Heroes, Gods & Emperors from Roman Mythology

The World Mythology

by Kerry Usher, John Sibbick (Illustrator)

A retelling of the great tales of heroes and gods from Roman mythology and history provides an introduction to ancient Roman history, culture, and beliefs.

Genres: Mythology, Fantasy

132 pages, Hardcover

First published October 27, 1983

Reviews

[Tomás Sendarrubias García · Rating 3 out of 5]

Siguiendo con los libros de cuando era peque, recuerdo que este libro nunca fui capaz de leerlo entero cuando lo sacaba de la biblioteca del cole. A ver, dentro de la misma colección estaba el impagable tomo de la Mitología Griega, y al final, los mitos de Roma se tomaron de Grecia, de modo que no era cuestión de repetirse, así que en Emperadores, Dioses y Héroes de la Mitología Romana, decidieron explorar mitos específicos de la historia de Roma. Así que comienza con la Eneida, el viaje de Eneas desde Troya hasta el Lacio, siguiendo las narraciones de Ovidio, para luego pasar a la historia fundacional de Roma con Rómulo y Remo, la historia de los siete reyes de la monarquía romana (Romulo, Numa Pompilio, Tulio Hostilio, Anco Marcio, Tarquino Prisco, Servio Tulio y Tarquinio el Soberbio), el paso a la República con narraciones de los conflictos entre los romanos y los etruscos, los volscos o los galos, y el paso de la Roma Republicana a la Roma Imperial con nombres tan populares como Julio César, Octavio Augusto o Calígula.

A día de hoy, después de muchos años de historia y de leer sobre Roma, mi perspectiva es muy distinta de la que tenía de crío, y esta vez sí he conseguido terminarlo, y lo he disfrutado bastante.

[Janessa Paun · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointed is all that I can really say. Seeing the TikTok trend about the Roman Empire brought to the forefront of my mind the fact that I too, even though I’m not a guy, think about the Roman Empire constantly, probably at least every other day. It’s just so fascinating. Anyway, I got this book as a little refresher, mostly about emperors, and was wildly floored by how boring it was. The Roman Empire should never have a boring book about it, what a crime. They barely talked about the famous emperors at all, Nero’s name was never even in print. If you’re going to put something in the title, follow through and don’t just talk about people that quite frankly no one cares about in in depth detail to talk more about the founding of the country. One of the only good parts of this book, was the Romulus and Remus story.

[Colin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book for kids with the basics of Roman mythology - not just Greek myths with Roman names and the serial numbers filed off, but actual Roman mythology, and it is pretty well done. I was happy with it. I read this to my kids (8 & 10) as part of homeschooling lessons.

[Hillary · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book provides great insight into Roman mythology for children. I would recommend older kids read this as there are a lot of words on each page that younger kids may not know.

Written by Kerry Usher
Illustrated by John John Sibbick