note: names of people are underlined according to the Chinese convention in historical narrative. The time periods covered by the work are highlighted after the publishers. Existing historical work of ancient Rome is highly fragmented. Several books are needed to make a connected history.

Livy(59 BC – AD 17): Ab Urbe Condita

The author, Titus Livy, was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of the early Rome, namely from its founding dated back to 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own time. However, the later books discussing the end of the republic and the rise of Augustus did not survive. His work was originally titled Ab Urbe Condita, "From the Founding of the City". Livy's writing style was poetic and archaic, but not accurate.

Penguin Classics:
    The Early History of Rome, Books I-V (ISBN-13: 978-0140448092) (753 BC - 386 BC)                                                   ($10.88)
    Rome and Italy: Books VI-X (ISBN-13: 978-0140443882) (386 BC - ~300 BC)                                                              ($10.88)
    The War with Hannibal: Books XXI-XXX (ISBN-13: 978-0140441451) (218 BC - 201 BC)                                                ($11.56)
    Rome and the Mediterranean: XXXI-XLV (ISBN-13: 978-0140443189) (201 BC - 167 BC)                                               ($11.56)

Polybius(264 BC - 120 BC): Histories

The author, Polybius, was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period noted for his book called The Histories covering the period of 264 BC - 146 BC. His primary concern, aside from the presentation of pragmatic history, is the 53 years in which ancient Rome became a dominant world power. Only the first five of forty books are extant in their entirety. Books I through V are the introduction and background for the years in which he was concerned and they generally cover the affairs in each nation of import at the time: Ancient Egypt, Greece, Spain and deals extensively with the first and second Punic Wars. The period with the greatest detail is the Second Punic War. Then in Book VI he begins on a tangent and describes the constitution of the Romans, outlining the powers of the consuls, senate and people. Several translated versions of this work exit.

Kessinger Publishing: Hampton Mr.(Translator) more fluid and more elegant
    The General History Of Polybius V1 (ISBN-13: 978-0548100851)                                                                                    ($33.36)
    The General History Of Polybius V2 (ISBN-13: 978-0548100868)                                                                                    ($37.92)
    The General History Of Polybius V3 (ISBN-13: 978-0548100875)                                                                                    ($37.07)
Loeb Classical Library: W.R.Paton(Translator) more literal                                                                                            ($24.00/Vol)
    The Histories, Volume I, Books 1-2
    The Histories, Volume II, Books 3-4
    The Histories, Volume III, Books 5-8
    The Histories, Volume IV, Books 9-15
    The Histories, Volume V, Books 16-27
    The Histories, Volume VI, Books 28-39
Penguin Classics: Ian.Scott-Kilvert(Translator)
    The Rise of the Roman Empire (ISBN-13: 978-0140443622) (264 BC - 146 BC)                                                             ($11.56)

Sallust(86 BC - 34 BC): The Jugurthine War .and. The Conspiracy of Catiline

Gaius Sallustius Crispus, generally known simply as Sallust was a Roman historian. Sallust's account of the Catiline conspiracy and of the Jugurthine War have come down to us complete, together with fragments of his larger and most important work, a history of Rome from 78-67 BC. The Conspiracy of Catiline (Sallust's first published work) contains the history of the memorable year 63 BC, The Jugurthine War is a brief monograph recording the war in Numidia 112 BC.

Penguin Classics: The Jugurthine War/The Conspiracy of Catiline (ISBN-13: 978-0140441321) (63 BC and 112 BC)              ($10.20)

Cicero(106 BC - 43 BC)

Marcus Tullius Cicero, was a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and philosopher. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. Michael Grant is one of the foremost scholars of classical civilization in the world. Being thus, he is an ideal candidate to translate the works of Cicero.

Penguin Classics: Selected Works (ISBN-13: 978-0140440997)                                                                                          ($10.20)

Caesar(100 BC – 44 BC): The Conquest of Gaul .and. Civil War

The author, Gaius Julius Caesar, was a Roman military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. This is a genuine historical treasure.

Penguin Classics: The Conquest of Gaul (ISBN-13: 978-0140444339) ~55 BC                                                                       ($8.80)
Oxford Press: The Civil War (ISBN-13: 978-0140441871) ~50 BC                                                                                      ($11.20)

Appian(95 AD - 165 AD): Roman History

The author, Appian, was a Greek historian with Roman citizenship. His work in twenty-four books, written in Greek before 165, is more a number of monographs than a connected history. It gives an account of various peoples and countries from the earliest times down to their incorporation into the Roman Empire, and survives in complete books and considerable fragments. In spite of its unattractive style, the work is very valuable, especially for the period of the civil wars.

