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03-05-2007, 01:42 AM | #1 |
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Looking for a good book on Roman history.
If the author is Gibbons, let me state that it is NOT a good book. Please recommend something readable, not something that "must be good" because it has been deemed a classic!
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03-05-2007, 03:28 AM | #2 |
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Personally I like the Asterix and Obelix comic books by Goscinny and Uderzo.
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Asterix and Obelix books are awesome. Quite possibly some of the funniest things ever printed.
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Then get your bail money ready. Oh, BTW I agree that Asterix is the funniest comic of all time. |
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The subject is far too immense to be captured in "a book." Four popular histories that were published in the past year and covered some of the highlights are Augustus by Anthony Everitt, The Classical World by Robin Lane Fox, Rubicon by Tom Holland, and The Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter Heather.
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I should really get an English copy so I can understand more than every third word. |
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They are funny in any language. Really. Probably because the don't try to be too close to the original.
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Honestly, I didn't even know they were available outside of French. I used to think the French ones were funny but now I can't decode enough of the words. sigh.
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03-05-2007, 05:35 AM | #10 |
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There are many "classics" whose greatness I have failed to appreciate. I am not so thoughtless and arrogant as to think that I know better than the weight of opinion of my most brilliant and educated forebears and that this is due to anything other than my own shortcomings. I've read Gibbon off and on since I was probably about eleven years old and can attest to his greatness. The Decline and Fall is also of substantial historical importance since it had a significant impact on the Enlightenment.
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