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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.
Dave Jackson Duh! It's Romanocentric if you need to centre it.
It's easy to read.…moreDuh! It's Romanocentric if you need to centre it.
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by Mary Beard
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