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Preview — The Romans by Mary T. From Village to Empire by Mary T. From Village to Empire 3. How did a single village community in the Italian peninsula eventually become one of the most powerful imperial powers the world has ever known? From Village to Empire, Mary T.
Boatwright, Daniel Gargola, and Richard J. Talbert explore this question as they guide readers through a comprehensive sweep of Roman history, ranging from the prehistoric settlemen How did a single village community in the Italian peninsula eventually become one of the most powerful imperial powers the world has ever known? Talbert explore this question as they guide readers through a comprehensive sweep of Roman history, ranging from the prehistoric settlements to the age of Constantine.
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Vividly written and accessible, The Romans traces Rome's remarkable evolution from village, to monarchy, to republic, and eventually to one-man rule by an emperor whose power at its peak stretched from Scotland to Iraq and the Nile Valley. Firmly grounded in ancient literary and material sources, the book describes and analyzes major political and military landmarks, from the Punic Wars, to Caesar's conquest of Gaul and his crossing of the Rubicon, to the victory of Octavian over Mark Antony, and to Constantine's adoption of Christianity.
The authors cover issues that still confront modern states worldwide, including warfare, empire building, consensus forging, and political fragmentation.
They also integrate glimpses of many aspects of everyday Roman life and perspective--such as the role of women, literature, entertainment, town-planning, portraiture, and religion--demonstrating how Rome's growth as a state is inseparable from its social and cultural development. Ideal for courses in Roman history and Roman civilization, The Romans is enhanced by almost illustrations, more than 30 maps most produced by the Ancient World Mapping Center , and 22 textual extracts that provide fascinating cultural observations made by ancient Romans themselves.
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Stops right at the part you probably don't care about anyway! Mar 27, Dakota rated it liked it Shelves: Nice easy read, solid narrative, well-segmented, handy out takes. Low on actually stories. Oct 19, Marvin rated it liked it. Highly informative and well researched account, but written in a very rambling style with a lot of repetition. The rambling style makes it very hard to follow the chain of events in important phases of Roman history, such as the conflict between Marius and Sulla, to name just one.
Essentially the same map of the region seemed to be reproduced at least 10 times at various points in the book. And in the first few chapters on the beginnings of Rome, if I had a dime for every time I encountered the Highly informative and well researched account, but written in a very rambling style with a lot of repetition. And in the first few chapters on the beginnings of Rome, if I had a dime for every time I encountered the phrase "votive deposits", I would have a million dollars by now! But I still learned a LOT from this book.
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I know this because I bought the print version of the 2nd edition a couple of years ago, didn't finish it and now I wanted the Kindle version because I prefer reading on the Kindle versus print books. I didn't check the version before clicking buy. Well, at least up to AD the books are the virtually the same. I think the books are just the best history of Rome there is available!
You have to be a real history lover as this a detailed book, but determine which version you want, as that determines the format. This is a long and sprawling history of the Roman Republic and Empire. It covers essentially all features of Roman life for the standard measure of the classical period, and considers social, political, religious and literary features of the Graeco-Roman culture. There are a few significant shifts in tone and style from chapter to chapter, making it less than impossible to guess at which chapters were written by the same historians.
This isn't necessarily a problem, just a feature. One problem I found was the unsteady use of photos. There are spaces in the text covered in maps and photos, and others where you don't get a single photo for ten to fifteen pages. Moreover, the maps we never really helpful, just nice to look at, with basic geographical markers and the most important sites. I have really enjoyed this introduction to the Romans and have found the maps invaluable. They have a great website with free downloads of maps as well. It is a well organized book that has seen many revisions and is finely honed.