Published by the author Keith Worthington of the Pinetown ecclesia in South Africa. Soft cover 206 pages. First printed in March 1995. This is the third edition which was revised and reprinted in 2018.

This book is an excellent primer for those who may be detered by large works on this subject. It is easily read and provides a valuable help to Bible students who want a basic understanding of this period in world history which is so important in Bible prophecy and New Testament times.

It is written in three parts. Part 1 begins with the founding of the Roman Empire in 27 BC and concludes with its collapse in 476 AD. 

Part 2 follows the establishment of the eastern leg of the empire, known as the Byzantine Empire until it was overthrown in 1453.

Part 3 follows the resuscitated Western Leg when the Church of Rome took power in Western Europe until the times when the book was written.