Michael Rickard answers “Two questions: 1) does this book read like...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome:

Two questions: 1) does this book read like a textbook? And 2) how unbiased is it? Eurocentric? AntiEurocentric? I want neither.

Michael Rickard The book doesn't read like a textbook and is a survey of Rome from the Kingdom Era to the 3rd century. I didn't find it to be antiEurocentric (or Euro…moreThe book doesn't read like a textbook and is a survey of Rome from the Kingdom Era to the 3rd century. I didn't find it to be antiEurocentric (or Eurocentric for that matter). While it's not a textbook, it's not a James Patterson easy reading. (less)

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