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De Geboorte Van Rome. De Opkomst Van Het Grootste Wereldrijk Aller Tijden (2012)

by Anthony Everitt(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

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History & Biography

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Ambo

review 1: This is a good. My first foray into Roman history and i thoroughly enjoyed it. What makes the book good? Everitt writes for a wide audience, and provides a fine overview of the factors, viewed through the lens of episodes involving key figures, which contributed to the rise of what was essentially a large tribe in the centre of the Italian "peninsula" becoming the hegemon of the immediate region and then later the Mediterranean basin and beyond. Via entertaining and informative narrative portraits, Everitt treats many, but of course not all, aspects of the figures who made Rome. He's strong on the military and institutional aspects and solid on the political, social and ideological (and rhetorical) battles.
review 2: Informative & thorough, but sorely lacking i... moren historical analysis or narrative arc. Although it was packed with cool stories & plenty of detail on various key ancient Roman people / places / concepts / etc., after a while it began to feel more like a list of Stuff That Happened with Associated Names & Dates, which is basically the reason I decided in middle school / high school that history was boring. How hard can it be to bring ancient Rome to life? Hannibal was there!! less

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