History of Roman Republic

by Cyril Edward Robinson

1932. First Edition. 471 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and paste-downs. Pencil markings to front pastedown. Minor cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.

Genres: History

488 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1932

About the author

1884-

Reviews

[Ian]

Captivating history, full of drama, legendary people, and world-changing events.

[Frank]

I chose the audiobooks for this "read" - parts 1 & 2.

Very enjoyable and informative. I did find it somewhat challenging to keep track of events and players in the audiobook - as I listened to this while commuting. However, that did not diminish the experience.

It has piqued my interest and encouraged me to now delve into the classic "Decline and Fall" books.

I should be well versed in historical Rome shortly! :)

[John]

Until this series of lectures which covers the republican era of Roman history in 20 hours, I had very little sense of anything going on in the Western world between Aristotle's death and Galileo. While just a start, these lectures filled in some blanks for me. For one, terrorism and supernaturalism were leveraged deliberately and effectively long before ISIS.

[Ian Loney]

An excellent history of the rise of Rome. Once you get past the Edwardian worldview of the author, the narrative quality was very engaging and it was quite concise. I listened to an audio version from audible and the narration was top notch

[Ron Fitzwater]

Been interested in the Roman Empire recently and this book, while a bit dry in places, is a nice concise overview of the Republic.

[Donny]

It's only for Volume 1. It's ok lar. Takeaways include the Etruscans, Hannibal and the Carthaginians in particular.