Penguin Classics: The Civil Wars (ISBN-13: 978-0140445091) ~50 BC                                                                                ($10.88)

Cassius Dio(~160 AD - ~230 AD):

The author, Cassius Dio, was a noted Roman historian. Dio published a history of Rome in 80 volumes, beginning with the legendary arrival of Aeneas in Italy through the subsequent founding of Rome and then to 229; a period of about 1,400 years. Of the 80 books, written over 22 years, books 36-60 which cover the years 68 BCE–47 CE survive into the modern age intact, while the others in the form of fragments, providing modern scholars with a detailed perspective on Roman history.

Penguin Classics: The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus (ISBN-13: 978-0140444483) (~23 BC–14 AD)                        ($11.56)
Echo Library: Dio's Rome, Volume 1-6 (ISBN-13: 978-1406826425...)                                                                                 ($12.90)
Loeb Classical Library: Roman History Volume I, II, VIII, IX (fragments)
Loeb Classical Library: Roman History Volume III - VII Books 36-60 (68 BC–47 AD)                                                    ($24.00/Vol)

Suetonius(~70 AD - ~140 AD) De Vita Caesarum (bought)

The author, Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, was an equestrian and a historian during the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is a set of biographies on the lives of twelve successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar(100 BC – 44 BC) until Domitian(51 AD - 96 AD), entitled De Vita Caesarum.

Penguin Classics: The Twelve Caesars (ISBN-13: 978-0140455168) (~50 BC–96 AD)                                                         ($10.20)
Oxford World's Classics: Lives of the Caesars (ISBN-13: 978-0192832719)                                                                         ($11.16)

? Lives of the Later Caesars (bought)

This book is meant to be a continuing off of the Suetonius book, starting with the five good emperors and ending with Elagabalus, written similarly to Suetonius and includes the cover and inside grittiness of each emperor.

Penguin Classics: Lives of the Later Caesars (ISBN-13: 978-0140443080) (96 AD–222 AD)                                                ($10.20)

Plutarch(46 AD - 120 AD): Parallel Lives

The author, Plutarch, was a Greek historian, biographer and essayist. His best known work is the Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of famous Greeks and Romans, arranged as dyads to illuminate their common moral virtues and fallings. To most modern readers, these pairings seem artificial. Instead, translators of Makers of Rome: Nine Lives has chosen to group together nine Roman biographies that collectively extend through the period from the beginnings of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire.

Penguin Classics: Makers of Rome: Nine Lives (ISBN-13: 978-0140441581)                                                                       ($10.20)
Penguin Classics: The Fall of the Roman Republic: Six Lives (ISBN-13: 978-0140449341)                                                    ($10.20)
Modern Library Classics: Plutarch's Lives Volume 1 (ISBN-13: 978-0375756764)                                                                ($11.16)
Modern Library Classics: Plutarch's Lives Volume 2 (ISBN-13: 978-0375756771)                                                                ($10.17)

Tacitus(55 AD - 117 AD): Histories .and. Annals

The author, Tacitus, was a Roman public official and historian whose two greatest works, Histories and Annals,  concern the period from the death of Augustus (14 AD) to the death of Domitian (96 AD). His work is distinguished by a boldness and sharpness of wit, and a compact and sometimes unconventional use of Latin.

Penguin Classics: The Annals of Imperial Rome (ISBN-13: 978-0140440607)                                                                       ($10.88)
Hackett Publishing Company: The Annals (ISBN-13: 978-0872205581)                                                                                ($15.25)
Oxford Press: The Annals (ISBN-13: 978-0192824219) (14 AD–~68 AD)                                                                           ($11.53)
Oxford Press: The Histories (ISBN-13: 978-0199540709) (69 AD–70 AD)                                                                          ($10.36)

Gibbon(1737-1794): The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (bought)

The author, Edward Gibbon, was an English historian. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. The History is known principally for the quality and irony of its prose. It stands as a major literary achievement of the 18th century. The current essential edition is translated by David Womersley.

Penguin Classics: (180 AD–1543 AD) 
    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1 (ISBN-13: 978-0140433937)                                       ($16.47)
    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 2 (ISBN-13: 978-0140433944)                                       ($18.21)
    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3 (ISBN-13: 978-0140433951)                                       ($19.46)