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Romanitas (Hardcover)
by Sophia McDougall (Author)
  3.1 out of 5 stars 12 customer reviews (12 customer reviews)  

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Product Details
  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson (June 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 075286078X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752860787
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars 12 customer reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,691,417 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing, October 2, 2005
By S. Crouch (Tuggeranong, A.C.T. Australia) - See all my reviews
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I've always been interested in the Roman Empire and thought that this book might be interesting. Unfortunately it's not. Robert Silverberg does a much better job of imagining a future Roman Empire in "Roma Aeterna". Ms McDougall's extrapolation is almost totally illogical.

Very briefly, the story is about a future heir to the Empire who loses both his parents in a palace conspiracy and has to flee for his life to a remote part of the Empire where he joins forces with a group of escaped slaves. Eventually he regains his rightful place in the Roman aristocracy with their help.

The main points of the story that I found unbelievable were the mere existence of slaves in a technological society where they should be totally unnecessary and the continued existence of crucifixion as a method of execution (allbeit in a high-tech form). There are other areas where the nature of a present day Roman Empire seems to be poorly thought out too. I also found the story to be boring, overly long and poorly written. The book was hard to finish for me and I finished up skipping fairly rapidly through some of the later chapters.

I would have liked to be able to rate this book higher but can only give it one star. If you want to read a future history of the Roman Empire try "Roma Aeterna". It's much better but still not perfect.
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