A History of Rome

By Jean-Louis Voisin, Marcel Le Glay, Yann Le Bohec

Book Overview

This magisterial survey, spanning over 1,300 years, is widely acclaimed as the best single-volume history of Rome. The second edition incorporates a number of improvements including new subject sections and maps, expanded coverage of key chapters, and updated resource and bibliographic material. Incorporates a number of improvements, many of which have been suggested by readers. Provides more extensive treatment of key areas. Includes completely new sections to cover subjects omitted from the first edition. Continues to include extensive illustrative material - plates, tables, chronologies, and maps (including two new ones). A more comprehensive index will ensure the book is now easier to use. Please visit our Roman history website at: http: //www.blackwellpublishing.com/cherry for on-line resources, details of related books, and a unique cross reference tool to help you make the best use of The Roman World: A Sourcebook and A History of Rome.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631218599
• ISBN13: 9780631218593
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

A History of Rome

A very, very good book. It help explain the entire strata of Roman society. It aslo helped open my eyes on not just the rise of Rome but the end of Rome also. A must for any serious student of Roman history.

A concise look at Rome's History

Marcel Le Glay et al's History of Rome was the first History book on Rome I read. The book was relatively well written, and took an interesting look on Rome's decline. Unfortunately, it focused largely on the Leaders and the royal/imperial families of Rome; the book tended to focus more on their lives then on the Roman Empire's history itself. The section on Augustus was thorough and very interesting. The middle and end of the book were especially good, but the beginning lacked detail. There is an absence of information on this part of Rome's history, and the book tended to breifly talk about important events during those 500 years. The book's examination on the culture of the Roman Empire I find is much too succinct. For its brevity it was excellent; it is admirable that one can write such a tasteful book in such small space. If one wants a helpful guide to the entire history of Rome pick up this book.

The History of Rome in Its Greatest Form

This book truly got me reading more in depth in Roman History. I've read other Roman History books for instence, The Roman Empire by Colin Welles, and Roman Provincial Administration by J. S. Richardson and this was in a league of its own. Le Glay and compatriots made A History of Rome very enjoyable. Truthfully, I had a hard time putting the book down. This book deserves 5 stars.