The Roman Republic
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Word Count
64,250 words, Guess
Page Count
257 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL43594857M
- OCLC Control Number403736
- Internet Archiveromanrepublic00asim_0
- Library of Congress Control Number66017171
- AmazonB0006BO1X0
Classifications
- LCCDG231.7 .A8
Description
If western civilization looks to ancient Greece for the source of its philosophical and aesthetic inspiration, it is still the Romans who have most influenced the shape of our daily lives, our ideals of justice and honor, our forms of government and our strivings for a world of peace and order. The Roman republic with its virtues of honest living, bravery, loyalty and fair play remains the model of our own republic, and the stories of its courageous citizen-soldiers (vividly colored by late Roman historians) were very much a part of the education of our own founding fathers. In this book, Isaac Asimov tells the history of a small semicivilized tribe who made a great dream of glory come true. Bold, fearless and supremely self-confident, the Romans outgrew their tiny domain on the Italian peninsula and in the space of 500 years created the most magnificent realm yet seen. For the only time in human history all the western world lived at peace. This great drive to conquest makes a stirring tale of heroes and battles both on the plains and mountains of distant lands and in the Roman senate itself, for vigorous politics were as great a source of strength to Rome as her invincible armies. Speaking of Dr. Asimov's history of Greece, Horn Book said, "The author has a remarkable ability- to breathe life into any subject he chooses to present, and his enthusiasm for all aspects of knowledge usually keeps high the level of interest. In its vitality this book is no exception, nor in its admirable simplicity and clarity."' The same is true of his further exploration into the history of Rome. This book stops with Rome at her most triumphant. The story of the empire that followed yet remains to be told.
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The history of the Roman republic from 1000 to 27 B.C. telling of its rise to power, its conquests and heroes, and its end with the rise of Augustus.
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