false 4 63 56 true 5796563 read 0 true 5481001 currently-reading 7 true 5481000 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65450168 to: The Barbarians Speak: How the Conquered Peoples Shaped Roman Europe. (Paperback) by Peter S. Wells
If you're not already familiar with the history of Roman Iron Age Europe and the Mediterranean, this book is great!! - because it will give you a solid introduction to the subject of relations between Rome and the Celtic and Germanic peoples of Europe. If you are already familiar with either, however, the book is boring. Wells is making a point that was probably noteworthy when the book was published, but which seems common sense now: that barbarian Europe was not "Romanized", and that the reality was a complex, and often shifting, mix of native tradition and Roman influence on culture, politics, trade, material goods, etc. Wells treatment of the matter is excellent - but it's unlikely to add to your knowledge if you're already widely read in the subject. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65449568 to: After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC (Paperback) by Steven Mithen
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