The history of Rome, a civilizing, social and cultural center, a citizen and imperial war machine, spans nearly a thousand years, from the founding of the city to the fall of the Empire into the hands of the Germanic barbarians. Recounting and analyzing this long and fruitful history is the Herculean task that this classic work sets itself.

Published in Spanish in 1973, Sergei I. Kovaliov's History of Rome is one of the most authoritative and longest-used manuals among readers. His analysis of the ancient history of Rome from a materialist perspective makes it possible to understand the dynamics of the Republic and the Roman Empire taking into account conflicts, social changes and class struggle, being, in this sense, an almost unique work in its genre today.

This edition is accompanied by a prologue by Néstor F. Marqués (Antigua Roma al Día) that highlights Kovaliov's very unique critical perspective on this work.