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FOLLOWING CAESAR: From Rome to Constantinople, the Pathways That Planted the Seeds of Empire. By John Keahey. St. Martin’s Press. 256 pages. $30.

Of note this fall: deep dives into storied American lineages, reckonings with racist forebears, reconsiderations of the Roman empire, and biographies of both prominent and obscure African Americans of the 19th century.