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Summary: A great aid for people learning about Rome
Review: My young son and I are planning a trip to Italy this summer, so we've been learning what we can about Roman history. Unfortunately it's pretty hard to visualize how the empire expanded and contracted, and how the various military campaigns came about, on the basis of text alone. This book of maps is a good way to get a mental picture of what you are learning. The text is OK but cursory and does not add as much to the pictures. However, if you would like to have a good set of Roman maps in a single, portable, location, this is an excellent choice.
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Summary: Cool!
Review: The history of Ancient Rome for only 12 bucks. Not too bad!
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Summary: Cool!
Review: The history of Ancient Rome for only 12 bucks. Not too bad!
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Summary: The Roman Empire in Paperback
Review: The Penguin historical atlas series is a handy reference for all periods of history. It's difficult to squeeze the Roman Empire into a thin paperback, but this series does it gracefully and provides enough dates, names, events, and cartographic detail to impart a feel for the Roman era. The atlas' information detail packed and easy to read. If you are a Roman history buff or just like reading about the age of the Caesers, this atlas is for you.
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Summary: The Roman Empire in Paperback
Review: The Penguin historical atlas series is a handy reference for all periods of history. It's difficult to squeeze the Roman Empire into a thin paperback, but this series does it gracefully and provides enough dates, names, events, and cartographic detail to impart a feel for the Roman era. The atlas' information detail packed and easy to read. If you are a Roman history buff or just like reading about the age of the Caesers, this atlas is for you.
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Summary: A thousand years of Roman history in some 140 pages
Review: This book is amazing. It's amazing that it covers so much with so few pages. One can easily read the book in one sitting but have a very good grasp of Roman history, from its mythical founding in 753 B.C.E. to the fall of the Western half of the Empire in 476 A.D. The book describes not only the development of Rome from a city-state to a vast empire, but also mentions how the ancient Romans lived, played, worshiped, fought, traded, etc. There are also plenty of illustrations and maps giving the reader a good idea how things looked then. Most praiseworhty is the hilarious way in which the author tells the story of Rome. A great book for both serious researchers and amateurs alike.
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Summary: Concise Yet Wonderfully Detailed Overview
Review: With several dozen books on my shelf regarding Ancient Rome, I often need something akin to an index for all of their combined knowledge: a few paragraphs, a map, or a photo will have me scurrying to the appropriate text (or, of late, an internet link). Of note are the numerous Roman city maps, showing walls, aqueducts, forts, temples, etc. relative to the natural geography.
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