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Product Details

  • Series: Hist Atlas
  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books; Reprint edition edition (September 1, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0140513299
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140513295
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 2 x 11.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 starsFor beginners only!!!
By Jacques Talbot VINE VOICE on January 30, 2002
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If you are already familiar with the broad outlines of Roman history and are looking for a visual reference to further your explorations, keep looking. This volume appears to be the outcome of an effort guided primarily by concern for today's short attention spans and budget limitations. The text is adequate enough as the briefest of introductions to its subject, but in fact this is an ATLAS, not a history per se, and its usefulness as such depends on the quality of its maps, which I found sadly disappointing. For one thing, there are surprisingly few maps in this volume. If you are interested in the growth of the city itself, if you hope to trace the movements of particular military campaigns, or if you seek a better understanding of trade routes, you will not find this volume helpful. Only the tired highlights (which can be found in any number of books) are covered. Furthermore, the maps are small--to the point of silliness--and the editors have in a number of instances alluded to events separated by a wide gulf of years on the same map. This renders even the few maps in the atlas muddled and is sure to confuse rather than inform neophytes, though these would seem to be the primary target audience. On the plus side, the book contains a number of interesting photographs, and the captions to these are surprisingly informative--the best thing about the book. All in all, a great disappointment and a surprising one as I remember Penguin's excellent pocketbook atlases of world history. Unfortunately, the narrowed focus of this Roman atlas was not matched by a corresponding increase in the quality of information offered.
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3.0 out of 5 starsNeeded better proofing
By meadowreader on February 17, 2003
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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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1.0 out of 5 starsHistorical Atlas of Where?!?
By alexandersfraser on February 20, 2003
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I don't know where these folks got their information, but it is certainly not based in reality.
I found a tremendous amount of the information in this book to be downright erroneous. At one point, the book claims that the Emperor Tiberius restored the Temples of Castor and Pollux between the years 6 B.C and 7 A.D. Sad to say, Penguin, but Augustus was Emperor during those years and was responsible for the restoration of the Temple.
Bad information, bad typesetting (yes, they've actually used cut and paste - the old fashioned form - in areas to correct mistakes before press time), and sadly inaccurate maps are the highlights of this book.
On the plus side ... pretty colors.
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2.0 out of 5 starsNot really an Atlas
By mfsfusa on February 15, 2006
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I would like to second the comments of Jacques P. Talbot. I bought this book expecting an atlas, that is a book of maps. There are some maps in this book, but they are small and cluttered and I don't really find them useful. The book is mostly pictures and text. It reminds me of that Time-Life series, that is aimed at young people, although this book is not as good as any in that series. The publishers must have changed their mind about what they wanted to do with this book. They should not have put the word "Atlas" on this confused mess. It might be OK as an introduction for people about 14-16 years old, but if you want an atlas with useful maps in it, don't buy this.
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3.0 out of 5 starsSimple and attractive bird's eye view of the rise and fall of Rome
By Francesco Lovecchio on September 7, 2005
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This book permits to follow the history of Rome through colorful maps. Visual learner will find great advantage out of this approach. However, this is only an overview and does not add more than that compared to any other book of ancient Roman history. As a previous reviewer has noticed, the battle of Pharsalus was in Thessaly and not in Thrace as mistakenly placed by the author at page 32. Thrace is mainly in today Bulgaria, but overlaps also Turkey and Greece. Thessaly is in central Greece. However, to give Caesar what is Caesar's, another reviewer allegedly claimed to have discovered a mistake at page 16 related to the Temples of Castor and Pollux. In fact, the Penguin's text is correct: the temples were rebuilt by Tiberius (before he became emperor), under Augustus. Augustus adopted Tiberius, who later became Emperor. The practice of adopting would-be emperors was a pragmatic way to ensure a suitable persona for Rome, instead of a inept natural son.

However, the book does not cover the Eastern Roman Empire (lasting for further more centuries) after the fall of the western part. Moreover, the author does not provide useful maps concerning the pressure from barbarians on the borders. Goths were Germanic tribes that moved from the Baltic sea to the Black sea, but this Atlas does not mention it. Why and where the pressure along the borders was mounting is not satisfactorily mentioned either. It is a shame for an historical atlas.
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5.0 out of 5 starsConcise Yet Wonderfully Detailed Overview
By A Customer on November 8, 1999
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With several dozen books on my shelf regarding Ancient Rome, I often need something akin to an index for all of their combined knowledge: a few paragraphs, a map, or a photo will have me scurrying to the appropriate text (or, of late, an internet link).
Of note are the numerous Roman city maps, showing walls, aqueducts, forts, temples, etc. relative to the natural geography.
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4.0 out of 5 starsThe text that accompanies the maps and photographs expands on the...

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Published 3 months ago by Kevin
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat book

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Published 5 months ago by susan sears
3.0 out of 5 starsthis book will give the perfect outline for that

As an author of a new Grecian/Roman novel Split From Earth, this book provides a very basic outline. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Forrest
3.0 out of 5 starsEntry Level Roman Studies

The author states at the beginning that few Roman maps exist. That pretty well sums up the book. Not much detail. Read more

Published 17 months ago by J.E.Robinson
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fabuloous

Published 21 months ago by Dean Anderson
5.0 out of 5 starsNice

This book was nice. It is small in size and is practical to use. It is easy to navigate in Ancient Rome. Also bought Ancient Greece, identical books.

Published on February 11, 2014 by dmorato1
1.0 out of 5 starsblech

this book is a bitter disappointment. penguin has made a wretched coffee table book with glossy pictures instead of brief written synopses to accompany atlas maps. Read more

Published on January 22, 2014 by bubba
5.0 out of 5 starsLoved it!

This book gives many details of the Roman Empire's expansion throughout the many time periods and also gives details about many things

Published on October 2, 2013 by Brian De Jesus
4.0 out of 5 starsgood value for the money

atlas is made of quality paper, lot of quality pictures, lot of maps and is good value for the money.

Published on June 9, 2013 by Goran Strahinic

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