A History Of Rome To 565 A.D.

by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

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Genres: History, Nonfiction, Ancient

462 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1977

Reviews

[Guy Priel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am a huge fan of history and this was an awesome book on the history of Rome. It was a little slower reading than I anticipated, but it was good.

[Mark Adderley · Rating 3 out of 5]

A serviceable history, if a little dry. More for taking notes from than curling up in an armchair with.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good, balanced work. Thorough enough, yet not bogged down in details. Did a good job of dealing with other aspects of the Romans--literature, religion,etc.

[Rodeweeks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, this book took me a while. I enjoyed watching myself getting so excited about history, and this was a great read if sometimes difficult with all the Latin terms. It was not always easy to remember who's who when things got heated between senators, plebs, the army, emperors, etc. etc. The lot of them sure enjoyed killing each other. Would love to read more about the two slave wars and the revolt of the gladiators (yes, I'm thinking about Spartacus - that TV series was as awesome as it was brutal). One big lesson I learned from reading this book was that nobody is only good or only bad, they may be mostly good or mostly bad, but not only. The worst of the emperors did some good things and the most honest of public servants had some corrupt dealings somewhere.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

Principalmente centrado en la historia política, y, aunque con visiones un poco chocantes (leí la edición del veintitantos) me parece una buena historia general de Roma. La bibliografía, muy poco útil, pero es muy fácil consultar cualquier tema, ya que todos están subtitulados.

[jess☁️]

informative and enjoyable. solid text for a tough ancient roman history class