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Title: The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome (Penguin Historical Atlases) by Chris Scarre ISBN: 0-14-051329-9 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (11 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not bad, as far as it goes...
Comment: ...which is not all that far, really. This is some pretty basic information on Rome, and boy do events go quickly! If basics are what you're looking for, plus lots of great maps and some cool pictures (everything is full color), then this slim volume is perfect for you. I bought this book as a supplement (recommended by the professor) to a course I was taking in Roman History, and I never read it -- at least not for the course. It's fun to flip through, though, and honestly I would recommend it for younger readers.
Rating: 5
Summary: A thousand years of Roman history in some 140 pages
Comment: 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.
Rating: 3
Summary: Needed better proofing
Comment: A nice looking book, but as I get into it the need for better editorial work is showing. The battle of Pharsalus is mistakenly placed in Thrace instead of in Thessaly, and two pages later the battle of Philippi is called the battle of Pharsalus! Another reviewer noted that Tacitus is misspelled in the Foreword. This book was published in 1995, so things like this should have been fixed by now. Maybe the rest will be acccurate, but so far it does not inspire confidence.
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Title: The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece by Robert Morkot ISBN: 0140513353 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : Volumes 1, 2, 3 by EDWARD GIBBON ISBN: 0679423087 Publisher: Everyman's Library Pub. Date: 26 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History by Colin McEvedy ISBN: 0140513485 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt by Bill Manley ISBN: 0140513310 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History by Colin McEvedy ISBN: 0140512497 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: November, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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