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Dewey Decimal Number: 813
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Label: St. Martin's Griffin
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Page Count: 592
Printing Date: March 04, 2008
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Release Date: March 04, 2008
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Spanning a thousand years, and following the shifting fortunes of two families though the ages, this is the epic saga of Rome, the city and its people.
Weaving history, legend, and new archaeological discoveries into a spellbinding narrative, critically acclaimed novelist Steven Saylour gives new life to the drama of the city’s very first thousand years — from the founding of the city by the ill-fated twins Romulus and Remus, through Rome’s astonishing ascent to become the capitol of the most powerful empire in history. Roma recounts the tragedy of the hero-traitor Coriolanus, the capture of the city by the Gauls, the invasion of Hannibal, the bitter political struggles of the patricians and plebeians, and the ultimate death of Rome’s republic with the triumph, and assassination, of Julius Caesar.
Witnessing this history, and sometimes playing key roles, are the descendents of two of Rome’s very first families, the Potitius and Pinarius clans: One is the confidant of Romulus. One is born a slave and tempts a Vestal virgin to break her vows. One becomes a mass murderer. And one becomes the heir of Julius Caesar. Linking the generations is a
mysterious talisman as ancient as the city itself.
Epic in every sense of the word, Roma is a panoramic historical saga and Saylor’s finest achievement to date.
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I thought this was a great book, an enjoyable story about the development of Rome and the characters that made the city so historical yet famous yesterday for all of its legends.
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This must be the worst book on Rome ever written. It's childish, the characters don't even remotely resemble the ones from antiquity, and worst of all it's written like a 6th grade level romance (if there is such a thing). It was a bad idea to write a Rutherfurd style book that was simply done to distort history and endeavor to make people stupid. Do yourself a favor and ignore this book at all costs. Horrible, horrible, horrible!!!
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As always, Saylour has done a good job getting the minds of ancients. However while he spends a great deal of time on Rome prior to the city's foundations and it's very early centuries, I think he gives the Republic, especially the last century of it, too little focus. Yes the book is huge and perhaps may have been better suited to two books instead. But I think a lot of the repeated information could have been cut as well though it did an excellent job of speculating on how legends get changed over the course of generations. I also liked that he spend a good amount of time on women, a very important part of Roman society for all it's patriarchal BS, and a bit on slaves though that too could have been pulled out more I think. The lack of evidence makes such speculation dangerous for historians before for novelist it can be very rewarding.
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For a book that spans five centuries, you don't really expect to fall in love with the characters or read about much more than death and war. However, this book completely rose above my expectations. It not only focuses on specific families, it really takes you into their everyday lives and what it was like from the time when Rome was practically a bunch of huts to the building of a great empire under Augustus. A really good read.
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and one that will stay in my memory for a good while!
great read, got thrown off track a bit by the same names,
but i enjoyed roma nontheless!
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