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Early Times: The Story of Ancient Rome
Beginning with the legend of Romulus and Remus and ending with the dethronement of the last Roman emperor in AD 476. The Story of Ancient Rome covers topics including the development of the Roman system of law and the principles of the republican form of government (with a mindful analysis of its transformation into an imperial bureaucracy). Descriptions of the gladiator fights and chariot races provide a taste of the seamier side of bread and circuses, while character studies of the emperors reveal how absolute power can corrupt absolutely. Throughout the text, the student's attention is drawn to Latin terms and expressions that have entered the English language.
The Early Times series is written for students in grades 5-8, each of the six texts in this series provides a comprehensive overview of a particular culture. The evolution of political thought, economics, science, art and literature are made to come alive for young readers through the author's detailed descriptions of everyday life and provocative portraits of key personalities. Every chapter is followed by review questions, Ideas to think about and Projects.
The Early Times series is written for students in grades 5-8, each of the six texts in this series provides a comprehensive overview of a particular culture. The evolution of political thought, economics, science, art and literature are made to come alive for young readers through the author's detailed descriptions of everyday life and provocative portraits of key personalities. Every chapter is followed by review questions, Ideas to think about and Projects.
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First published January 1, 1993
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August 3, 2018
I am usually not a person to be negative about a book, but I have to say that this book definitely did not give me the desire to keep reading it. I read it in a small history class with my sister and a friend, and we all agreed that this was definitely not a five star history book.
For one thing, there are many obvious typos throughout the book, they even managed to spell “Italy” wrong on the map, and this is a book about Italy!!
Although the book did have useful information, the author went into quite a lot of detail about the government and army related subjects.
Don’t get me wrong, I completely understand how important is it to know about the army and government of ancient Rome, but is there no way to make it a little more interesting?
Despite all that, this book did have usual information, all it needed was a good editor to take out the typos and to maybe shorten some of the chapters.
For one thing, there are many obvious typos throughout the book, they even managed to spell “Italy” wrong on the map, and this is a book about Italy!!
Although the book did have useful information, the author went into quite a lot of detail about the government and army related subjects.
Don’t get me wrong, I completely understand how important is it to know about the army and government of ancient Rome, but is there no way to make it a little more interesting?
Despite all that, this book did have usual information, all it needed was a good editor to take out the typos and to maybe shorten some of the chapters.
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