Название: Tools of the Ancient Romans
Автор: Rachel Dickinson
Издательство: Nomad Press
Серия: Tools of Discovery series
Год: 2006
ISBN: 0974934453
Формат: PDF
Размер: 18.6 MB
Язык: English
Страниц: 144

Dickinson gives due attention to architecture and engineering triumphs, to be sure, and includes full chapters on technology, the army, and forms of entertainment. But the larger part of the narrative conveys Rome's growth from city-state to regional power to multiethnic empire along with the shift from a fairly small independent people to a conquering but still republican government to, finally, imperial rule with only the appearance of representative government. Informative sidebars and illustrations are profuse and attractive. However, history teachers may cringe to read that the Roman Catholic Church was established under Constantine or that the Pantheon was built by Augustus (rather than, quite famously, by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus). Still, the book has a marvelous central narrative, direct, lean, and propulsive, with inviting coverage as well of the arts, daily life, and such popular topics as chariot races, gladiators, Pompeii, and even Spartacus.

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