Atlas of the Roman World

The Cultural Atlas of the World

by Tim J. Cornell, John Matthews

This comprehensive, three-part historical and cultural atlas documents the origins of Rome and Greek influence, the transition from Republican to Imperial Rome, and the rise and decline of the Roman Empire

Genres: History, Reference, Nonfiction, Roman History, Ancient History, Italy, Travel

240 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1982

Reviews

[Alan Robisch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent and beautiful book. It has an interesting overview of Roman History and it has beautiful illustrations . It is a great gift for anyone who loves Roman History. It is well documented with many maps

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thought this book would be a quick read, but I quickly realized that reading it would take more time! While the book does have a lot of maps and pictures, the text was exceptionally thorough. I'm not a Roman expert but the author certainly did his research. Overall the book was a great review of how Rome grew to become a world power... and then distintegrated over time. It was great to review how much influence Rome still has on our society today in terms of politics, engineering, military, etc.

[John Somers · Rating 3 out of 5]

12/20.

[Terry · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this atlas as a sort of companion guide while I was reading The Fate of the Roman World.

[Lance Lusk · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great reference text for tracing the history of Rome. I particularly like the extensive image descriptions on nearly every page.

[Jack · Rating 2 out of 5]

I considered taking one of the authors' history classes in college, but found him unengaging. The same holds true for the majority of text in this book, which despite its populist format as a "big map book" is written in a fairly dry style that seems to leave out all the most interesting parts of the history it covers. There are some good images and information, but in several cases the maps are difficult to read and/or the text on the page does not correspond to the maps pictured there, etc. If you love Roman history this may be worth picking up but don't go out of your way for it.

[Anne White]

I wouldn't say I read this cover to cover, and I don't know that it's meant to be read that way, but I've gotten through the parts of it I was most interested in. Great reference for ancient Rome in any period, though perhaps not as graphically sophisticated (i.e. computer-graphicked) as current readers might expect. I borrowed it from the library, but used copies are cheap, so I'll probably order my own.

[Marc]

This is more of an illustrated history than an atlas. Also, it is somewhat dated by now. The Hisrorical atlas of Ancient Rome by Nick Constable is similar and looks more modern (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...). I would also consider the Penguin version (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...), which I do not know.