

Sinossi
Roma antica è qualcosa di più che un elenco da mandare a memoria di consoli, guerre, poeti e imperatori, e non è neppure soltanto una serie di versioni dal latino con cui combattere al liceo, confidando nell’aiuto di un pesante dizionario. La Roma classica è stata tantissime altre cose, nei suoi oltre 1200 anni di storia, a partire dalla vita comune del contadino fino alla dieta quotidiana del mercante, dal salario del soldato allo scatenato tifo popolare per i gladiatori, dai lupanari all’incredibile efficienza della sua (costosa) macchina bellica. Per questo Breve storia di Roma è una lettura tanto godibile: è un libro che riporta alla vita un mondo intero, con un tocco di ironica semplicità e un’erudizione totalmente priva di pedanteria, facendoci innamorare del più duraturo degli imperi antichi, dal quale tutti noi, in ultima istanza, deriviamo. I romani ci hanno dato il calendario su cui ancora ci basiamo, la lingua che parliamo e la struttura delle nostre leggi, ma quanto sappiamo veramente di loro? Scritto per brevi capitoli, che toccano ogni aspetto della romanità, questo libro ci aiuta a capire, con leggerezza, quanto sia importante la conoscenza del mondo classico; non perché sia astrattamente necessario, ma perché, semplicemente, è bello.
- ISBN: 883397281X
- Casa Editrice: Bollati Boringhieri
- Pagine: 303
Recensioni
Interesting to read, but it falls short in its aim. The history of Rome is glossed over in parts, opting to spend more time on the 'exciting' topics such as colosseums. However, this does allow the book to convey a particular image on Roman culture, though this is for a specific time period, and sho Leggi tutto
It has one of the strangest structures I have ever encountered in a history book; in fact, I could only describe it as "two steps forward, one step back" in its summary approach to the history of Rome. But there is no denying that, using its strange structure, it manages to cover an impossibly immen Leggi tutto
An interesting if brief overview of the history of the Roman Empire. The book is divided in to chapters which cover specific years of the Empire - each chapter starts with a little timeline detailing some of the bigger events during it's specific period, followed by a brief (3-4 page) summary. The r Leggi tutto
Een beknopte maar complete geschiedenisvertelling van het grootste rijk dat we ooit in Europa hebben gezien, van de ontstaansmythen en het vissersdorp tot de eerste christelijke keizer en de val van het West-Romeinse Rijk. Veel meer dan een gewoon geschiedenisboek, vertelt de auteur niet alleen de p Leggi tutto
An enjoyable read about the Romans. At the beginning of this book the author unashamedly points out that this is a narrative written for the ‘average reader’ and not a historian, and thus the format is quite appealing - each chapter begins with a broad overview followed by bite size chunks on variou Leggi tutto
An engaging, energetic introduction to Roman history, suitable for the total novice (like me). History books aren't really my forte, but Jones' narrative sweep of this two thousand years or so passed like a breeze, and opened up endless unexplored avenues of knowledge for me to visit in the future.
I really like this book. It ranges from the myths around Rome's founding right up to exploring the split into Eastern and Western halves of the Empire, highlighting some of the lesser-known emperors as well as looking at the lives of the ordinary people - and all with Jones' typical humour, which ma Leggi tutto
This book is filled with a huge amount of detailed knowledge which provides the reader with some interesting and unusual facts about Ancient Rome (for example, togas were not worn everyday, bath houses were notoriously dirty). However I would not view this as a suitable introduction to Roman history Leggi tutto
Like the guide to Ancient Greece by the same author, this doesn't claim to be a complete history of Rome. Rather it is a taster. Split into chronological chapters, each starts with a summary of events in the period covered, and is followed by short independent sections covering various topics from t Leggi tutto
Lots of interesting facts presented in quite an informal way. The title is misleading "everything you wanted to know about the Romans but were afraid to ask". The information in the book does not match up to this claim. It's more a telling of the history of Rome from start to end. It does jump aroun Leggi tutto
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