City : A Story of Roman Planning and Construction

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Summary: Facinating insite into Roman engineering
Review: If you're an adult who still has youthful curiousity but doesn't have the time for scholarly works, these books by Macaulay are delightful discoveries. This Roman City book is a particular delight explaining how locations were selected and how cities were organized around roman social order and plain common sense. It knocks down the "arrogance of the modern" to realize how clever our ancestors were. Oh yeah, and kids who love to build with Legos will love this book to.

Rating:
Summary: Facinating insite into Roman engineering
Review: If you're an adult who still has youthful curiousity but doesn't have the time for scholarly works, these books by Macaulay are delightful discoveries. This Roman City book is a particular delight explaining how locations were selected and how cities were organized around roman social order and plain common sense. It knocks down the "arrogance of the modern" to realize how clever our ancestors were. Oh yeah, and kids who love to build with Legos will love this book to.

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Summary: It is a facinating format of how the Romans built.
Review: This book is extrmely valuable as a beginning to the study of Roman Civil Engineering. The Tool and Material lists are facinating, and the drawings are worth a thousand words. For an advanced study in Roman Civil Engineering this book will go a long way to clearing up the meaning of Wordy text that do not provide illustrations.