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Title: The Roman Republic by Michael Hewson Crawford ISBN: 0-674-77927-4 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Res Publica
Comment: Michael Crawford's book is not for the novice. Those unfamiliar with the chronology of the Roman Republic will find his analysis confusing, as Crawford assumes his reader has considerable background in Republican Roman history and culture. For those with a decent hold on the events of the Republic, Crawford's keen analytical text to highly worthwhile. He examines the relationship between members of the Roman oligarchy, discusses the successful consolidation of Italy, examines the conquest of the provinces and its effect on Roman politics, and finally deals with the political destabilization that led to the rise of warlords such as Marius, Pompey, and Caesar. His book is part of an essential bibliography for any Classics major or Roman history buff.
Rating: 1
Summary: Liberals in the Academy require chastising.
Comment: A beginner or university student encountering this book would come away merely confirmed in the idea--though probably not converted to it--that the Roman Republic and Empire emerged not from a superior genius for civilization but as a miraculous by-product of the avarice of its leadership. Or is miraculous the right word? Absent throughout is any of the wonder or awe that have inspired interest in this subject since its first historians, and without which any history of the civilization is not only flawed, but false, and, at this late date, dishonest. Military campaigns, whether the most ancient or more modern, are often characterized as exercises in brutality; the governing classes are generally treated as no more than class-war caricatures--an impression as often as not insinuated by rather sneering asides and related effects. Etc. A depressing book.
Rating: 2
Summary: A Poor Textbook
Comment: I read this book for a course in Roman History, and found it more confusing than useful. Crawford assumed too much foreknowledge for the text to serve as a primer, but his analyses might prove more comprehensible to the non-beginner. It would take a fine professor, indeed, to overcome the pitfalls of this text in an introductory class.
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Title: The Roman Empire by C. M. Wells, C.M. Wells ISBN: 0674777700 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide by Amanda Claridge, Judith Toms, Tony Cubberley ISBN: 0192880039 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Ancient Roman City by John E. Stambaugh ISBN: 0801836921 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1988 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Atlas of the Roman World by Tim Cornell, John Mathews ISBN: 0871966522 Publisher: Facts on File Pub. Date: 01 June, 1982 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: The Hellenistic World by F.W. Walbank ISBN: 0674387260 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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