This chronological account of the formation, battles, and campaigns of the Roman state, from the foundation and growth of the city under the Seven Kings, to the epic Republican struggle with Carthage, and the resultant expansion throughout the Mediterranean. The rise of the Roman Empire laid the foundations for the development of much of Europe centuries later. The early history of Rome is shrouded in mystery, in legendary figures reputedly with their origin in the epic Trojan wars, down to the Kings of Rome. The epic struggles, which took the Romans from a collection of small farm settlements along the Tiber, to an empire ruling all of Italy, and later, through involvement in foreign wars with Carthage and in Greece, to expansion across the Mediterranean, are studied in detail. The chronological style adopted allows the reader to study the development of the empire, its internal and external struggles, and the outstanding characters it brought to light. By detailing each year in turn, the reader is able to gain an understanding of how events unfolded throughout this fascinating period in history. Where there is a number of conflicts, the author has endeavored to deal with each as a separate entry, be it the campaigns of the Punic Wars of the Civil War of Caesar or Octavian, allowing the reader to study a chosen area of operation in isolation while also assessing its wider impact upon the Romans or their enemies.
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"A useful reference for those interested in Roman history, and certainly a valuable addition to school and university libraries."—StrategyPage.com
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The author has always had a keen interest in military history, in particular the campaigns of the Second World War, the Napoleonic period and of the ancient Romans. He has previously written a two volume history of the campaigns on the Eastern Front during the Second World War titled Barbarossa to Berlin and a history of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars titled The Empire of the French. He lives in Co. Durham.
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Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire,
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This review is from: The Rise of the Romans: The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, a Chronolgy: Volume One 753 BC-146 BC (v. 1) (Hardcover)
This is a very good chronological review of Roman history. Not only does the author give his opinion of what happened, when it is not clear, but explains other opinions as well. For someone looking for a quick and concise explaination of what happened in Roman history, this book will serve that goal well.
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I liked this book. It is organized chronologically by year and then geographically within each year. For readers interested in the Roman Republic, and coin collectors of Roman denarii and bronzes, this is a handy reference on the times. The brief summaries are well-written, and in those cases where a really interested reader wants details, the entries are tantalizing.
My problem with this book, and why I didn't give it five stars, is that I really don't understand for whom the book was intended. I read it cover to cover, but I doubt very many readers will do that. The entries are far too short to really cover the ground, and most of the entries do not address anything important. So who's going to purchase and read this book? I guess that's why this review is the only the second review for a book that was published last year. In the case of most readers, I think the consuls and tribunes will be just names, and even the wars with other countries will just become a tedious recounting of very brief information so the reader fails to become involved with any type of story line. At any rate, the book may become more important as something on which the reader can organize his Roman library. I doubt many of the casual readers will get beyond a few pages and simply put the book on the shelf for reference if a question should arise at the dinner table. But who discusses Roman Republican history anymore? Americans today can't even discuss anything that happened before Kennedy was assassinated. After all, that's all ancient history.
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