History of the Roman Empire: From the Accession of Augustus to the End of the Empire of the West is a comprehensive historical account of the Roman Empire written by Thomas Keightley in 1841. The book covers the period from 27 BC when Augustus became the first Roman emperor to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD. Keightley's work is divided into several sections each covering a different period in Roman history. He begins by describing the reign of Augustus and the establishment of th