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Originally Posted by Samudra
How about The Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius ?
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IIRC, "The Rise of the Roman Empire" ends with the 3rd Punic War(146 BCE).
"The Fall of the Roman Republic" ends with Cicero (43 BCE).
Suetonius wrote "The Twelve Caesars", although his writing was more of a reporter than a historian.
If you read "The Rise of the Roman Empire" and "Fall of the Roman Republic", you should get enough information to give you a good idea how it all started.