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The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness Ancient Rome- The History of the Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire in the Words of Those Who Were There by Lewis,Jon E.. [2003] Paperback Paperback – January 1, 2003

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008YSRUYY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Running (January 1, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English

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  • Beethoven Lover!
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book, will read again
    Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2018
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    The editor includes little snippets introducing each passage. Takes you through the basics of Rome's ancient history. Not a modern-day historian's analysis of Rome, just Rome as written about by the people and historians of the time. Includes jewels like Caesar's autobiographical (written is third person) accounts of his battles in Britain and with Pompey, Josephus' account of the sack of Jerusalem, and much much more. I knew very little about Rome before this book (and still do) but do feel like it gave me a fascinating intro to the time. I continue to talk about this book with friends and family, but won't be lending it out... it's a keeper!
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  • L. Bednarski
    4.0 out of 5 stars marc Antony it reads like a gossip column you can't turn
    Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2015
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    Browsed through when arrived. With commentaries from Cicero , Pliny the elder, marc Antony it reads like a gossip column you can't turn awayfrom
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  • Michael Lee
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent as it is for its price point.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2018
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    Choices for translations of source texts are great and vibrant. Have read other translations of some of the material that were dry or just plain booty. Particularly liked choices for MT Cicero, Juvenal, Suetonius, and St.Augustine. Nice range and breadth of material. Well rounded and comprehensive for this endeavor. A few maps or images would've be been nice, but it's excellent as is for its price point.
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  • Mike
    4.0 out of 5 stars Useful anthology
    Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2013
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    Anyone who wishes to gain a better understanding of Roman life and culture ought to read some the authors contained in this anthology.
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  • L. M. Dunn
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good companion to Gibbons
    Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2007
    I really enjoyed this book because it wasn't just a bunch of impersonal historical facts piled into one book. These are writings and historical accounts from those who were present at the time the history was being made. This book gives a unique perspective about the Roman Empire that most history books don't.
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  • Jacqueline H. Mccarty
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2015
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    I love history and especially ancient history.Was very pleased with the book.
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  • Leah Vavra
    3.0 out of 5 stars not what I expected
    Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2009
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    It was all the usual stuff I can find in any history book. I was hopping for more.
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  • Dim Dandy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good, if flawed
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2008
    The flaws are many. The "editing" doesn't extend much beyond cutting and pasting a lot of material together. There are zero editorial comments, although there were places where judicious comments would have been helpful. The footnotes are all, I believe, from the original sources, which are generally other collections. For instance, if the book quotes Herodian, the bibliography will cite, not the text of Herodian, but something like, "Great Texts on Ancient Rome" or something. So primary texts were usually not the sources. (The book contains nothing but excerpts from primary texts, but the editor got these excerpts from secondary sources.)

    And yes, as someone else has pointed out, the translations are sometimes shaky.

    Also, the word "Eyewitness" is frequently a misnomer. One of the most frequently cited authors is Tacitus, for instance, who was by no means an eyewitness to the things he wrote about. Nor was Suetonius, nor Ammianus Marcellinus, nor Cassius Dio, nor Appian. Even Cicero was writing about things that he hadn't actually witnessed in a lot of cases.

    However, having said all that, this is a fun book to read because of one strong aspect of the editing, and that was selection of material. Most of the texts included here are terrific, from Pliny's account of the eruption of Vesuvius, to humorous letters written by various people (to name just a few things). You really get a broad cross-section of Roman society across the centuries.

    One thing to note is that a complete novice to Roman history and culture would probably be frustrated by this book. I don't discourage the novice from giving the book a shot, but if you don't know who Cicero was, and Cato and Caesar and Antony and Octavian and Agrippa and Vitellius and Domitian and Trajan and Josephus and Alaric and on and on, not to mention the historical backgrounds of each, then you'll feel somewhat lost reading this book, because it does cover a huge amount of historical ground in a mere 500 pages. If you're motivated to learn, then this will be an excellent book. If you're interested more in casual reading, you might not like it.
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  • Gamlan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nice snapshots of Rome
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2014
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    You can't get more than a flavour of the history from this book, but the little pieces by those who lived this history is fascinating.
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  • cherylenid
    4.0 out of 5 stars It contains fascinating snippets from the ancient writers of the period.
    Reviewed in Canada on March 30, 2013
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    This is for the casual reader, even though it is source material. Because the editors chose only sections of the books they included, it is missing material that the serious student would want but it gives a lot of colour and life to our understanding of the events of that age. I particularly liked reading Pliny the Younger's account of the destruction of Pompeii and Josephus' description of the Fall of Jerusalem in AD 70.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars How they did things back then.. Interesting!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 23, 2015
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    Very interesting accounts of the Romans era. Even down to farming techniques of the time. Good reading
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