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Rotten Romans

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4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
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The Rotten Romans is a really good book if you're learning about ancient Rome, or anytime you need a good book. It makes jokes ("Dad's mad, Blad") and gives interesting information you don't find anywhere else (Did you know the Celts admired their hair so much that they didn't wear helmets in battle?). It tells stories and has made-up diaries of a warrior. It is a really funny book, and if you liked it, there are lots and lots of other Horrible Histories. There's the Awesome Egyptians, Measly Middle Ages, Vicious Vikings, and Groovy Greeks. There are also Vile Victorians, Angry Aztecs, Terrible Tudors, and Blitzed Brits (not available online). Hope you enjoy this book!

I have read nearly all of the books in the Horrible Histories Series and I love them! The reader is drawn into the world of the Romans and is given truthful information on all of the wars and emperors in a calm, relaxed, even humorous fasion. Nobody likes learning lists of dated and rulers. The Horrible Histories books are nothing like that. They really draw you into their world and you feel as if you are going back in time to the streets of Rome under Caligula's rule and feel like a Roman. This is a great way to learn history in a relaxing environment. It's a great way to escape your troublesome world and enter the world of the Rotten Roman's! I recommend it to anyone!

I think this book is wonderful as it helps young children learn the past has I did. They also so have a t.v. show soif you have a young child it can help. I love how Terry Deary has funny but then horrible ways of teaching the past. I will give this book a 4 star rating

The book's focus is on Roman Britain. It has a timeline, facts about Roman life in Britain, including the food, leaders, games, and so on. And it is also very funny.
Some people question the history, but the funny thing is that history changes. For example, thumbs down was thought to mean kill him, and thumbs up let him live. Then it was decided that thumbs up meant kill him - stick the sword up into his ribs - and thumbs down meant let him live - put him back into the tunnels and cells under the circuses. NOW it has been decided that forefinger up means let him live and thumbs down, with palm open means kill him - the sword placed under the chin and thrust downwards into the ribs and heart. Who knows what it will be next year!
I would also suggest, if you are interested in the Romans in Britain, getting Hadrian's Wall in the Days of the Romans.

I'm hooked and my kids are too. We are going to buy more like this. This book is funny and interesting. There are short quiz like questions, cartoons, drawings, short snippets of reading that are easy to read and easy to understand. This is a quick read book (Even for an 8 year old) and very informative.

Enjoy.

Great book, well worth its price many times over. Highly recommended for anyone that maybe just needs a little nudge into the world of history, it worked for me!

This book is a fun book about history for kids 7 and up. I would reconmend it to all people who enjoy history. This is a must read.

This was a very good book. The parts that I liked were when they would tell about all of the grusome murders.The things that I didn't like were when they would explain how to do things . over all this was a good book.

i love this book. rome rocks and its fun to read about them. the part about roman emperor facts was soooooooo funny. but it gave to much attention to the britians and not the romans. its called the rotten romans not the rotten britions! either way it was an enjoyment to read even to roman history experts!

I love these Horrible Histories books because they appeal to people of all ages. Although I'm not 10 years old anymore, the antics of this book still appeals to me. The book covers some brief moments in Roman history, like dealing with the Britons. It is meant to make history appear fun and gruesome to younger audiences. The book gives lots of little known fun facts and stories. The cartoons in here are absolutely priceless; they're really amusing to view! The Rotten Romans and the other books in the series are worth a browse.