, Re-enactors ...