Warlords of Republican Rome [Hardcover]

Nic Fields (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Books (October 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844158306
• ISBN-13: 978-1844158300
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,713,949 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Suited for someone who NEVER read a book on Rome before., September 12, 2010

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lordhoot "lordhoot" (Anchorage, Alaska USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Warlords of Republican Rome (Hardcover)

I am not really sure what was the purpose behind writing and publishing a book like this unless the author was aiming at a group of history reading population who never read a book on the Roman military before. Despite of the title of this book, there is very little written about Roman Civil War between Caesar and Pompey. Their struggle is detailed in about 30 pages of the book's 185 or so pages. That is pretty paltry amount and what you read won't add a penny to your knowledge of this conflict if you are already familiar with the subject matter. (You will get more information if you watch HBO's Rome series!!)

Instead, what you get is very superficial, somewhat generic basic account of the background information of the Roman army, of the past civil wars where names like Gaius Marcus or Sulla dominate the pages before we finally get the short biographical sketches of Pompey and Caesar. Then finally, we get to the subject of the conflict between them. Nothing written is new to anyone who is familiar with these subjects. So basically, instead a getting a book about the Roman Civil War between Pompey and Caesar, in this book, we got a very generic military history book on the Roman Republic during its last 100 years of existence. The book could have made a better introductory tome if it went further on until Augustus took power and ended the civil wars era of Rome for the next 200 years (outside of that one year, 69 AD being the exception).

Only use I can think of for this book is if you want to buy it for your kid to get him/her interested in ancient history or donate it to your local high school for tax write off. (If I sounded bit harsh in this review, it basically because I was put off by the misleading title. To me, that is fraudulent advertising of false hype and premise of the book. I blame this more on the publisher then the author.)