Audience: Students; Grades: 4-12; Subject Areas: History. (2003) Chronicles the end of the Roman Republic with the rise of the dictators Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Julius Caesar. Looks at the reign of Augustus and discusses Roman aqueducts, roads, slavery, the Colosseum, persecution of Christians, gladiators, and chariot races. Examines the fall of Roman and Byzantine Empires. Also looks at Roman antiquities and Roman influence in modern Western civilization.