Storia romana

A descriptive book about Roman history, though sometimes it is too detailed, and sometimes too dry. But all in all a great place to start to learn more about Rome. - I also want to add that I read it as part of my studies at University, so for me this book was part of my history studies.

Even though this book covers a great deal of time and territory it does a wonderful job of providing a survey type of understanding of Rome from its founding. The divisions are very helpful with timelines, maps, and blocks set apart for specialized information that makes it easy to read. I would say Leggi tutto

History is the topic on which the most number of books are reviewed in this blog. So, it is embarrassing for me to admit that I am yet to read a complete history of the Roman Empire from start (!) to finish (?). Familiarisation with the world’s oldest superpower has been in bits and pieces from the Leggi tutto

A great introduction, but limited in depth

This is a general history of Rome meant, I believe, for use in schools as a textbook. It's written that way anyway, so it's rather dry. The strength of the book is in the early going when it provides a great deal of pre-history to the empire, pretty much all of which I was unfamiliar with. Another st Leggi tutto

An impressive piece of historical scholarship by numerous Roman historians, this fourth edition - expanded and updated - is an excellent treatment to the history of Rome. From prehistoric Italy, to the complex workings that led to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century A.D. I th Leggi tutto

A great beginning-to-end text of Roman history. I've read quite a bit of Rome in my days… in pieces. However this was the first complete overview I've had. Nothing spectacular, but solid and thorough - just enough to help choose a more specific topic for my next read of Rome.

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Un excellent manuel d'histoire romaine, clair, ambitieux.