Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire

from Stbalbach

This is exactly the sort of history I dislike. It distills highly dramatic and epic events to a bare essence like a Wikipedia summary. Then proceeds through centuries of events and persons, one after the next given cursory treatment. And doesn't provide much content or analysis. It's aimed at the...

from fhudnell

I think this book may have been a case of too much information for me, or maybe the information just wasn't focused enough. The book covered a tremendous amount of history, beginning with the myths about the founding of Rome, through the rise of Augustus. I think I should stick with the books tha...

from Gold_Gato

This is a good beginner's guide to the history of ancient Rome, without getting too worked up about it. There is nothing particularly special about it, but then again the aim of the book is to provide a chronological overview of how the Romans really came about without having the reader take on s...

from msaucier818

A great survey of the beginnings of the Roman Empire. The second half of the book was tremendous as it gave an overview of Rome's great battles with Greek powers and with Carthage. The earlier parts of the book deal more in legend than reality, and the author admits this up front. Having limited ...

from jcvogan1

Very readable. A bit more of a critical view on Rome than I have found in other books.