Check out the Storm before the Storm by Mike Duncan about the last hundred years leading up the the fall of the Roman Republic. The sequence of events and perso

Check out the Storm before the Storm by Mike Duncan about the last hundred years leading up the the fall of the Roman Republic. The sequence of events and personalities that emerged were almost incomprehensible as being possible in real life. By the end of it, I couldn’t help but feel that Hollywood is dead (no movies could compare to what had unfolded in this period of time)… so much drama, tension, betrayal, reversal of fortunes, action, suspense etc had unfolded. Young Julius Caesar - and thus the entire direction of western civilization - was a whimsical decision away from being executed. Anyway that’s my hard sell, consider it. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34184069 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34184069